Science Olympiad Presentation Brings Together Two All-Star Science Teachers
Macomb, MI–Don’t try this at home!
Science teachers Andrew Steinman and Gary Abud put on quite the science show for the Science Olympiad district competition on Saturday March 20, 2010.
Steinman and Abud, both 25, teach high school biology and chemistry, respectively. They combined their talents, creativity, and cunning science knowledge on a large-scale presentation fit for television. They created a show to demo several major ideas to young Science Olympiad students: light, glow-in-the-dark science, chemical reactions, and fire.
Over 300 participants in the day-long event engaged in Science Olympiad challenges with their teams and then attended the teachers’ science demo show at the end.
The demonstrations were spectacular and included a fire tornado, green flame explosion, juggling fire in hand, and breathing fire among others. The students, who all ranged from Kindergartners through grade five, were impressed with the “cool” things that could be done using science knowledge. Steinman and Abud explained the inner-workings of each demonstration as they worked through the hour-long presentation.
After the show concluded, participants in the competition received their awards and placings. Family and friends of the students entered in the event were on hand to support their student teams and also attend the show. As many individuals relayed, “this will be something the kids will remember for a long time to come.”
WOW! This was awesome!
anonymous
March 28, 2010