We renewed our commitment to meet for science this year with Rex and Alli. The topic is physics and chemistry. We meet for dinner and then divide up the demonstrations among the adults who each take a few kids and then we come together and teach and demonstrate our topic to the rest of the group. Here is a collection of pictures from two different nights we met this month.
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| Sitting down for our dinner together. |
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| What will happen if you pull the tin pie plate away? The egg will drop straight down into the cup of water, right? Griffin with Chad and Regan. |
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| Hovercraft demonstration: Garrett and Jack. |
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| Mouse trap car: Sailor, Ben, Bryce, Molly. Potential to kinetic energy. |
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| Working together on projects inside with better lighting. |
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| Measuring the amount of gas generated when pop rocks are combined with soda. |
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| Does air really occupy space underwater? |
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| While you may want to have this experiment done in your mouth, we are going to perform it here in a bottle. |
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| Which of these jars is most likely to explode? |
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| What is the best design for a boat to float that holds the most cargo? |
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| This looks like a dangerous table filled with lots of chemicals that we are going to create reactions with... |
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| Does a diet soda or regular soda can sink or float in water? The one that has less ingredients actually floats... |
