Staff Writer
On the evening of March 27, the gymnasium at Hilltop Elementary School could have been easily confused with a CSI lab. With various science stations set up for hands-on learning, the gymnasium was packed with students, staff and family members participating in the school’s Spring into Science Night.
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During the recent Spring into Science Night at the Hilltop Elementary School students, siblings and family members had a chance to view some very interesting science experiments. Matthew Nadeau found out exactly what “slime” is made of and how to create it.
Wearing white lab coats and manning the different stations, teachers, as well as several students from higher grades encouraged younger students to experiment, smell, listen, touch, taste and investigate in the hands-on discovery of science and how it works.
Jane Kilcollins, principal at the elementary school, said, “The gym was chaotic and we had great participation.”
Science stations available included:
• Underwater fireworks
• You’ve been slimed
• Eggstra-Ordinary
• Have a heart, or maybe an eye or a brain
• One, two tree rings
• Do you hear what I hear?
• Keep your head above water
• Bones and muscles
• Who am I ?
• Opposites attract
• Horsing around
• Lightning
• Germs, germs, they’re everywhere
• Vandergraph
• Extra, Extra, read all about it!
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“Ah yes, I see what you’re talking about.” Tyler Jondro, left and Brandon Belanger, two small yet intense future scientists, were using the always-popular magnifying glass to inspect objects of their interest at the Spring into Science event.
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“This definitely has metal in its make up. Discovering what is magnetic proved to be quite satisfying for young scientist Jacob Day as he proves that ball bearings can be elevated with a magnet. Seth Beidelman at right waits for a chance to try out the magnets.
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Counting the rings in a tree allows you to determine its age. Keeping the magnifying glass in hand just in case. Kaylynn Krul, possibly a future forrester, decides she can see the rings just fine without any assistance.
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Science is not just a “yes” or “no” type of decision. During the Spring into Science night at Hilltop Elementary School Joshua Cummings, at left, a budding young scientist, was determining which objects could be picked up with a magnet.
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Slime, it comes in many colors and was certainly a favorite of kids and adults alike during the science night event.
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All the tools of the trade were available for hands-on use at the recent Spring into Science night held recently in the Hilltop Elementary School gymnasium.
