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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Children were chosen to help with different experiments during the Astounding Astronomy program from COSI on June 13 at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the children was chosen to dress up in different outfits for the road trip the children were taking during the COSI program.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.COSI Outreach Educator Lindy Newman made a comet using liquid nitrogren, dust and other common objects to show the guests at the Astounding Astronomy COSI program on June 13 at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Lindy Newman, COSI Outreach Educator, created a bottle rocket using a water bottle and liquid nitrogen at the Boardman library.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Children took a trip to different planets during the Astounding Astronomy with COSI program on June 13 at the Boardman library.
Outreach Educator Lindy Newman has been working with COSI for about a year and spends half of her time traveling to different places to put on programs. When she is not traveling, she is at the COSI in Columbus putting on other programs for the children who visit.
Newman said she enjoys the job because she gets to go to a bunch of places for work that she would never have gotten to go to outside of work.
“Ohio is so diverse, you go to all these different schools,” said Newman.
The children had the opportunity to volunteer for different activities that Newman was demonstrating. The children learned how big the planets were in comparison to each other, they learned about the atmosphere on all the planets, what they were made of and much more.
One of the final activities of the astronomy program was creating a comet. Newman used items such as dust, window cleaner and liquid nitrogen to make the comet.
At the end of the program, the children all got coupons to attend COSI in Columbus. COSI hosts different programs and are all tailored for the children to have fun while learning.