For our third annual tour in the North Carolina-RTP area, ScienceDays
is proud to partner with the Elementary Summer Camp Program of
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.
Lessons:
What is Density?
Ann Liu, Amy Kim, Lea Gold
Water Surface Tension Yi Yang, Carol Liu
Learn DNA Replication
Helen Zhang and Birger Hennings
[DNA Replication, its semi-conservative characteristic and purpose]
Dry ice and its properties; Bubbles and sublimation
Charles Li, Fola Omofoye
Heartbeat Exercise Cody Peterson and Ashton Voss
[Properties of the heart]
Sharpie Tie-dye Violette Zhu
Solubility, color mixing, movement of molecules
Chemistry Demonstrations
Ryan Jamiolkowski
[Burning trough of hexane vapor, Methanol tennis ball tube cannon, Tesla coil lighting fluorescent bulb through human body, Colored flames from ionic salts, Shrinking syrofoam cup to size of thimble in pressure cooker, Crystallization of supersaturated solutions, Dust explosion in paint can, Singing pipe with heated wire mesh and convection, Burning a dollar bill in 50% EtOH/H2O without harming it]
Schedule:
Session 1:
Monday, July 21
2:00pm-3:00pm
Estes Hills Elementary School
500 Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Session 2:
Tuesday, July 22
2:00pm-3:00pm
Carrboro Elementary School
400 Shelton St
Carrboro, NC 27510 Session 3:
Wednesday, July 23
2:00pm-3:00pm
Glenwood Elementary School
2 Prestwick Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
