Northern Illinois University

STEM Outreach

Haunted LabScientists haunt Faraday Hall for 7th year

NIU’s Haunted Physics Labs and Creepy Chemistry Labs are back!  Join us for Spooky Science Saturday, a family friendly, Halloween themed event, with over 100 interactive displays of chemical reactions and physical phenomena spread through 7 laboratories and the halls of 2 buildings.  There will be opportunities for children to make slime and zipper pulls with UV reactive beads.  Explore optical illusions and learn how things can glow in the dark.  New this year is a kaleidoscope that children can duck into!

Date: October 24, 2009

Time: 1 - 5 p.m. (If bringing a group of 10 or more, please contact Pati Siever psievert@niu.edu to arrange a time. Groups are scheduled prior to 1 p.m.)

Where: Faraday and Faraday West Halls on NIU's DeKalb campus

Enter: Faraday West Main Entrance on Normal Road

Park: Free parking is avaliable in the parking garage just across Normal Road from Faraday West

Cost: Suggested donation of $2.00 per person

Costumes: optional

2009 Flier for NIU's Spooky Science Saturday