(Seguin) — Ready for a delicious night of CHAOS? Doors open again this year for Texas Lutheran University’s annual Chemistry CHAOS Night!
CHAOS, which stands for Chemistry Happens with Adventurous Outstanding Scientists, is all about exploring the wonders of chemistry in fun new ways.
The theme of this year’s event is The Chemistry of Food and Cooking.
Kids of all ages will be fueled with questions such as “Ever wonder why eggs turn white when you cook them? Or why cookies baking in the oven smell so great?”
They’ll even go home with the answer of why the tonic water glows under a black light?
“We don’t often think about the science behind the foods we eat every day,” says Dr. Alison Bray, professor and chair of the chemistry department at TLU. “At Chemistry CHAOS, students of all ages will have the opportunity to learn about food and cooking science through hands-on and some ‘don’t-try-this-at-home’ experiments.”
Kids from kindergarten through high school-as well as kids at heart-are invited to join the fun and learn about the processes that happen in the world of food and cooking through a variety of experiments.
Dr. Bray says visitors will also get lots of chances — chances to learn how to make a biopolymer in the form of rice paper sushi wraps, conduct candy chromatograph as well as get the chance to taste liquid nitrogen ice cream.
“We are so excited to share our science and hope that the community will be too!” says Bray.
TLU’s Chemistry CHAOS will be held today from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Jackson Park’s Student Activities Center. The event, being hosted by TLU’s Pi Rho Chemistry Club, is free and open to the public.