{"id":80189,"date":"2021-12-08T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=80189"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:21","slug":"this-holiday-season-carleton-is-bringing-the-magic-of-science-to-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2021\/this-holiday-season-carleton-is-bringing-the-magic-of-science-to-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"This Holiday Season, Carleton is Bringing the Magic of Science to the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        This Holiday Season, Carleton is Bringing the Magic of Science to the Classroom\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p><em>What happens when a pickle is subjected to high voltage? What exactly makes the inside of those Christmas ornaments silver? Why do only some things glow in the dark and what is it in fireworks that creates those intricate light patterns?&nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A long-standing and much-loved tradition, Carleton\u2019s annual Chemistry Magic Show features up to&nbsp;25 exciting demos&nbsp;that showcase chemistry\u2019s many principles including kinetics, thermodynamics, gas laws, and atomic theory. Throughout the show, professors and student chemists will educate and entertain young audiences with the \u201cmagic\u201d of chemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When: <\/strong>Wednesday, December 15 and Thursday, December 16, 2021<strong><br>\nRegistration: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/chemistry-magic-show\/\">https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/chemistry-magic-show\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shows are geared toward elementary and high school students and the experiments will support the learning curriculums for these age groups. Over 400 classes from as far away as Manitoba have already registered their classes to attend these virtual shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton Chemistry professor <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/manthorpe\/\">Jeff Manthorpe<\/a> is the principle magician leading the show and is available to speak to media in advance of the event. If you are interested in speaking with Manthorpe about this popular Carleton community tradition, please let me know and I will be happy to arrange an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid (he\/him)<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca\">Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\nCOVID 19 Updates:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/coronavirus-covid-19\/messages\/\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/coronavirus-covid-19\/messages\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when a pickle is subjected to high voltage? What exactly makes the inside of those Christmas ornaments silver? Why do only some things glow in the dark and what is it in fireworks that creates those intricate light patterns?&nbsp; A long-standing and much-loved tradition, Carleton\u2019s annual Chemistry Magic Show features up to&nbsp;25 exciting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":56138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[160,161,97,102,104],"class_list":["post-80189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-chemistry","tag-chemistry-magic-show","tag-community-engagement","tag-event","tag-science"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80190,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80189\/revisions\/80190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}