Jun 11, 2014
A friend and I trucked into Philadelphia to the Franklin Institute for Science After Dark for their CLUE®: Forensic Science Meets the Classic Mystery!
If you remember, I went to another one of these, Franklin Institute MacGyver Night. It was pretty fun.
This time, it was something totally up my alley! Forensics! Few people seem to enjoy this little interest of mine, but, I wasn't going to go alone. I took a good friend of mine and we were able to get into the city without any problems. It was much nicer out that during MacGyver Night, which made a world of difference.
The even is adults only - which is amazing. I enjoy people who have and love their kids and all that, sometimes I just don't want to be around them. It's adults only because there is alcohol served, so, there is a good amount of toasted people. Six of one. . .?
The Game
At the start, you get a little card with all the weapons, rooms and people on it. You have to go around the museum to find everything and what is left, that's the murdered! Sort of like a live-action Clue. Some of the employees and/or interns were dressed up as the Clue characters like Mrs. White and Mr. Green. If you saw them, you could cross them off.
Each area of the museum had a name tapped to the floor - like dinning room or kitchen. And then, there were bright orange weapons hidden around - like a rope or candlestick.
It was cool!
The Exhibits
I like how they have "real" people running the tables. Like master/PhD students, police officers - more on that level than people in the ivory tower of education. Everything is also hands on.
For example, there was a guy who was an anthropologist who did facial reconstructions from skulls and he tried to teach us how to make an ear. Mine was bad, his was good. He had some information and pictures of skulls they found and how they reconstructed them based on math and art - and then the picture of the person when s/he was live. Amazing!
There was a blood splatter exhibit - and the lady said she taught something close to it but not exactly just that. Because it's not really a "science" - sorry Dexter fans, it's a piece of a larger group of study. She did have some interest facts about how if you see two patterns, the person was hit three times. And the math of figuring out what happened. She said the blood splatter was used mostly when more than one person was killed at a time only to figure out order of events. This could then be used for or against a survivor. But really, a lot more goes into it. Also, after 7 feet, a blood drop doesn't change size when it hits something.
I was not as interested in the chemical stuff. They did have a guy who showed how an acid reacts to (a body's remains) baking soda based on different soil samples. Like when someone might have dropped a body on the beach, they can use the scrapping from the shoe and test it. It was cool, but, less. . .I don't know. . .less interesting to me.
They had a handwriting exhibit and some presentation that was very loud about drinking clubs or something. It was too loud and crowded for me. I know they were talking about the 21 Club and it made me wish I could get all fancy for a night on the town in a place where everyone else is also fancy.
They also opened up the observatory so you could go outside and see their telescope - and Jupiter - and they had some other telescopes set on various buildings and landmarks around Philly. My friend was pretty interested in that - but he wanted to really see all the colors and swirls of Jupiter and that wasn't going to happen.
What I found awesome was their 3D printer! What?! I knew about them, never saw one. It was really cool! Some of the objects take a couple hours or days to make, but, they made some candlesticks and stuff - and one piece, interlocking items. Very cool!
I did skip the "live show" which was about autopsy. I popped my head in to see it thinking it would be as cool as the BOOM! Show (can't find link). It was not. It was a little lame with two girls making those un-funny, sweeping jokes about. . whatever. One was pretending to be the body and the other would come up and say, "Now, to remove your brain!" and the other girl would say, "No, not my brain!" and then the other girl would say, "I thought you were a body! Shhh! Be a dead body!" and. . .that was funny.
The Results
A stellar time. As always, I tend to get tired after a full day of work and then getting into the city and running around with all those people. I did pretty good, though. On the way back to the train station, I got a good "view" of Philly
I really would like to keep going to these events! I can't wait for the Science of Carnivals.
If you remember, I went to another one of these, Franklin Institute MacGyver Night. It was pretty fun.
This time, it was something totally up my alley! Forensics! Few people seem to enjoy this little interest of mine, but, I wasn't going to go alone. I took a good friend of mine and we were able to get into the city without any problems. It was much nicer out that during MacGyver Night, which made a world of difference.
The even is adults only - which is amazing. I enjoy people who have and love their kids and all that, sometimes I just don't want to be around them. It's adults only because there is alcohol served, so, there is a good amount of toasted people. Six of one. . .?
The Game
At the start, you get a little card with all the weapons, rooms and people on it. You have to go around the museum to find everything and what is left, that's the murdered! Sort of like a live-action Clue. Some of the employees and/or interns were dressed up as the Clue characters like Mrs. White and Mr. Green. If you saw them, you could cross them off.
Each area of the museum had a name tapped to the floor - like dinning room or kitchen. And then, there were bright orange weapons hidden around - like a rope or candlestick.
It was cool!
The Exhibits
I like how they have "real" people running the tables. Like master/PhD students, police officers - more on that level than people in the ivory tower of education. Everything is also hands on.
For example, there was a guy who was an anthropologist who did facial reconstructions from skulls and he tried to teach us how to make an ear. Mine was bad, his was good. He had some information and pictures of skulls they found and how they reconstructed them based on math and art - and then the picture of the person when s/he was live. Amazing!
There was a blood splatter exhibit - and the lady said she taught something close to it but not exactly just that. Because it's not really a "science" - sorry Dexter fans, it's a piece of a larger group of study. She did have some interest facts about how if you see two patterns, the person was hit three times. And the math of figuring out what happened. She said the blood splatter was used mostly when more than one person was killed at a time only to figure out order of events. This could then be used for or against a survivor. But really, a lot more goes into it. Also, after 7 feet, a blood drop doesn't change size when it hits something.
I was not as interested in the chemical stuff. They did have a guy who showed how an acid reacts to (a body's remains) baking soda based on different soil samples. Like when someone might have dropped a body on the beach, they can use the scrapping from the shoe and test it. It was cool, but, less. . .I don't know. . .less interesting to me.
They had a handwriting exhibit and some presentation that was very loud about drinking clubs or something. It was too loud and crowded for me. I know they were talking about the 21 Club and it made me wish I could get all fancy for a night on the town in a place where everyone else is also fancy.
They also opened up the observatory so you could go outside and see their telescope - and Jupiter - and they had some other telescopes set on various buildings and landmarks around Philly. My friend was pretty interested in that - but he wanted to really see all the colors and swirls of Jupiter and that wasn't going to happen.
What I found awesome was their 3D printer! What?! I knew about them, never saw one. It was really cool! Some of the objects take a couple hours or days to make, but, they made some candlesticks and stuff - and one piece, interlocking items. Very cool!
I did skip the "live show" which was about autopsy. I popped my head in to see it thinking it would be as cool as the BOOM! Show (can't find link). It was not. It was a little lame with two girls making those un-funny, sweeping jokes about. . whatever. One was pretending to be the body and the other would come up and say, "Now, to remove your brain!" and the other girl would say, "No, not my brain!" and then the other girl would say, "I thought you were a body! Shhh! Be a dead body!" and. . .that was funny.
The Results
A stellar time. As always, I tend to get tired after a full day of work and then getting into the city and running around with all those people. I did pretty good, though. On the way back to the train station, I got a good "view" of Philly
I really would like to keep going to these events! I can't wait for the Science of Carnivals.
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