ESP Biography

Chemistry is exciting and it happens all around us every day. In this class we will talk about the states of matter, a little about polymers (like plastics), and really anything else that gives us a chance to do cool demos for you all! You may get a chance to make a souvenir to take home, too. You'll just have to come and find out!

Chemistry is exciting and it happens all around us every day. In this class we will talk about the states of matter, a little about polymers (like plastics), and really anything else that gives us a chance to do cool demos for you all! You may get a chance to make a souvenir to take home, too. You'll just have to come and find out!

Chemistry is exciting and it happens all around us every day. In this class we will talk about the states of matter, a little about polymers (like plastics), and really anything else that gives us a chance to do cool demos for you all! You may get a chance to make a souvenir to take home, too. You'll just have to come and find out!

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a fluorescent and incandescent light bulb? Want to learn about how luminol (used in CSI to find blood), glow sticks and a firefly’s glow work? If you have taken one year of chemistry and you’d like to know, this is the class for you. We will explain incadenscence (incadenscent light bulb), fluorescence (fluorescent light bulb) and chemiluminescence (firefly, glowstick, luminol) and do a hands on activity with glow sticks.

Using dry ice, liquid nitrogen, silly putty and more, we will explore the nature of phase transformations of matter. If time, we’ll also look at another type of matter transformation - chemical reactions - that might be explosive, colorful, surprising, or all of the above!