![Frankenstein200 activity training videos screenshot with presenter dressed as mad scientist](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/splashy_hero_large/public/videoscreen.png?h=ac1eca3b&itok=xdrenETf)
Halloween
Hands-on Activities and Resources
![Children with surprised faces and adults using the Frankenstein kit Battery Stack activity - adults dressed as Mary Shelley and the Monster](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2020-12/hero%20Frankenstein200_Photo%202.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=GuN54psC)
Frankenstein 200 Kit
![Participant's hands touching the steel and copper plates, connected to a multimeter](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-03/Spark2-L_0.jpg?h=19676f28&itok=bmSZYb7x)
Spark of Life
![Mary Shelly, her monster, and visitors using the battery stack activity](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/2021-03/Frankenstein200_Photo%202.jpg?itok=pWSDfimG)
Battery Stack
![A group of learners creating a scribblebot using a pool noodle, small electric motor and thin markers](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/f200_pic_1.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=gIg0gzFW)
Scribble Bot
![Monster Mask completed mask with smiling visitor](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/monstermask.png?h=3b6f6cba&itok=3rspZwyP)
Monster Mask
![Two automata on a table - one monster and one leaf being manipulated but a visitor](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/automata.png?itok=9dBKVOCe)
Automata
![Frankentoy activity with participants engaged](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-03/Frankenstein200_Photo%209-L.jpg?h=d0ec9e1d&itok=ED9gax4H)
Frankentoy
![Gum and Chocolate Chemistry activity - child holding piece of chocolate](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2023-03/gum_and_chocolate_chemistry_activity_-_child_holding_piece_of_chocolate.jpg?h=265e640d&itok=c95FL1Cr)
Gum and Chocolate
![Woman smelling chocolate](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/12008/screen_shot_2013-09-18_at_1.07.59_pm.png?itok=_1Fj-1B0)
What’s Nano About Chocolate?
![Educator and group of children learning about self assembly using Gummy Capsules NanoDays activity](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2020-12/hero%20image%20explore%20zoom%20into%20nano%20gummy%2020100815GH_1009.jpg?h=4250f7eb&itok=ioOz7OmA)
Exploring Fabrication - Gummy Capsules
Sweet Self-Assembly
![syringe of brownish gel ejecting into a small strainer over a bucket](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/8599/mg.png?h=9c8e5d61&itok=CXXsa3FV)
Molecular Gastronomy
![Participants interact with cutouts that have information on them](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-01/20160315_1043.jpg?h=ba41d7b3&itok=FLKIGQCe)
Food Activities
![Science fiction art featuring archer figure on a rock shooting an arrow into space](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-04/Science%20Fiction%20art%20from%20Wikimedia%20via%20Pixabay%20Creative%20Commons%20Zero%20%20public%20domain%20Ci%C3%A8ncia-Ficci%C3%B3%20Feminista%20CFF%20Amzn_CFF.jpg?h=bd89cc8f&itok=AR0SpWc7)
Science Fiction, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Superheroes
![two learners and a facilitator watch a soapy solution with dry ice make a giant bubble filled with smoke](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/ExSci_Chem_20180219_1380.jpg?h=265e640d&itok=M6PBPQ3w)
Sublimation Bubbles
![Childrens using Nature of Dye chemistry activity with tools and glassware](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2020-12/hero%20chemistry%20ExSci_Chem_20180219_1860.jpg?h=63c59c2b&itok=TH0Xi0u7)
Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry Kit
![National chemistry week logo](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/ncwlogo.png?itok=lrSs16zq)
National Chemistry Week
![An actor in a blue lab coat has a confused look on his face while interacting with a puppet character](https://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2422639550_7ae299e8d0_b.jpg?h=a610a299&itok=LiyfkCld)
Nano Dreams and Nano Nightmares
Storming the Castle Museum Theater Show
![Webb Telescope Pumpkin design carved into a pumpkin](/sites/default/files/styles/copy_50/public/2021-05/Webb%20Telescope%20Pumpkin%20design.jpg?itok=tAYzgMq5)
More Resources
- Chemistry
- Ideas for activities, costumes, and pumpkins from the American Chemical Society (ACS) for Halloween chemistry
- National Chemistry Week resources:
https://www.nisenet.org/national-chemistry-week
- HowtoSmile.org activities
https://www.howtosmile.org/resource-search/halloween - Ocean and atmosphere
- NOAA Spooky Science
https://www.noaa.gov/education/NOAA-spooky-science
- NOAA Spooky Science
- Pumpkin carving patterns
- NASA Webb Space Telescope
https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/features/spacePumpkin.html - NOAA pumpkin carving patterns
https://www.noaa.gov/education/NOAA-spooky-science
- NASA Webb Space Telescope
- NASA Halloween resources
- NASA Galaxy of Horrors posters and interactives
- Ways to Celebrate Halloween with NASA
![Working with STEM Experts Guide cover including an image of expert puring a liquid and using a strainer with a girl and her family at a museum public event](/sites/default/files/styles/copy_50/public/2021-10/Working%20with%20STEM%20Experts%20Guide%20cover%20including%20an%20image%20of%20expert%20%20puring%20a%20liquid%20and%20using%20a%20strainer%20with%20a%20girl%20and%20her%20family%20at%20a%20museum%20public%20event%20CREDIT%20Marbles%20Kids%20Museum%20CROPPED.jpg?itok=O819TbQo)
Finding STEM Experts
- See the "Chemistry and Physics" section of the Working with STEM Experts: A Guide for Educators in Museums and Other Informal Learning Settings