For ages 8-14: Venus Flytrap electricity

Name: For ages 8-14: Venus Flytrap electricity
Start: 2025-02-22T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-22T11:30:00-05:00
Location: Baltimore UnderGround Science Space (BUGSS)

Schedule

Sat Feb 22 2025 at 10:00 am to 11:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Baltimore UnderGround Science Space (BUGSS) | Baltimore, MD

How does a venus flytrap snap shut and trap flies? Learn all about the electrical signaling in these extraordinary plants!
About this Event

How can a plant sense a fly and trap it? That sounds like something an animal would do. Do plants have brains? In fact what does have a brain? In this experiment, you will answer that question and understand how this happens by measuring "action potentials" in these plants!