One word: Awesome.

Okay more words. It was pleasantly crowded but not overwhelming according to my dear husband. The organizers made my son’s night when they announced that SCUM (Society for Undergraduate Chemistry Majors) would be putting on a demonstration for the group at large. He had picked this as a “thing to do” but was younger than the targeted age range. So my dear Jr. was already declaring this night a success in the first minutes. SCUM blew stuff up and did a cotton ball on fire experiment. The cotton ball one was quite impressive since the young man demonstrating held it IN HIS HAND when they lit it. I just wish I could type the way it is to hear Jr. talk about it!

Jr. got to see the Insect Zoo too which was also tops on his list. He built a model with legos (moving 2d to 3d). He looked at how water runoff can destroy/damage things. (He brought the how of this experiment home and last week the boys did this one at home too). He was able to build a circuit of some sort with alligator clips and batteries. He made a candy DNA strand which was fun because he had an “error” in one of his pairings. That error led to several discussions here at home on DNA. He came home with a simple toy and a long explanation of how it behaves here versus in space.

And about another 20 minutes or so of just telling us what he saw and did. I was excited when I first heard ISU was hosting science night. After the fact I’m still excited and am hoping they do this annually because I have a little guy who really wants to go “next time”!