That was the lesson tonight, as me, J, parents, and about 100 high school and elementary school kids watched the profs at PLU work wonders on an annual science/chemistry night the Chem Club and the chem profs have been running for about five years now.
The kids were fidgety at first, but then settled down, when the prof told them to cover their ears; he was about ready to recreate the Hindenburg disaster. And sure enough, he did.
Later, the student got to create lava lamps, disappearing ink, and gack, or something like it. Even the deserts were informational. The ice cream was made with dried ice and the brownies were in the shape of the periodic table.
J. even stopped texting for awhile to pay attention.
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Cool. The boys had their b-day party at the Science Center this year and the hit of the party was making ice cream using liquid nitrogen. Didn't taste too bad, either!
Seriously, science is so fun and cool it's amazing how hard schools sometimes seem to work to make it boring...
Or they simply cut the programs.
when our school got dinged on the WASL, the district forced the school to cut science and social studies to make more room for writing, reading and math. The teachers were about ready to explode! Or in tears.
Mr. Webb, the guy at J's school is great. J. kept whispering to me that "we did a bigger explosion than that in class!"
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