I like to show the kids how the world works… and thankfully their school feels the same. They had a science fair, and there were things… and stuff!
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- The Hot Air Balloon at the science fair was a beacon from miles away, it’s no wonder we could hardly help but be drawn to it, even the kids ;)
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- I can’t blame the children for feeling the awe of the moment, pulled like tiny little moths to bask in the radiance of the fire, and the glowing colors of the balloon. The gasps I heard from the children when the thing took off a few feet into the air gave me an involuntary smile.
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- Of the many bad things I can say about Tucson, the clear night sky isn’t one of them. From the hot air balloons we made our way to the night time observatory, there were six or seven large telescopes set up to watch the wonders in the heavens.
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- Turns out that if you set your camera to flash around a bunch of dedicated astronomers, they get piqued… ;) who would have thought? I think they’re never too young to inspire with a love of things like… this.
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- You’d think that with what seems like a hundred laser pointers at home that the children wouldn’t be so intrigued by a display like this at the science fair, I would think that anyway. In their defense, lasers ARE cool!
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- I have no idea what this model was setup to show, the University Student who was at this exhibit was texting… I DO know that the string, if pulled, makes a bell ring, and a light … light.
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- I was shocked to see a Tesla Coil at the school science fair (lol) The guy who set it up had planned on demonstrating that he can catch the lighting from the coil, but he was shocked by it. (har har) The picture turned out surprisingly well. I was a little shocked.
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- One of the most engaging stations at the science fair was the tree ring setup, the children really got into looking at the tree rings, but the guy who ran the exhibit REALLY (REALLY!!!) loved his job, REALLY!!! (With 3 exclamation points)
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- Someday they found it… the Rainbow Connection; this science station took up MOST of the time we were there, it had coloring, making bracelets, making wind socks, and the children were watching how pressure affects cloud creation.
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- This station served two purposes at once, one was to teach the children how an anemometer measures how fast the wind is moving, the other is to demonstrate hyperventilation and how close to it you can get when you and your brother try to beat each other person’s ‘score’ for who can blow the hardest.
