North Bay Science Discovery Day – 15 May 2022

We had another opportunity to meet the public at North Bay Science Discovery Day in at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa on Sunday, May 15th.  Jerry Taylor and I presented activities that didn’t require any wet chemistry (or safety glasses): UV Color-Changing Beads and the Chemistry of Insects and Plants (with molecular models and illustrations of key scent compounds).  We were assisted by several helpful volunteers from the NBSDD team. Kids of all ages love making a bracelet that changes color in sunlight, and plenty of future of scientists were willing to try building molecular models.