Fun With Glow Sticks And Brine Shrimp: Outreach Activity

8/9/2019

Which color do you think the shrimps are attracted to?
Erika is leading a team of 6 year olds to perform the experiment
Connor taking charge of his team
Rohini is teamed up with the kid to record the observations
Bingjia and his team intently observe how the fish are swimming
Luisa and her team testing what happens when they shine a flashlight on to the beaker
Cartoon rendering of our experiment

We had great fun yesterday hosting 6-12 year olds organized through the University of Michigan Natural History Museum Summer Camp directed by Brittany Burgess. The outreach activity was a simple hands-on-demonstration to observe brine shrimp response to light and interpretation of these observations to understand how different colors get absorbed differently in water. Thanks to Erika for co-organizing this event with me, and Luisa, Connor, and Bingjia for volunteering to help out the teams.