Last Sunday, October 28, The Mind Museum in Taguig celebrated the annual Trick or Treat by organizing the Experiment Circus, giving a twist to the usual festivity which was educational in nature.
Reminders on the wall.
Creepy posters and scary displays were scattered around the place with the weird music in the background to keep the Halloween atmosphere alive.
Wall of Lost Souls.Witchcraft.
A cadaver with blood dropping into a container.
Kids with pumpkin loot bags dressed in their Halloween costumes together with their parents roamed around the place checking every booth that displays different Halloween-related science experiments
FIZZY POTION. The reaction between the acid in the Lemon Juice and Baking Soda produces carbon dioxide, which escapes from the liquid as fizz. This reaction is called an acid-base neutralization, wherein acids and bases react to form salt and water. If it happens that the product formed is carbonic acid, this readily decomposes to carbon dioxide gas and waterGHOST IN A BOTTLE. Pumping the bottle forces the molecules to squeeze together or compress. Releasing the pressure allows the air to expand, and in doing so, the temperature of the air becomes cooler. This cooling process allows the molecules to stick together – or condense – more easily, forming tiny droplets. Clouds are nothing more than groups of tiny water dropletsFAKE BLOOD. Blood is red due to hemoglobin which is the molecule that carries oxygen in the body. When light shines on the blood, the molecules absorb all the colors in the spectrum and the red color is reflected to our eyes. To imitate this color, red and green food coloring is applied. The green color allows the absorption of the red color in the spectrum, allowing the fake blood to look dirtier, hence more realistic. Adding a few pinches of cornstarch also mimics the viscosity of the blood.
Some of the kids tried to perform the different demonstrations with the very accommodating Wizards and Witches assisting them.
SWIRLING POTION. Normally, oil and water do not interact with each other. However, soap or “surfactants”, are able to act as a bridge between oil and water. This is due to the surfactant’s molecular structure that consists of two parts: A “Fat-Loving” end and a “Warer-Loving” end. When a cotton swab containing soap is dipped onto a plate of milk containing food coloring, the soap will seek to interact with the fat molecules suspended evenly throughout the milk, pushing around the food coloring in the process. Hence, the observed burst of colorDRY ICE CRYSTAL BALL. Carbon Dioxide favors the gaseous state over the solid state at normal conditions. Hence, dry ice, its solid form, will tend to absorb energy from the surroundings to return to the gaseous state. This process is called sublimation. Using a bubble solution to trap the gas is a great way to entertain your friendsSCREAMING PESO. The warm spoon will cause the dry ice to sublimate, or turn directly into gas. The pressure of the gas will lift the spoon off the ice, but the pressure of you holding the spoon down will push the spoon back against the dry ice. This process repeats so fast that a singing sound is produced that varies with the pressure.
The venue had also a dark room where the glow-in-the-dark experiments were housed: Glowing Water, Bubbles, Mentos Geyser and Slime.
A glow-in-the-dark fairy demonstrating the Mentos GeyserI also tried to make my own glow-in-the-dark slime using glue, water, borax solution and zinc sulfide.
Stores selling cupcakes, cookies, lollipops, and candies with different creepy fondant objects were available outside the venue.
Red velvet pumpkin cupcakesCupcakes with vampire fangs, spiders, and witch hat designs.RIP cookies.Pumpkins and eyeball lollipops.Red velvet cupcakes with eyeball.Pumpkin toys.
Can we consider it as a Halloween party without the Best in Costume Award? Of course not! The boy with the Oompa-Loompa attire and the cute little girl dressed as a pumpkin won the awards.
The kids with their cute costumes.
The event was very informative and an interesting way of spending the Halloween. For upcoming events, you can contact them at (02) 909-6463 or by visiting their website at http://www.themindmuseum.org.
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