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Subject: Kids demos
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:31:30 -0700
Author: "Hurlbut, Dan"
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Subject: Re: Kids demos
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:02:52 -0700
Author: helen
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:45:26 -0800
Reply-To: L M <bt_quant**At_Symbol_Here**YAHOO.COM>
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From: L M <bt_quant**At_Symbol_Here**YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Class demo - whoa!
In-Reply-To: <p06010205be240f964075**At_Symbol_Here**[192.168.2.4]>
As a retired teacher, I find this thread very interesting and very much on target. A number of years ago I was impressed by a presentation by Rubin Battino in NYC. One of his major points was to impress us as teachers an students in general is the difference between Magic and Science. . . .A magician uses science to "fool" the audience and keep the "tricks" secret. A science teacher may do "magic tricks" to illuminate the science that underlies them.
ILPI wrote:
I am all for outreach programs, but I am dismayed that the teacher
saw fit to teach young kids that chemistry is "Talking about fire and
about things that blow up."
I've done these demos at elementary schools. Before I did my last
one, I told the kids that I am a chemist and I asked them what
Lew Malchick
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