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Chemistry open house

Chemistry Department Open House

The Department of Chemistry will hold its annual open house for people of all ages from 1-4 p.m.

Chemistry faculty and students will perform and explain many different chemistry demonstrations such as explosions and color changes. There will also be a hands-on room for children with household materials. Some labs will be open for viewing.

Schedule

Shows

Room 304
2 p.m.: Kaptain Kinetics with Dr. Greg Domski
3 p.m.: Dr. Freeze Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream with  Dr. Dell Jensen and Mark Curtis

Demonstrations (running continuously)

Room 328 (children’s room)
Hands-on activities with Dr. Patrick Crawford and Brady Fische    

Room 425
Growling Gummy Bears
Elephant Toothpaste
Movie Blood 
Genie in a Bottle

Room 420
Non-Burning Dollar Bill 
Flame Tests Metal Salts
Flaming Watermelon
Collapsing Crushing Pop Cans
Briggs-Rauscher Reaction

The open house is sponsored by the Augustana College Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society and the Augustana Department of Chemistry.

Location

Rooms 102, 304, 327, 424, 420

Hanson Hall of Science

738 35th St.
Rock Island, IL 61201
United States

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Tickets

Free

Contact

Sally Burgmeier
sallyburgmeier@augustana.edu