UM-Flint Chemistry Club surprises elementary students with Halloween experiments

(10/31/14) - College students crashed an elementary school Halloween party on Friday.

The Chemistry Club from UM-Flint had a few spooky tricks up their sleeves and the fifth and sixth graders at Springview Elementary were pretty impressed.

STEM teacher Lindy Beckman asked the club to surprise her class with a few Halloween experiments.

"We thought we needed to do something different than play bingo and pin the nose on the pumpkin," she said.

The STEM program at Flushing Community Schools is in its first year. It's housed at Springview Elementary, where 56 students have been given a very special opportunity to focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

Friday, the kids got to let loose and have some fun with science.

"Oozey things going on, lots of chemical reactions," Beckman said.

"Spooky, fun, kind of Halloween-related. We're showing how Halloween can relate to everyday things, and changing colors and things like that," said Monique Wilhelm, of the UM-Flint chemistry department.

With each chemical reaction, ooh's and ahh's filled the room. The kids were seeing the experiments up close and even getting their hands on some of it.

In the third and fourth grade STEM class, there was slime.

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UM-Flint Chemistry Club surprises elementary students with Halloween experiments