Kid's Science Palooza

All semester for my internship, I have been part of planning the 4th annual Kid's Science Palooza for Provo City. It has been a blast! This past Saturday, March 12th, was the event. Everything turned out so good! It is basically an event for kids in the community to come and have fun doing hands-on science activities. We had 23 different activities, 6 BYU science clubs, Coke-Mentos explosions, Sub Zero ice cream demonstration, and a live animal show. We each had our own assignments to take care of. I was in charge of the Bubble Room (which had 3 different bubble activities), Magic Sand, Cloud in a Bottle, and Quicksand. For my capstone project for my internship, I was in charge of volunteers and the BYU clubs. I had to do the recruiting, communication, and training of the volunteers. It was a really good experience and I learned so much, not to mention had a lot of fun! :)

I apologize for so many pictures...its more for my sake to remember it all and for my mom who didn't get to see it.

Here is the decorated Bubble Room a couple of days before the event.

Me painting my water cycle backdrop for the Cloud in a Bottle. (and Lauren falling asleep...we put in a LOT of hours that week)

These are all pictures at the event.

These are Boo Bubbles. They were one of the activities in the Bubble Room. They are bubbles filled with dry ice fog (carbon dioxide). The kids can hold them with gloves on and when they pop, fog comes out.

This is Mega Bubble. It's just a big bubble...but people thought it was really fun. I love Lauren's face!



This little kid got really excited. :)



 The other activity in the Bubble Room is hard to capture on camera. It is called Bouncing Bubble. We made a bubble solution with glycerin in it. When the kids wear cotton gloves, the bubbles don't pop, they bounce! It's pretty cool and goes against everything you've ever known.

My jungle decorations for the Quicksand (cornstarch and water mixture which acts like a solid when it has pressure on it and a liquid with no pressure. It's pretty dang fun to play in)

The kids LOVED it!

This was Cloud in a Bottle. It's just made by pumping up a bottle with rubbing alcohol in it. When you pull the stopper out, a cloud instantly appears. You can also see my finished water cycle in the background.

This is Magic Sand. It is just sand that has been dyed and sprayed with a substance like Scotchguard to make it hydrophobic. The kids could play with it and compare it to regular sand to learn how hydrophobic things work.





Coke-Mentos explosions - they are pretty awesome. We had some hit the ceiling of the gym.

This is the front entrance. We had a fun robot recording going with instructions - it was like Disneyland.



My co-workers - Eric, Lauren, Whitney, and Danica. Lauren and Danica are the other interns. They all did their hair like mad scientists.



The rest of the pictures are all other people's areas.

Black light Space Room - they made Galactic Goo (Gak with glow stuff), space volcanos, and coloring with highlighters (which surprisingly looked really cool!)

The 5 Senses Room

Operation Game

Stomach Bag. Disgusting, but a very good way of teaching how your stomach digests food.

Panning for Gold

 We also had a forensic science room, edible blood, magnetic car racing, kids in motion room, martial arts power (kids break boards), plus all the awesome things the BYU clubs brought.

It was such a successful event. We estimated we had 1200-1500 people come. It was so much fun! Have I mentioned how much I LOVE my internship?