Just this past Thursday evening our College hosted a STEAM night in Northside Hall for the youngsters of Kennedy Academy. Our department was represented by Professors Muna, Clear, and Marmorino with much to display:
- Acid-base titrations with pinkish-purple phenolphthalein
- Testing the acidity and basicity of household products with cabbage juice
- Demonstrating ocean acidicification with dry ice, water, and cabbage juice
- Green-Red-Yellow transitions for a basic glucose solution due to indigo carmine
- Density tower of sugar solutions with different food coloring
- Illustrative Periodic Table with samples of elements and simple compounds
The children had a good time and showed a lot of interest in these activities. Some other hits at the event were an origami table where kids learned to fold a frog; various physics demonstrations including a geyser; and receiving a free yoyo with an image of a "spherical cow" (from the Physics department, of course).
