Speaking Volumes

Last night the library was transformed into a Sour Pickle Factory, a chemistry lab, and a music studio all in the course of an hour. Oh, and on top of all that we saw rainbows!

Cheryl Blum was here with her musical-science show Science Sense-ations. The kids became food chemists and got to test the acidity of pickles at the “Sour Pickle Factory,” with a color changing indicator that amazed them all.

Then Cheryl asked the audience if the order of colors in the rainbow ever changed. To test this we darkened the room as she shined a light through a prism. Then, we all got our own prism glasses and saw rainbows exploding from flames and flashlights. Of course we found out that the order of colors does not change …ROY G. BIV!

At the end of the show the audience was invited to test a variety of musical instruments from all around the world to see if size affected pitch. The kids had a blast playing bone flutes, didgeridoos, gongs, drums, and more, as they discovered bigger = lower pitched.

Overall it was a fun and science-y night.

A top Chemist at the Pickle Factory: 

Cheryl playing one of her science tunes: