Group Outing to the Minnesota State Fair, Summer 2009
The Haynes Group contributed to the record-breaking attendance at the 2009 Minnesota State Fair.
Nate, Shencheng, and Donghyuk eating turkey legs by the DNR pond.
The whole crew in front of the reptile house (we didn't go in).
Audrey enjoying deep-fried oreos.
Ozlem, Kyle, Audrey, Donghyuk, Nate, and Ben enjoying the perfect fair weather.
Ben enjoying the Midway games.
Zhen (Nancy) trying to win a stuffed animal.
Nate about to break some bottles and win a stuffed panda.
Ozlem and Shencheng took a ride on a roller coaster.
Chemistry Day at Centennial Elementary School, Summer 2009
This year we made a second outreach trip to Centennial Elementary School on August 18, 2009 where 20 4th graders did chemistry experiments with the Haynes group.
Chelsea and Ben doing the He/SF6 demonstration.
Nate working with the kids at the gak table.
Nancy helping the kids make polyurethane foam.
Melissa and Yu-Shen at the paper making table.
Ben and Kyle teaching about dry ice.
Sara helping Ozlem make paper (we all wanted to get in on the fun).
Shencheng at the "Frozen Fun" table.
Our winner of the vocabulary quiz.
Chemistry Day at West 7th Community Center, Summer 2009
Our 4th annual visit to the West 7th Community Center was on August 11, 2009 where 50 kids did chemistry experiments with the Haynes group (and friends).
Secil at the polymer activity table.
Yu-shen and Melissa doing the marbling activity with the W. 7th kids.
Two kids working on the vocabulary sheets.
Shencheng helping a kid freeze a flower with liquid nitrogen.
The slime/gak team helps the kids make a BIG mess.
Wedding/Baby Showers, May 2009
We have a lot to celebrate in the group right now. We celebrated Yu-Shen's new baby girl and Kyle's upcoming wedding at Minnehaha Falls Park.
Everyone eating and hanging out on a beautiful day.
Admiring the new baby
Ben cutting his now famous homemade pies - Yum!
Looking out at the Falls.
Ian, Kyle, Melissa, and Audrey (out of sight) on the double surrey while Yu-Shen looks on.
Everyone's so relaxed before we start pedalling.
Ben, Christy, Shencheng, and Juan on the other double surrey.
Group Holiday Party, December 2008
Sara hosted this year's holiday celebration. We had a potluck (where the highlight was Ben's pies) and played games.
Audrey, Donghyuk, and Emily play with Clark.
Yu-Shen, Shencheng, and Donghyuk team up during "Cranium."
Courtney, Kyle, and Kyle on an opposing "Cranium" team.
Visiting Pine Tree Apple Orchard, October 2008
On a crisp fall day, we visited the orchard for a hay ride, a corn maze, and some treats.
The group after a hay ride around the orchard grounds.
Kyle, Donghyuk, Audrey, and Melissa "lost" in the corn maze.
The group after conquering the corn maze.
Enjoying cider on a beautiful day.
Melissa and Donghyuk share a carmel apple.
Clark enjoys his first visit to an apple orchard with the Haynes group.
Enjoying the Minnesota State Fair, Summer 2008
We took a day out to enjoy the biggest state fair in the country as a group (though we were missing a few folks).
The group enjoying one of many available fried foods (battered potatoes).
Kathy petting a very sweet sheep.
Kyle, Melissa, and Yu-Shen with the biggest pig (Squeaky).
Everyone ready to enjoy the lumberjack show.
Clark came along to experience his very first fair.
Nate and Kyle enjoying all you can drink milk and Sweet Martha's cookies.
Kathy and Melissa also enjoying warm chocolate chip cookies.
Chemistry Day at West 7th Community Center, Summer 2008
Our 3rd annual visit to the West 7th Community Center was on July 8, 2008 where 80 kids did chemistry experiments with the Haynes group (and friends).
One of our kids enjoying his slime.
Kyle, Yu-Shen, and Emily work with the kids on our new acid/base invisible ink activity.
Kids making slime with Kathy, Bryce, and Christy (not shown).
Nate talks to the kids about sublimation and density with a dry ice activity.
Shencheng freezes racquet balls and flowers with the kids - a very popular, and loud, station.
Rick and Courtney (not shown) lead the kids in exploring the properites of dry ice with bubbles, balloons, and popping tubes.
Melissa and Sara run the filter paper candy chromatography activity (with Michelle, not pictured).
Kathy has an enthusiastic audience for liquid nitrogen ice cream.
Shencheng and Melissa make another huge batch of liquid nitrogen ice cream.
Visiting the Apple Orchard, Fall 2007
The Haynes lab visited Aamodt's apple orchard in November 2007 to welcome Yu-Shen and Melissa to the group and celebrate Fall.
There was a petting zoo at the orchard. Here's Shencheng feeding a llama.
Bryce and Lindsay admiring the goats and sheep at the petting zoo.
All of us enjoying hot cider and the beautiful day.
The apple orchard is also home to a small vineyard. Here, Sara, Tina, Charles, and Yu-Shen are tasting these local wines.
Here we are after drinking a lot of hot cider and enjoying the crisp day.
Chemistry Day at West 7th Community Center, Summer 2007
The Haynes lab (and some friends from other research groups) visited the West 7th Community Center again in July 2007. The day started with a few demonstrations - including the very popular soda fountain, elephant toothpaste, and glow stick kinetics. Then, the kids rotated through 5 hands-on activities where they had fun and learned some chemistry. We ended the day by making liquid nitrogen ice cream.
Lindsay started two simultaneous soda fountains. Only a few kids ended up wet.
Bryce taught the kids about catalysts and chemical reactions when doing the "elephant toothpaste" demo.
Nate showed how temperature influences the rate of chemical reactions by cooling and heating chemiluminescent glow sticks.
Sara and Sarah did filter paper chromatography with the kids.
Shencheng and Nate used dry ice and liquid nitrogen to teach the kids about phases of matter.
Bryce and Lindsay ran the popular, and messy, polymer slime station.
Aaron and Hanna taught the kids about properties of polymers and synthesized some nylon.
Audrey and Daniel taught the kids about acids and bases with red cabbage indicator and solutions of household products.
These kids were great!
Of course, we ended the day by making liquid nitrogen ice cream.
It was a big group this year! The kids yelled "Chemistry Rules" as we took this picture.
Chemistry Day at West 7th Community Center, Summer 2006
The Haynes lab visited the West 7th Community Center in July 2006. The day started with a few demonstrations - including the very popular soda fountain. Then, the kids rotated through 6 hands-on activities where they had fun and learned some chemistry. We ended the day by making liquid nitrogen ice cream.
This is the West 7th Community Center where 50 kids participate in the "Summer in the City" Program.
Virginia is ready to make slime with the kids and teach them about polymers.
Karen is ready to teach the kids about acids and bases while they make plant-based indicators and test the pH of household solutions.
We started with some demonstrations and a short lecture about atoms and phases of matter.
Here, Shencheng and Eva talk to the kids about color and separations while doing some filter paper chromatography.
Bryce talks about atmospheric chemistry and pollution while demonstrating the reaction between ozone and terpenes.
Christy and the students use gold nanoparticle solutions as electrolyte sensors.
Adam and the kids explore the properties of dry ice and other unusual solids.
We end the day by making liquid nitrogen ice cream.