Fun learning experience at “Karnival Pendidikan Sains dan Teknologi”!

We headed to Seberang Perai Politeknik with some creepy crawlies for the “Karnival Pendidikan Sains dan Teknologi Peringkat Negeri Pulau Pinang” last 29th, 30th and 31st of May 2014.

If you weren’t there, let us tell you what are the awesome things that you have missed. Oh, don’t worry you’ll catch us again in other Carnivals soon!

Surely, our booth was full of critters that gave a lot of people the heebie-jeebies.

There was the Bugs Anatomy, where kids were able to magnify up to the teeny-tiny body parts of a scorpion, grasshopper, stick insect, water scorpion and a butterfly.

We didn’t forget to bring our leggy Millipedes for the Millipede Massage. For those who fancied a massage, they weren’t disappointed. But we have to admit, there were a few screams and loud cries but nothing serious that a few friendly encouragement couldn’t solve.

For those who weren’t fond of the creepy kind, we had the Pupa Math for some nerdy fun!
Test your visual and counting skills by looking for the correct numbers of well-hidden pupae on a Bonsai plant.

A few lucky ones also had the chance to bring home a Vita Nova (New Life) pupa where they will be able to observe the emergence of a butterfly.

There were a handful of fearless individuals too that tried out or Bowl-O-Worm daring game. The challenge was to grab 3 pieces of shillings from inside the bowl of Mealworms. How easy was that?! Some might disagree. Here’s a secret, think of the Mealworms as Mee Goreng (Fried Noodles) because they definitely look like it especially when they were in a bowl, ready to be served, you would easily forget about your fear and would certainly dig right in for those shillings.

We had our hands dirty with our Hunt-a-Grub activity. Grubs are the larvae stage of beetles. Some species are usually found underground, feed below the ground and guess what?, they also poop on the same ground. How convenient that is for them!?

If you are wondering if the grubs are edible…please refer to the previous paragraph.

So,would you eat them?

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