Halloween Steam Project: Zombie Dance!

Press release from the White Plains Public Library:

October 8 2020

By Caroline, Children's Librarian

Join us on Zoom for Zombie fun! On October 27th, we will be conducting a fun STEAM activity that raises a zombie using pure magic! It’s really a scientific method that uses static electricity but you can amaze your friends and family with this trick. First, we will read Fright Club by Ethan Long, and then we will work together to try to raise our zombies.

If interested, please register for the event because supplies are limited to twenty activity kits. The activity kit includes a balloon, tissue paper, a marker, and a cut out zombie (to trace on the tissue.) At home you will need scissors and a piece of tape (optional). To charge up the balloon you can try a piece of wool or your own hair!

Learn More About Static Electricity:

• Bill Nye the Science Guy: Static Electricity
• PBS Learning: Let's Make Some Static
• Science Kids Static Electricity Experiment

This press release was produced by the White Plains Public Library. The views expressed are the author's own.