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Kids demos
Date:
Jan 31, 2005 18:31 UTC
Author:
Hurlbut, Dan <dan.hurlbut**At_Symbol_Here**AG.STATE.CO.US>
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Re: Kids demos
Date:
Feb 1, 2005 03:02 UTC
Author:
helen <teamplayer**At_Symbol_Here**PCISYS.NET>
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L M <bt_quant**At_Symbol_Here**YAHOO.COM>
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Re: Class demo - whoa!
Date:
Feb 1, 2005 00:45 UTC
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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
bt_quant**At_Symbol_Here**yahoo.com
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