Thank you to everyone who attending our Halloween Science Spook-tacular! Stay tuned for more exciting themed workshops…
BENEATH
THE WAVES
At a depth of 1,000 meters, sunlight fades to the pitch-black of the midnight zone. And in this dark, life has found a way to light up the night and use it to their advantage. Whether to lure others over or to dazzle them in their escape, their bioluminescent glow is always mesmerising. But how do they produce light in the first place? After using illuminating experiments with things like glowing flints, sparkling steel wool, and incandescent pencil leads to make light the old-fashioned way, we will use the magic of chemiluminescent reactions using glow sticks and luminol to bring the ethereal glow of the midnight zone into the Lab.
ACROSS
THE GALAXY
Thanks to its magnificent ring, Saturn is very much the crown jewel of our solar system. And as we use spin art to recreate its banded glory, we will discover what it is made of, how it formed, and how it stays in orbit. But don’t let its beauty fool you - Saturn is just as turbulent as any other gas giant. Using tornadoes of water and fire to explore Saturn’s spinning storms before firing up the Van de Graaff generator to capture a tiny bit of their incredible static and let mini lightning bolts fly.
PERIODIC
PIONEERS
We move across to oxygen, everyone’s favourite element & with good reason. Without it, releasing the energy locked inside chemicals would be a challenge. From the glow of candles to the calories hidden in food, without oxygen, our lives would be cold, dark, and weary. But there are living things that have learnt to do without, and it is one of these that we turn to this week. Using yeast, we will unleash the oxygen trapped within hydrogen peroxide and create the foamy, bubbly mess that is the ever-popular Elephant Toothpaste experiment.
