When we kicked-off fundraising for year two of the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Science Zone, we also kicked-off a season of doing wacky things (AKA, ‘Acts of Whimsy’) to thank donors and celebrate monetary benchmarks. Below is the collection of all the Acts of Whimsy done by zone volunteers. Enjoy!
- $100
- @DrRubidium wore a tiara at work
- $500
- @DrRubidium ran the CASA Donut dash dressed in a Wonder Woman ensemble on September 14th.
- @Chemjobber did a dramatic reading of an scientific paper and it is GLORIOUS.
- $1000
- @Scicurious will run the Philladelphia Half-Marathon on dressed as Batwoman on November 23, 2014. NANANANANANANANA – RUN! DONE!
- $1500
- @NoisyAstronomer become the Staten Island Astrologer. Hehehehehehehehehehe!
- $2000
- @Scicurious, with the help of @ScientificScott, did a re-enactment of the MOST IMPORTANT scientific paper of our time! (which involves sneaking up on squirrels)
- @lousycanuck did an EPIC interpretive dance of Megashark vs Giant Octopus
- $2500
- Nobody cosplays like @tereshkova2001! She recorded a bilingual greeting in costume and character as one of the AVTR driver scientists from Avatar.
- $3000
- What the heck is phlogiston?! @Sargent explains with this great video!
- Intentially bad cosplay? Yes, please! @_adverbia had folks vote and this weekend (10/4-5/14), it’s happening!
- Feel the burn! @Chemjobber did a push-up for every misleading statement in five Food Babe videos.
- $3500
- Remember that scene from Invasion of the Body Snatchers? @DrMRFrancis did a re-enactment!
- Seeing double? Not quite… @DNLee5 did her own re-enactment of that scene from Invasion of the Body Snatchers!
- $4000
- @tereshkova2001 did a dramatic reading of the First and Second Law by Flanders and Swann.
- Mad Libs + scientific paper? Oh yes! @Sargent hosted our wordy shenanigans
- $4500
- A Dungeons & Dragons themed remake of ‘Radioactive’ called ‘d20 Damage’? You know it! With tuba!!! @DrMRFrancis did it here!
- $5000
- @lousycanuck did a marathon of Battletoads for the NES, beginning to end!
- $5500
- $6000
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