IN A FLASH: Kent State's Smallest Scientists

The Child Development Center visits the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Students in a preschool class at Kent State's Child Development Center were welcomed by Kent State's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for a personalized, hands-on learning experience. 

Preschoolers from the Child Development Center visited The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Preschoolers from the Child Development Center visited The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

 

Kara Barnett, the department's senior chemical health and safety coordinator, showed the students how to use chromatography to make butterflies, demonstrated chemical reactions using safe, household ingredients and taught them about the process of sublimation using fun bubbles. 

Preschoolers from the Child Development Center visited The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Preschoolers from the Child Development Center visited The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

 

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POSTED: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 04:30 PM
Updated: Friday, June 28, 2024 02:07 PM
WRITTEN BY:
Phil B. Soencksen
PHOTO CREDIT:
Kent State University's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry