Alive

Hey everybody, sorry for the long pause in blog entries. I was unfortunately very ill after eating a terrible sandwich that I got from a street vendor.

It has been a busy week! The school had our first science fair on Thursday night, entered by every student grades 7-12, which was an amazing success. Hosted by Mr. Palosaari, the other science teacher, every student displayed some research that they conducted or research that they discovered. I was so impressed with them! Some of my students tested reactions such as the flammability of various aerosol cans, flammability of different strengths of alcohol and the way that ties to the amount of time it takes for a paper to catch fire, the effect of acid on various materials, and the effects of mixing incompatible blood types. The chemistry students in particular had some interesting results. The winner of the fair was a project testing the efficiency of incandescent vs. fluorescent light bulbs, tested using a homemade spectrometer and the light attenuation equations.

Friday night was the evening field trip stargazing on the roof with the telescope.

Saturday was the Elementary School carnival - a huge all-day event overtaking the entire middle, elementary school and the football field. It was warm and sunny and very well attended!

More later. I'm happy to be healthy again.