UC Merced Helps Bring Interactive ChemMystery Exhibit To
Bakersfield’s Buena Vista Museum Of Natural History The
University of California, Merced, in collaboration with the Kern
County Superintendent of Schools, proudly presents the
ChemMystery exhibit at Bakersfields Buena Vista Museum of
Natural History, 2018 Chester Avenue, beginning Monday, August
27. On loan from the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University
of California, Berkeley, ChemMystery is an interactive exhibit
that guides visitors step-by-step through the scientific process
of investigating and solving a crime. Children, students and
adults of all ages are invited to become science detectives as
they step inside the fictional crime scene, discover clues and
conduct real chemical and forensic tests in their attempt to
unravel the whodunit mystery. As part of the exhibit, visitors
perform chromatography tests, carry out acid and base chemical
reactions, examine DNA evidence, view fingerprint samples,
conduct smell tests and analyze handwriting s