What was your favourite school science experiment?
Ah the school science experiments. Some great, some silly, some just icky. So, which one was your favourite?
I only had to dissect one frog, no worms, and didn’t blow anything up (that wasn’t supposed to blow up). Okay I burned myself in grade 7 pretty well (never grab a porcelain crucible with bare hands just after being over a Bunsen burner), but generally science was a fun time for me. But what do I remember most? Rolling steel balls down ramps in Grade 6.
Yep. It was so fun. Bunch of steel balls, plastic ramps (with markings up the side), carbon paper, and copy paper (or was it mimeograph then?). Man I still remember seeing how the pattern of dots changed as the balls rolled faster down the ramps and across the floor.
Hey this was like 1980 … so after 26 years for me to remember it this clearly, it had to be cool!
So, what was your favourite school science experiment? Even the ones that flopped (or exploded) are good … the “never put a match by the gas jet” can be an important lesson (sure was for my friend who had all his arm hair burned off!).
Let’s hear them!
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