Make a glow stick, then learn about glow sticks, then you can use your glow stick. If you have a fear of long words, do not use this project. Do not try this at home (the chemicals are kind of dangerous to work with outside of a lab). There are glow sticks you can make at home using fewer toxic materials.
Basic Atomic Theory (if you're confused about electrons/electrons levels): https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1256296601/