Sponsored Archive: Creep It Real: Halloween Experiments Students Won't Stop Talking About, October 20, 2026

Join us to learn about Halloween-related activities that you can do in your classroom.

Halloween is the perfect opportunity to make science a little more engaging and a lot more memorable. In this free webinar, three high school science teachers from the Vernier Trendsetters Community share real experiments they've run with their students, each with a spooky seasonal twist. From dropping pumpkins off a football stadium to watching chlorophyll glow under a black light, these are activities built on real-time data collection, curiosity, and some spooky seasonal fun.

Participants will:

  • Analyze free fall acceleration by dropping pumpkins of different masses and tracking their motion with Vernier Video Analysis®
  • Explore fluorescence and light absorption by extracting chlorophyll and running an absorption curve with Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus
  • Connect molecular biology to chemistry by comparing the porphyrin ring structures of chlorophyll and hemoglobin
  • Map object positions using a Go Direct Motion Detector as a model for bat echolocation—then evaluate its strengths and limitations as a model

Attendees who join us live will be entered to win a Go Direct Motion Detector from Vernier Science Education.

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All individuals receive a certificate of participation and 100 NSTA engagement points for attending the live program and completing the end-of-program survey. A certificate of participation is not awarded for watching the recorded version of the program.

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Below are comments from individuals who attended the seminar:

  • "I enjoyed being able to hear ideas and suggestions from teachers who have a lot of experience in this field. I also enjoyed learning about the fun activities you can do with students that are Halloween-themed."
  • "I enjoyed how the speakers applied actual science concepts with fun concepts for the Halloween season and it gave some ideas I could use in a classroom in the future."
  • "What I enjoyed most about this seminar was how the first presenter showed us pictures of her actually doing her lab activity with her students. It showed me how the activity looks in real life and how hands on it can be."

A certificate of attendance was deposited into participants' account page for completing the evaluation form at the end of the program.

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