A Science Night Preview

By Children Rising | July 12, 2012

Our upcoming newsletter is going to have a large feature on Oakland’s first Family Science Night (FSN) that was put on by Sandia National Laboratories in partnership with Children Rising’s Science Horizons program. Mark and Joanne Perra, lifelong scientists and Children Rising volunteers, authored the article and served a foundational role in making FSN a success.

Attendance surpassed expectations as three schools were invited to join Prescott students in the Prescott auditorium for the event. Scientists had various stations that gave students and their families hands-on experiences with science. Most of their materials were everyday household items such as soda bottles, glue, toothpicks and marshmallows.

Unfortunately, we could not fit all the photos into the newsletter, so I am posting some of the gems here.
Sit tight for the August Children Rising newsletter, which will be published at the beginning of next month!
The following photos are courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories with Dino Vournas as photographer:

Students, parents, and even grandparents came to explore and discover.

An infrared camera captures the body’s surface temperature.

Students cheer the release of a pressure-propelled bottle rocket.

A lesson in chemical reactions: making goo glue!

A PhD candidate from CAL (right) shares a soda bottle vortex.