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JAM Sessions: Secret Messages with Cranberries

  • Museum at Prairiefire 5801 West 135th Street Overland Park, KS, 66224 United States (map)

$5 General Admission
FREE for Members

Members will receive their discount by opting to sign in with their membership account during the checkout process and using their membership discount code.

Cranberries are one of the favorite foods around Thanksgiving time.  They are also one of the more colorful foods on the table, and this deep red color is due to a specific chemical found in the juice.  If you were here for the leaf chromatography JAM, you might recall this chemical that gives some leaves their red color. 

It turns out that cranberry juice can be mixed with a simple, common household item to make otherwise invisible messages reveal themselves.  Learn about the chemistry of cranberries, and compare the “secret message” capabilities of cranberries with other juices.

PLEASE NOTE:

  • We require a 24 hour cancellation notice for Little Explorers Club and JAM Sessions reservations via emailing info@visitthemap.org. Please include the name on the reservation, number of students, date and time of the class.

  • Please help create an outstanding learning environment by limiting disruptions in the classroom! 

  • Parents are, of course, always welcome to remain in class but should a parent choose to step out, we have provided a seating area just outside the classrooms. Parents and siblings are also welcome to explore our Discovery Room or the rest of the Museum until the class concludes.

 
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