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Students explore science experiments
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Poland North Preschool hosted a Science Day on April 29 for students to become young scientists.
Samantha Cox put together a variety of science experiments for her transitional kindergarten class and Terry Wittenauer’s class to enjoy. Cox set up five stations with different science experiments for the students to participate in.
At the first station, the students explored static electricity with balloons, pop cans and tissue papers. The second station consisted of diagrams of different body parts the students could take apart and examine. The third station was for the students to see how water “walks” from one container to another using just a paper towel and to see if a paper towel can stay dry when it’s put in a cup in water. The fourth station was a test to see if crayons floated or sank and what would happen when a pencil was pushed through a plastic bag filled with water. The final station allowed the students to make crystals using pipe cleaners, borax and hot water.
“Look how much it filled up in just a few minutes, isn’t that pretty cool?” Cox asked of the walking water.
The students were impressed by all of the different activities, especially the hands-on ones that allowed them to experience how it worked.
The students finished the day by making crystals. The pipe cleaners would sit over the weekend and the students would be able to take home their crystals when they came back to school the following Monday.