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12 Days of Halloween: Spooky Science Ideas (& we’re giving away FREE admission to Maryland Science Center’s Spooky Halloween Celebration!)

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Halloween doesn’t have to be all treats – - especially when you have some educational tricks up your sleeve. Here are some fun ideas:

  • Make Green Slime: What is more fun than ooey goeey slime? eHow has a great tutorial for making your own, all with ingredients you have lying around or can snag at your local grocery store: Elmer’s glue, food coloring, Borax and water.
  • Alien Monster Eggs: Not for the wee ones (or weak ones!), but Alien Monster Eggs from The Kitchen Pantry Scientist are a fun way to observe how vinegar affects eggs.
  • Screaming Cup: Steve Spangler Science has a great experiment for making a-run-of-the-mill plastic cup screeeeeechhhhhh…
  • Pumpkin Seed Scavenging: Your preschooler will love going pumpkin seed scavenging! Cut a pumpkin in half and give him or her spoons, tweezers, rubber gloves and cup to collect seeds.
  • Halloween Shadows: PreSchoolRocks.com has a fun activity that will teach your little guy or gal about shadows – - friendly ghoulish ones, of course.

Want more spooky science adventure in your life? Then plan to walk the plank to the Inner Harbor for a spooktacular good time at the Maryland Science Center’ s annual family Halloween costume party — Spooky Science– on Saturday October 30, 2010 from 12 – 4 p.m.

Inspired by the Maryland Science Center’ s new exhibition, SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure, Spooky Science offers a bounty of freaky family fun including: pirates for sail, swashbuckling swordplay (interactive and entertaining lesson in sword-fighting), creepy crafts and erie experiments. Mad scientists will take over the Demonstration Stage for some hair-raising science!

We’ve got FOUR FREE tickets for a lucky (cool) progeny family to attend Spooky Science! To win, all you need to do is leave a comment with your email address and why you want to go to Spooky Science! Want an extra entry? “Like” (cool) progeny on facebook and leave a comment telling us you did. A second extra entry? Follow us on Twitter. In order to get multiple entries, you need to leave a separate comment for each one. You have until Thursday, October 28 at noon to enter! Good luck, mateys!

 

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  1. Fed Hill Desi's Thursday - 21 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    Hi! We want to go to Spooky Science at the Science Center because it one more place for my daughter to show off her cute costume!
    cindypaigedesi@yahoo.com
  2. Kimberly Friday - 22 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    We would love to go to Spooky Science at the Science Center! My son is a budding scientist and would really enjoy this! Thanks for the chance to win!

    Kimberly @ The Muddy Princess
    kmnelson77@gmail.com
  3. Kimberly Friday - 22 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    I also like (cool) progeny on Facebook!

    Kimberly @ The Muddy Princess
    kmnelson77@gmail.com
  4. Cheryl888 Friday - 22 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    We'd love to attend Spooky Science! My daughter is very big into pirates these days as it's a theme in her first grade class!
  5. Cheryl888 Friday - 22 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    I'm a fan of yours on facebook!
  6. Fed Hill Desi's Monday - 25 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    we're a facebook fan!
  7. christina Wednesday - 27 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    fan on facebook.

    christina_loves_jay @ yahoo.com
  8. christina Wednesday - 27 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    We would love to go to Spooky Science...because it is our first halloween here and we want to enjoy it!

    christina_loves_jay @ yahoo.com
  9. Michele Szper Wednesday - 27 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    We would love to take our little lioness and thomas the train to the Science for the first time. This sounds like an awesome time!!
  10. annakim23 Wednesday - 27 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    I would love to take my two boys to the Science center! They are the cutest in their chicken and train conductor costumes!
  11. annakim23 Wednesday - 27 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    I follow your blog on FB too!

    annakim23@gmail.com
  12. April Thursday - 28 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    I want the tickets because I love the look in my 3 year old's eyes when he discovers how something works and the science center provides new experiences for him throughout the day!
  13. April Thursday - 28 / 10 / 2010 Reply
    I like the fb page too!!

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