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September 13, 2005 with lessons by
Roy Coleman (SMILE CD), Earl Zwicker (Linear Motor), Fred Schaal (VIA
Rail vs. Amtrack), Paul Fracaro (CBL System), Karlene Joseph
(Predicting Paths: Exercises for Critical Thinking), Bill Colson
(Science Songs), Bill Blunk (More Science Songs) and Ann Brandon (NSTA
Magazine). September 20, 2005 with lessons by
Roy Coleman (Using Wire Spools to Teach Physics), Ann Brandon (Testing
the Royal Inch), Bill Shanks (Rocket Balloons and Aircraft), Carl
Martekian (Learning to See Behind) and Pat Riley (Rate-Determining
Steps in Chemical Reactions). October 4, 2005 with lessons by
Don Kanner (Who Lives Where), Roy Coleman (Bathroom Physics), Walter
McDonald (Bits and Computers), Fred Schaal (Dubito Ergo Sum), Larry
Alofs (Snake Eggs), Khara Kriswell (Fire and Ice), Ben Stark (Mrs.
Levine's Pickle Recipe), Charlotte Wood-Harrington (Cheap Constant
Velocity Cars and a Kinetic Problem) and Paul Fracaro (Paper Plate
Fractions and Whiteboard Demonstrations). October 18, 2005 with lessons by
Don Kanner (Physics with MSTS: Microsoft Train Simulator), Betty
Roombos (Explore, Plan and ACT), Fred Schaal (RR on the Great Divide),
Ann Brandon (Halloween Math and Straw Stuff), Walter McDonald (Hidden
Magic coin), Dianna Uchida (Science Fair Projects) and Roy Coleman
(Bowling Ball Air Gyroscope). November 1, 2005 with lessons by
Dianna Uchida (Square Roots Using Sotolongo's Method), Terry Conatello
(Clingers), Benson Uwumarogie (Patterns), Bill Blunk (Friction), Bill
Shanks (Center of Gravity), John Scavo (Hybrid Vehicles and Digital
Cameras) and Walter Kondratko (Lemon Batteries and Burning Pennies). November 15, 2005 with lessons by
Bill Blunk (Original tom Lehrer Songs), Bud Schultz (Ancient Matches),
Larry Alofs (LED's, etc.), Brenda Daniel (Fire Safety), Ed Scanlon
(Evolution), Don Kanner (Any Questions?), Khara Criswell (Music) and
Ann Brandon (Strange Temperatures on Shipboard). November 29, 2005 with lessons by
Fred Schaal (Conserving the Heat of My Toes), Nneka Anigbogu (Random
Rectangles), Charlotte Wood-Harrington (National Boards), Arlyn VanEk
(Odds and Ends), Bud Schultz (Easy Primitive Toys) and Larry
Alofs (Combination Locks). December 13, 2005 with lessons by Bill
Colson (Stamps) Earl Zwicker (Zulu Time), Ron Tuinstra (A Virtual
Cadaver), Chris Etapa (Waves), Erik Jergens (Projectile Motion Made
Visible) and Marva Anyanwu (Teaching the Metric System). January 24, 2006 with lessons by Ben
Stark (Measurement of the Oxygen content of Air), Don Kanner (Siphoning
the Net), Chris Etapa (Get a Grip), Debbie Lojkutz (Einstein's Big
Idea), Roy Coleman (Color Changes), Marva Anyanwu (Measure Your Metric
Knowledge and What is Your Nano IQ?) and Bill Colson (Secret Science in
Art). February 7, 2006 with lessons by John
Scavo (The Mousetrap Car), Fred Schaal (Prose and Poetry Day),
Terry Donatello (Nuclear Sciences), Pat Riley (Covalent Bonding for
the Inclusion Classes) and the High School Bridge Building Contest. February 21, 2006 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (Construction Points on an Ellipse), Larry Alofs (Pan Pipes,
Fresnel Lenses and Hall Effect Sensors), Walter McDonald (Sangaku),
Roy Coleman (Torques) and Bill Blunk (Ping-pong Electrostatics). March 7, 2006 with lessons by Ben
Schultz (Gonzo Gismos), Don Kanner (The sound of Physics), Fred
Schaal (Parabolic Points), Earl Zwicker (Mr. Angry on the Left,
Mr. Happy on the Right), Porter Johnson (Sangaku Follow Up), Lee
Slick (Cricket Temperature) and Bill Colson (Assorted Literature and
References). March 21, 2006 with lessons by Chris
Etapa (Information on Low-cost MSSE Program), Fred Schaal (Graphing
Inverse Trig Functions), Fred Farnell (Kepler's Law Website),
Roy Coleman (XnView and Google Earth Software), Larry Alofs
(Piezoelectricity), Ann Brandon (Math Puzzle [Kakuro] and Paper Clip
Energy), Bill Colson (Comments on Mr. Calm and Mr. Angry), Bill Shanks
(Whistle Baloon Helicopter) and Bud Schultz (Leyden Jar). April 4, 2006 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (Looking for 6174), Walter McDonald (The Energy Cell), Karlene
Joseph (Go Figure) and Terri Donatello (Newspaper Articles). April 18, 2006 with lessons by Jeff
Terry (Fun with Liquid Nitrogen and Making a Comet), Ron Tuinstra (HDN:
Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn), Ed Scanlon (Predicting the Weather),
Carl Martikean (Alternative Fuels), Benson Uwumarogie (Attempts to
Improve Math Scores) and Porter Johnson (Regular Pentagons
and Pentagrams). May 2, 2006 (the LAST SMILE class)
with lessons by Porter Johnson (Future Plans), Brenda Daniels (Time for
Kids Magazine),
Nneka Anigbogu (Math Ideas for Non-College Prep Students), Walter
Kondratko (Crystals and Crook's Tube), Bill Blunk (Giveaways), Arlyn
VanEk (Impedance Matching), Eric Jurgens (Going From a Circuit
Schematic to the Breadboard), Marva Anyanwu (Earthquakes and Other
Things), Bill Colson (Interesting Websites) and Porter Johnson (The
Shroud of Turin Project). September 14, 2004 with lessons by Pat
Riley (Density and Heat Capaccity), Roy Coleman (SMILE/SMART CD) and
Ben Stark (The Genetics of Sex Determination).
September 28, 2004 with lessons by
Chris Etapa (The Ecosphere), Theresa Donatello (Atoms - The Rutherford
Experiment) and Ken Schug (A "Chemistry Road Show").
October 12, 2004 with lessons by Ron
Tunistra (Density and Significant Figures), Ken Schug (A Cesium Bottle)
and Marva Anyanwu (BB's Neede to Sink a Straw).
October 26, 2004 with lessons by
Barbara Lorde (Naming Elements), Ken Schug (Thermometers), Wanda Pitts
(Magnets) and Ed Scanlon (Impact Craters).
November 9, 2004 with lessons by Carol
Giles (Mold), Chris Etapa (Elodea) and Barbara Lorde (Transpiration).
November 23, 2004 with lessons by
Carol Giles (More Mold), Walter Kondratko (Melting Point Determination)
and Brenda Daniel (The Human Body's Skeleton).
December 7, 2004 with lessons by
Walter Kondratko (Spectrums and Colors), Chris Etapa (Mutations and
Variations) and Mary Lucy Adetunji (The Five Senses).
December 14, 2004 with lessons by
Walter Kondratko (Flame Test for Metalic Ions) and Ron Tunistra (Human
Response Times).
January 25, 2005 with lessons by Ben
Stark (Colors of Light) and Carol Giles (Categorization).
February 8, 2005 with lessons by Terri
Donatello (Heat Transfer and Density), Ron Tuinstra (Honing Observation
Skills Using Catalysts)
and Pat Riley (Conservation of Matter).
February 22, 2005 with lessons by
Walter Kondratko (Mystery Solutions)
, Brenda Daniel (Magnetism and Electricity) and Marva Anyanwu (Human
Traits).
March 8, 2005 with lessons by Wanda
Pitts (The Straw Balance and Gravity), Carol Giles (The Heat Treat) and
Chris Etapa
(Some Fabulous Information).
March 29, 2005 with lessons by Marva
Anyanwu (Genetics),
Terri Donatello (Physical Properties) and Ken Schug (Identifying Gases
by Color).
April 12, 2005 with lessons by Chris
Etapa (Greenhouses on the Go), Walter Kondratko (Boyle's Law) and Ed
Scanlon (Scrapbook).
April 26, 2005 with lessons by Ben
Stark (Seeds of Wisdom),
Sister Mary Lucy Adetunji (Vinegar & Eggs), Terri Donatello
(Rolling Uphill).
May 10, 2005 with lessons by Barbara
Lorde (Dancing Spaghetti),
Ed Scanlon (Prediction the Weather) and Terri Donatello (More on Map
Reading).
September 14, 2004 with lessons by Roy
Coleman (SMILE&CMART CD), Don Kanner (A quick Connection with
Wind), Larry Alofs (A History Lesson), Fred Schaal (Green Line
Adventure), Ann Brandon (Friction - 45o or Bust), Walter
McDonald (Nines), Bill Colson (Philately), Lee Slick (Making Vectors
from a "Flotation Noodle") and Fred Farnell (Numerology With Their
Special Bell Schedule).
September 28, 2004 with lessons by
Fred Schaal (A Bike With Afterburners), Betty Roombos (Constant Speed
Buggy), Larry Alofs (The First Motion Graph), Debbie Lojkutz (Studying
Motion Using A Ticker Tape Timer), Don Kanner (A Quick Graph) and
Charlotte Wood-Harrington (The Physics of Guiness Stout).
October 12, 2004 with lessons by Ann
Brandon (ISPP and Other Workshop Information), Bill Blunk (Finding
Metallic Stakes to Mark Property Lines), Walter McDonald (Perfect
Numbers and Triangular Numbers), Bud Schultz (The Lightly Story) and
Bill Shanks (Harbor Freight Scale of Volt/Ohm Meters).
October 26, 2004 with lessons by Don
Kanner (A book Review), Monica Seelman (The Mystery of Straw Worms),
Fred Schaal (Hawking Hawking), Babatunde Taiwo (Understanding Car
Crashes Video), Benson Uwumarogie (Special Parts of a Triangle) and
Bill Colson (Interdisciplinary Projects With Camera Obscura and a
Pinhole Camera).
November 9, 2004 with lessons by
Leticia Rodriguez (Interactive Fractions), John Scavo (A Tip Car), Roy
Coleman (Rocket Launch), Dianna Uchida (The Science Explorer
Book), Fred Schaal (1 + 1 = 1), Ann Brandon & Debbie Lojkutz
(Accelerometers), Rich Goberville (Light-up Tie, Floating Snowball and
Chinese Yo-Yo), Bill Shanks (Water Source Detector) and Monica Seelman
(Divisibility Test for 7).
November 23, 2004 with lessons by Bill
Blunk (How Smooth is Smooth), Don Kanner (Helium), Fred Farnell (The
Physics of a Hanging Sign), Charlotte Wood-Harrington (A 'Tom Senior'
Newton's Third Law Demo) and Bill Shanks (3.5m Tape Measure for $1.00).
December 7, 2004 with lessons by
Leticia Rodriguez (Magnetic Fishing Pole), Bill Blunk (A 'Tactile
Magnifier'), Fred Schaal (Spheres to Cubes), Ann Brandon & Debbie
Lojkutz (Non-scrambled Eggs), Karlene Joseph (The Physics of
Hopper-Poppers), Bill Shanks (Helmholz Resonator and Cubing a Cube),
Monica Seelman (Testing for Divisibility by 7), Sally Hill (Physics
Catapult Project) and Porter Johnson (Answer to Larry Alofs' question
of 11/9).
December 14, 2004 with lessons by Lee
Slick ((Film Canister Optics), Larry Alofs (Inductance), Paul Fraccaro
(Best Paper Size), Roy Coleman (Weighing Bridges for Contest Using
Nickels), Arlan VanEk (Air ZookaTM Vortex Launcher) and Bill
Shanks (LED Lantern).
January 25, 2005 with lessons by Don
Kanner (Three No-Trumps),
Marilynn Stone (Constant Speed Buggies), Fred Schaal (Prose and Poetry
Day),
Roy Coleman (NCLB and Miscellaneous Stuff), Bill Colson (Idea for
School Development),
Rich Goberville (New Toys), Bill Shanks (Point'n'Measure Digital Tape),
Walter McDonald
(interference of a Digital Clock) and Ann Brandon (Scotch Tape
Electrostatics).
February 8, 2005 The Chicago Region
High School Bridge Building Contest.
February 22, 2005 with lessons by
Walter McDonald (Buoyancy), Fred Schaal (Pump up the Volume), Fred
Farnell & Don Kanner (Fizzing Pop Bottles), Bud Schultz (Dropping
Magnets Through Pipes Revisited) and Bill Shanks (Laser-Cheap).
March 8, 2005 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (RANDINT(1,14,4)+50),
Bill Colson (Poetry), Bill Shanks (Geometry), Ann Brandon (Magnet
Experiments) and Leticia Rodriguez (Ceragem Thermal Acupuncture
Massager).
March 29, 2005 with lessons by Don
Kanner (Signs of the Times
+ p a la mode), Larry Alofs (Vacuum
Bazooka), Ann Brandon (Masses for
the Masses), Bill Blunk
(Flying Rocks: Angels in the Centerfold?), Charlotte Wood-Harrington
(Series and Parallel Resistances),
Roy Coleman (Foot - Hand Rotation) and Monica Seelman (Fractals and
Sierpinski's Pyramid).
April 12, 2005 with lessons by Dianna
Uchida (Elephants and Flowers),
John Scavo (Christmas Toys Revisited), Betty Roombos & Marilynn
Stone (The Penny and Twirling Coat
Hanger), Ann Brandon (Making Waves), Charlotte Wood-Harrington (Geek
of the Week), Arlyn VanEk (AC-DC) and Benson Uwumarogi (Circle, Radius
p).
April 26, 2005 with lessons by Ann
Brandon (Workshop on Standing Wave Machine), Fred Schaal (Follow-up
Question on Book by Michio Kaku), Babatunde Taiwo (Simple Electric
Motors), Fred Farnell (Rolling, Falling , Rolling), Don Kanner &
Bill Blunk (winning a Tug of War) and Bill Shanks (Meeting of the Board
& A One Watt Flashlight).
May 5, 2005 with lessons by Leticia
Rodriguez (Evaluation of
CERAGEM Thermal Bed), Bud Schlutz (Dots and Lights), Larry Alofs (Cheap
Stirling Engine),
Bill Shanks (Ray-tracing on a Blackboard Made Easy), Porter Johnson
& Earl Zwicker (Newton's Third Law) and Fred Schaal (There May be
Dark Matter in Your Living Room).
September 9, 2003 with
lessons by Ben
Stark (Calculating the oxygen content of air) and Pat Riley
(Recognizing physical properties: comparing and contrasting).
September 23, 2003 with lessons by
Therese Donatello (Density + Archimedes Principle) and Ben Stark (a
tour of IIT's research labs).
October 7, 2003 with lessons by
Estellvenia Sanders (Matter and differences in materials), Chris Etapa
(Nature walk part I) and Robert Albert (Observation and inference).
October 21, 2003 with lessons by
Barbara Lorde (Make your own lungs), Wanda Pitts (Inertia challenges)
and Chris Etapa (Nature walk part II).
November 4, 2003 with lessons by Wanda
Pitts (Leaf art), Lilla Green (Energy), Ken Schug (Energy comments) and
Erma Lee (Salad advice).
November 18, 2003 with lessons by
Carol Giles (Internet experience), Christine Scott (Five senses and
floating and sinking) and Ed Scanlon (Kepler's third law).
December 2, 2003 with lessons by Ann
Parham and Winifred Malvin (Bernoulli's law), Joyce Bordelon (Flight
and glider construction), Barbara Pawela (Surface tension of water) and
Marva Awyanwu (Surface tension of water - continued).
December 9, 2003 with lessons by Marva
Anyanwu (Surface tension of water - continued) and Brenda Daniel
(Science Fair materials and a scavenger hunt).
January 27, 2004 with lessons by
Patricia Riley (Types of chemical reactions) and Therese Donatello
(Atomic structures: don't use the Bohr Model anymore).
February 10, 2004 with lessons by Ron
Tunistra (The concept of the mole), Chris Etapa (Energy ball) and Larry
Alofs (Flame tests).
February 24, 2004 with lessons by
Bradley Wright (Fuel Cell Football) and Jane Shields (Tie Dye
chromatography).
March 9, 2004 with lessons by Jane
Shields (Tie dye chromatography continued), Ben Stark (Calculating the
Oxygen content of air), Brenda Daniels (How big is the continent of
Africa), Bradley Wright (How do you see a gas) and Wanda Pitts (Two
sticklers by Terry Stickels).
March 23, 2004 with lessons by Don
Kanner (Acid Reflux), Wanda Pitts (Spinners), Barbara Lorde (The
Muscular-Skeletal system of humans) and Carol Giles (Defining,
identifying and interpreting a pedigree).
April 6, 2004 with lessons by Jane
Shields (Chemical indicators, homemade Litmus paper, acids &
bases), Ben Stark (The can crusher) and Terry Donatello (Identification
and chemical properties of minerals).
April 20, 2004 with lessons by
Estellvenia Sanders (Combining substances), Marva Anyanwu (Apple model
of the Earth), Jane Shields (Low stress learning) and Bradley Wright
(Chemist's recipe for chocolate chip cookies).
May 4, 2004 with lessons by Christine
Scott (Seeds), Chris Etapa (Force and motion illustrated with rockets),
Ed Scanlon ( A comparison of humanoid skulls), Joyce Bordelon (Simple
machines), Lilla Green (A discovery activity) and Ron Tuinstra
(Environmental Science activities).
September 9, 2003 with lessons by Don
Kanner (Hygroscope), Fred Schaal (Tank cars and Mars), John Bozovsky
(Now you see it - now you don't), Larry Alofs (Crude explanation of
John's pictures), Bill Colson (Flashy Doo-dah's), Ann Brandon (Space
inversion mask) and Fred Farnell (Balancing an egg on end). September 23, 2003 with lessons by
John Scavo ( Alka-Seltzer rocket), Walter McDonald (Fibonacci numbers),
Jane Shields (Why is the sky blue?), Roy Coleman (pulling a spool with
a string and AAPT photo contest) and Bill Shanks (Miraculous battery
recharger). October 7, 2003 with lessons by Porter
Johnson (The Golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers), Roy Coleman (weather
data, unit conversions and the speed of falling raindrops), Bill Blunk
(Paper match rocket and more), Imara Abdullah (Posters), Fred Schaal
(TI-83 helper), Ann Brandon (Inertia and seat belts) and Porter Johnson
(The physics of baseball). October 21, 2003 with lessons by Carl
Martikean (Enjoyable experiments with dry ice), F. Lee Slick (More on
matches and brimstone), Jane Shields (Weather frog), Bill Blunk
(Columbus and the telescope), Babatunde Taiwo (Graphing calculator and
motion sensor), Bill Colson (Molecular expressions/Florida State
website) and Fred Schaal (Railroading on the great divide). November 4, 2003 with lessons by Larry
Alofs (Why measure resistance), Karlene Joseph (New Pasco track
accessories), F. Lee Slick (Mnemonics), Gary Guzdziol (Drum implosion
video), Monica Seelman (How much paper is there in a roll?) and John
Scavo (Batteries revisited). November 18, 2003 with lessons by Ann
Brandon (Pressure revisited), Fred Farnell (Electric tennis shoes),
Marilyn Stone (Optical illusions), Fred Schaal (STO FRM not that bad),
John Scavo (how many blades on a propeller), Richard Goberville
(Newton's third law), Karlene Joseph (Launching your marbles), Bill
Shanks (Plumb bobs) and Gary Guzdziol (Air pressure collapse). December 2, 2003 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (Graphing parabolas: a challenge), Walter McDonald (Fibonacci
number programs on the HP-48 calculator), John Bozovsky (Physics in
film clips) and Professor Eduardo De Santiago (Building lighter and
stronger bridges).
December 9, 2003 with lessons by Don
Kanner (Helicopter whirligigs and more), Leticia Rodriguez (Chemical
tests), Fred Schaal (Unleashing complex numbers), Arlyn VanEk (Air
resistance of a swinging block), Fred Farnell (Rocket balloons), Bill
Shanks (Clothes pins that light up) and Karlene Joseph (Crash and burn
website).
January 27, 2004 with lessons by Don
Kanner (Microsoft® Train Simulator), Fred Schaal (Interior and
exterior angles), Arlyn VanEk (rotational mechanics) and Bill Shanks
(LEDs and color mixing). February 10, 2004 The Chicago Region
Bridge contest.
February 24, 2004 with lessons by
Arlyn VanEk (The Gravity Probe B mission), Carl Martikean (Galileo's
study of motion), Larry Alofs (The 'Eternal' flashlight), Ann Brandon
(Series light bulbs), Camille Gales (A question from "The Chicken from
Minsk" book) and Fred Farnell (What is inside Twinkling shoes).
March 9, 2004 with lessons by Walter
McDonald (Sailboat questions), Fred Farnell (Dissection of twinkling
shoes), Bill Shanks (pop can electroscope) and Fred Schaal (slice angle
of a pie).
March 23, 2004 with lessons by Bill
Colson (Euler's disk), Bill Blunk (Plane mirrors), Ann Brandon (current
without batteries), Betty Roombos (ESPN Sports Figures video) and Fred
Schaal (all of the pie crust).
April 6, 2004 with lessons by John
Scavo (Cub Scout Science), Peter Smagacz (drift velocity), Roy Coleman
(diodes and bulbs), Bill Blunk (Jacob's ladder and signaling with plane
mirrors), Bud Schultz (Interactive physics simulations - SIMS©)
and Ann Brandon (forming images with plane mirrors).
April 20, 2004 with lessons by Marilyn
Stone and Don Kanner (dropping weights through pipes), John Bozovsky
(Rocket altitude measurement), Monica Seelman (Bubble Trumpets and
bubble recipes) and Babatunde Taiwo (Vernier Force plate with the
graphing calculator).
May 4, 2004 with lessons by Benson
Uwumarogie (Algeblocks), Karlene Joseph (Birthday candles and
spectroscopes), Fred Schaal (Fraction action), Richard Goberville
(lightning reaction), Leticia Rodriguez and Bud Schultz (Copernic Agent
search engine), Don Kanner (Funnel multiplication), Walter McDonald (Is
there a second Earth out there?), Bill Blunk (series circuits -- or
what), Ann Brandon (Sophie Germain play and Phone cord wave machine)
and Sally Hill (Optical illusions).
September 10, 2002 with lessons by Roy
Coleman (SMILE & SMART CD-ROM) and Ken Schug (Hydrogen Peroxide
reaction,
Cartesian Diver, Boyles' Law and chemical reaction rates). September 24, 2002 with lessons by Pat
Riley (Milk of Magnesia reactions), Marva Anyanwu (fingerprints) and
Carl
Martikean (science from a humanistic perspective). October 8, 2002 with lessons by Ed
Scanlon
(capture-recapture sampling method), Therese Donatello (the properties
and
phases of matter) and Teri Roland (why leaves change color). October 22, 2002 with lessons by Gary
Guzdziol (why do candles burn), Christine Scott & Lilla Green (a
twig's
story), Erma Lee (animals or whatever?) and Christine Etapa
(observations and
categorization). November 5, 2002 with lessons by Carol
Giles (bobbing mothballs), Frana Allen (squirmy worms), Estellvenia
Sanders
(bilingual biology) and Tyrethis Penrice (full of hot air). November 19, 2002 with lessons by
Winifred
Malvin (investigating snails), Barbara Lorde (static electricity),
Wanda Pitts
(soap boats), Brenda Daniel (the future world of biodiversity) and Erma
Lee
(bouncing buttons and raisins). December 3, 2002 with lessons by
Pushpa
Bahl (titration) and Carl Martikean (catalysts). December 10, 2002 with lessons by Ann
Parham (measuring stress), Chris Etapa (measuring density), Barbara
Pawela (the
chemistry of fire) and Jyotiben Desai (dinosaurs for sale). January 28, 2003 with lessons by Roy
Coleman (SMILE & SMART CD), Pat Riley (thickness of aluminum foil)
and Therese Donatello (the nuts and bolts of chemical compounds).
February 11, 2003 with lessons by
Frana Allen (matter and atoms), Pat Riley (electron structure), Chris
Etapa (force and motion) and Fred Schaal (tree circumferences &
Christmas bird survey).
February 25, 2003 with lessons by
Chris Etapa (Diffusion and osmosis) and Ken Schug (a bag of chemistry
tricks).
March 11, 2003 with lessons by Barbara
Lorde (making a plastic toy), Tyrethis Penrice (soft vs. hard water),
Chris Clausing (inorganic nomenclature) and Barbara Pawela (strong
ice).
March 25, 2003 with lessons by Wanda
Pitts (balancing), Chris Clausing (CD spectroscope), Ana Timbers
(starch in green leaves) and Brenda Daniel with Erma Lee (different
salads in a bowl).
April 8, 2003 with lessons by Ann
Parham with Winifred Malvin (making erasers), Carol Giles (Styrofoam
packing nuggets), Chris Eatpa (models of cells and organelles) and
Brenda Daniel with Erma Lee (edible plant parts).
April 22, 2003 with lessons by
Joytiben Desai (mining for peanuts), Christine Scott with Lilla Green
(soup) and Marva Anyanwu (potatoes on the desk).
May 6, 2003 with lessons by Joyce
Bordelon (states of matter), Ed Scanlon (dissecting owl pellets) and
Marva Anyanwu (genetic engineering II).
September 10, 2002 with lessons by
Porter
Johnson (course syllabus), Fred Schaal (observations on famous trains),
Larry
Alofs (Son of 'Stomper'), Bill Colson (various book reports), Porter
Johnson
(microwave oven websites), Earl Zwicker (Geckos and coffee filters),
Roy Coleman
(SMILE & SMART CD-ROM), Bill Shanks (white LEDs and bicycling
energy), Don
Kanner (teaching of reading of Physics material) and Ann Brandon (ISPP
meeting
& Vernier workshops). September 24, 2002 with lessons by
Bill
Colson (when written instructions are not enough), Roy Coleman (1000
Playthinks
& 'Fermi' questions), Fred Farnell (what are these instructions
for?), Betty
Roombos (a Viewmaster), Larry Alofs (Catsup/Ketchup saver for tornado
bottle
& angular momentum), Ann Brandon (walking the dog & graphs and
more
graphs), Bill Blunk (slow motion climbatron), Hoi Hyunh (math notation
and
visual geometry) and Don Kanner (grading on the curve). October 8, 2002 with lessons by Don
Kanner
(rocket ship physics), Bill Blunk (molecular Shish Kabob), Maria Vinci
(tiling
and tessellation), Walter McDonald (Fractals: how long is the coastline
of
Florida), Monica Seelman (shoelaces, bows, knots & topology), Fred
Farnell
(a slow train) and Larry Alofs (flying bat toy). October 22, 2002 with lessons by Bill
Shanks (more power 2U), Ann Brandon (projectile motion), Fred Schaal
(riding the
rails again), Leticia Rodriguez (Cardiostriders: aerobic gym shoes),
Roy Coleman
(wicked witch & flying fizix teachers) and Ben Butler (hip-hop
changes in
units). November 5, 2002 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (TI-92 graphing calculator), Bill Colson ('Onion' article), John
Bozovsky
(pushing a paper straw through a potato), Bill Shanks (mixing colors),
Arlen Van
Ek (identifying colors in a dark room), Ann Brandon (collisions and
momentum)
and Hoi Hyunh (seeing infinity with a magnifying glass). November 19, 2002 with lessons by
Betty
Roombos (the ballistic cart on television), Fred Schaal
(coding/decoding and
matrices) and Professor Eduardo De Santiago (bridge design). December 3, 2002 with lessons by Bill
Blunk
(refills for BIC© 4 color pens & jumping off a table), Larry
Alofs
(diffraction vs. refraction), Karlene Joseph (a story of science
excitement),
Ann Brandon (energy of a pendulum), Don Kanner (Camera Obscura) and
Richard
Goberville (Physics toys and cartoons). December 10, 2002 with lessons by
Michelle
Gattuso (taking the WRECK out or writing recommendations), Lee Slick
(CHEAP
apparatus - thunder tube, eye image inverter and tea bag rocket), Fred
Schaal
(TI-92 attacks triangle), Larry Alofs (optical mice and 'Onion'
article), Bill
Shanks (adding colors using spotlights and colored cellophane), Don
Kanner
(motion of toy train), Karlene Joseph (synthesizing planar motion with
x- and y-
coordinates) and Walter McDonald (reading x-ray images). January 28, 2003 with lessons by Roy
Coleman (SMILE & SMART CD plus wearing your ID 'around your neck'),
Ann Brandon (Tennis Ball Collisions), Bill Colson (Krypton is a gas,
superheros book), Karlene Joseph (Spinning Eggs), Ben Butler (more
spinning eggs), Bill Blunk (Electrostatics for the 'unhaired'), Bill
Shanks (Physics of car shopping) and Porter Johnson (GPS info about
Chicago). February 11, 2003 The Chicago Region
Bridge Building Contest. February 25, 2003 with lessons by
Don Kanner (jug resonance), Roy Coleman (replacement of mercury
thermometers), Walter McDonald (approximation of funcions), Bill Shanks
(color mixing and persistence of vision), Michelle Gattuso (kinetic
& potential energy) and Monica Seelman (surface tension). March 11, 2003 with lessons by Ann
Brandon (induced currents), Carl Martikean (octave chimes from
conduit), Arlyn Van Ek (electrical power), Betty Roombos & Karlene
Joseph (relative motion and Newton's laws), Don Kanner (more jug
resonance), Fred Schaal (TI interactive software), Bill Blunk (space
shuttle tiles), Bill Shanks (fuel efficiency of a bicycle) and Bill
Colson (Pi day). March 25, 2003 with lessons by
Fred Schaal (TI interactive on a laptop), Larry Alofs (PVC tubular
resonance), Katherine Hocker (Home-made spectroscope), Ben Butler (what
is a million), Arlyn Van Ek (magnetic fields/fluids), Hoi Huynh
(balancing mathematics) and Don Kanner (areas and volumes). April 8, 2003 with lessons by
Ajay Gambhir (lab supplies), Don Kanner (shape vs. volume), Fred Schaal
(triangle problem), Karlene Joseph (wine glass resonance), Michells
Gattuso (magnetic field observation box), Gary Guzdziol (atmospheric
pressure effects), Carl Martikean (invisibility and longer jumping),
Camille Jensen (beetle strength) and Bill Blunk (the spinthariscope). April 22, 2003 with lessons by
Bill Blunk (obtaining shuttle tiles), Porter Johnson (GPS data), Gary
Guzdziol (Atmospheric pressure revisited), Leticia Rodriguez (math
concepts & fraction game), Bill Blunk (seeing the spinthariscope
work), Ann Brandon (waves and resonance), Lovesea Jose (water tube
accelerometer) and Bill Colson (geometry puzzle). May 6, 2003 with lessons by
Don Kanner (the hydraulic ram), Bill Shanks (persistence of vision and
LED color mixing), Arlyn Van Ek (resonance street show), Monica Seelman
(psychic puzzle), Roy Coleman (simulated Rutherford experiment), Ben
Butler (dry ice and its liquid state), Peter Smagacz (isolating
rotation KE) and John Bozovsky (vibrating string apparatus). September 11, 2001 with a lesson by Ben
Stark (the human genome). September 25, 2001 with lessons by Lee
Slick (chemical rebus), Chris Etapa (lab safety and science fair), Pat
Riley (how to produce a reaction) and Therese Donatello (measuring and
observation). October 9, 2001 with lessons by Barbara
Pawela (edible plants and seeds) and Marva Anyanwu (the tensile
strength of spaghetti) October 23, 2001 with lessons by Lee
Slick (pH indicators), Carolyn McGee and Carolyn McBride (nutrition
facts
from pumpkins) and Robert McBride (genetic molecules). November 6, 2001 with lessons by
Karlene Joseph (a measuring activity) and Erma Lee (the solar system). November 20, 2001 with lessons by
Estellvenia Sanders (digital numerics), Frana Allen (the nose) and
Winifred Malvin (NASA handout on rockets). December 4, 2001 with lessons by
Tyrethis Penrice (behavior of matter-adhesion and cohesion), Karlene
Joseph (cell diversity)
and Mary Scott (air power). December 11, 2001 with lessons by
Karlene Joseph (eggs and diffusion) and Pat Riley (kitchen chemistry
and observation). January 22, 2002 with lessons by Ben
Stark (burning reactions) and Karlene Joseph (more burning and speckled
verses striped corn). February 5, 2002 with lessons by
Barbara Pawela (demos about air), Frana Allen ('Switch-on' kits) and
Marva Anyanwu (triboluminescence). February 19, 2002 with lessons by
Karlene Joseph (gas laws), Fred Schaal (redwings and grackles) and
Therese Donatello (our bodies). March 5, 2002 with lessons by Karlene
Joseph (atomic orbitals, respiration and oxygen). March 19, 2002 with lessons by Pushpa
Bahl (paper chromatography of food coloring), Ben Stark (Bernoulli's
Principle) and Ken Schug (more on Bernoulli's principal). April 2, 2002 with lessons by
Estellvenia Sanders (what is a cell), Erma Lee (geochemistry-the
movement of ground
water) and Karlene Joseph (facial features with a genetic basis). April 23, 2002 with lessons by Ann
Parham and Winifred Malvin (bottle volcano, mysterious balloon and
density) and Barbara
Pawela (spring planting). May 7, 2002 with lessons by Christina
Etapa (teaching atoms), Therese Donatello (porosity revisited),
Tyrethis Benrice
(electricity and magnetism), Marva Anyanwu (the secret of the speeding
boat),
Mary Scott (black magic) and Brenda Wall (slick sliding soap). September 11, 2001 with lessons by Kon
Kanner (summer vacation wave patterns), Bill Colson (famous last words
from Popular Science and Flatterland: Like Flatland only
More So), Monica Seelman (a Venn Diagram), Ann Brandon (gravity
demo), Bill Blunk (more
Amazing Toys), Roy Coleman (SMILE CD), Earnest Garrison (paper clip
lab)
and Fred Schaal (conditional logic). September 25, 2001 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (more conditional logic), Fred Farnell (follow the bouncing
ball), Larry Alofs (the density of air), Earnest Garrison (propeller
vehicle variations), Ann Brandon (d-v-a vs time graphing), Roy Coleman
(ISPP meeting announcement) and Bill Shanks (next time). October 9, 2001 with lessons by David
Dunlop (Great Lakes Space Foundation rocketry presentation), Fred
Schaal (bat to human frequency conversions), Porter Johnson (vocal
ranges) and Marilynn Stone (illustrating circuits). October 23, 2001 with lessons by Don
Kanner (inertia and Newton's Laws), Porter Johnson (comments on
Newton), Bill Colson (Kitty Ball), Monica Seelman (casting out nines),
Fred Schaal (magic squares), Ann Brandon (pressure) and Marilyn Stone
(homemade illustration of circuits). November 6, 2001 with lessons by Gerard
Voland (IIT's IPRO science careers), Fred Schaal (congruence of plane
figures), Ann Brandon (Newton's Third Law), Arlyn Van Ek (mass vs.
weight), Bill Shanks (home made conducting baton), Richard Goberville
(garage sale planetary model)
and Leticia Rodriguez (science fair projects). November 20, 2001 with lessons by Larry
Alofs (Reveille on various instruments), Bill Blunk (Air-driven cart)
and Eduardo de Santiago (bridge building design basics). December 4, 2001 with lessons by Porter
Johnson (generator or alternator), Bill Blunk (fan car revisited plus
happy/sad balls), Bill Shanks (color mixing), Fred Farnell (wrinkled
moon flag), Don Kanner (jury duty physics), Bill Colson (new toys),
Leticia Rodriguez (magnet experiment), Ann Brandon (West Point virtual
bridge contest) and Hoi Huynh (areas of polygons and the Pythagorean
Theorem). December 11, 2001 with lessons by John
Bozovsky (rough rider toys), Don Kanner (thoughts about the CASE exam),
Monica Seelman (repeating decimals), Arlyn Van Ek (Loc Liner and 24
hour towing service) and Bill Shanks (how bright is bright). January 22, 2002 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (screaming orange hat), Don Kanner (200 puzzling physics
problems), Bill Shanks (comment on Fred's hat and solar
heating/cooling) and Arlyn Van Ek (headrests on automobile seats). February 5, 2002 with lessons by Fred
Farnell (Newton's second law and momentum), Larry Alofs (pendula),
Porter Johnson (more pendula), Ann Brandon (more pendula), Bill Blunk
(garbage), Roy Coleman (dropping a hammer, Millikan eggs and no gravity
day) and Earl Zwicker (string blow pipe). February 19, 2002 was the Chicago
Region High School Bridge contest. March 5, 2002 with lessons by Don
Kanner (reed instruments), Walter McDonald (centripetal force), Bill
Colson (probability), Fred Schaal (bad number in magic square), Roy
Coleman (more probability and 'physics' stuff available from the
Oriental Trading Company), Larry Alofs (glass blocks for optics),
Bill Blunk (April 1st and surface tension), Fred Farnell (hydrogen
tankers) and Porter Johnson (more on hydrogen tankers). March 19, 2002 with lessons by Ann
Brandon (static electricity with ping-pong balls), Fred Schaal (even
magic squares), Bill Colson (horsepower and torque in internal
combustion engines), Bill Shanks (LED exit signs), Roy Coleman (the
electric ding-dong), Larry Alofs (more glass block for optics) and Bill
Blunk (more of April 1). April 2, 2002 with lessons by Don
Kanner (magic triangles), Roy Coleman (April 1st restroom trip memo),
Fred Schaal (even magic squares), Earl Zwicker (getting a full nights
sleep), Bill Blunk (comets, stamps and more April 1st), Larry Alofs
(vibrating pipes) and Ann Brandon (sinking straws). April 23, 2002 with lessons by Monica
Seelman (digital numbers, geometrical shapes and pouring water), Fred
Schaal (topological theory and planetary alignment), Walter McDonald
(higher dimensional geometry), Bill Blunk (Wilberforce pendula),
Leticia Rodriguez (tessellations, math applications), Larry Alofs
(Radio Shack's digital thermometer) and
Arlyn Van Ek (standing waves with a scroll saw). May 7, 2002 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (hexcode digital numbers), Lee Slick (anti-gravity fluid), Don
Kanner (liquid nitrogen bath), John Bozovsky (laser light show), Hoi
Huynh (division with mirrors) and Arlyn Van Ek (illustration of
polarization). September 5, 2000 with lessons by Pat
Riley (acids and bases) and Lilla Green (bugs). September 12, 2000 with lessons by
Glenda Ellis (speed comparisons), Erma Lee (bean counting) and Karlene
Joseph (invisible writing). September 26, 2000 with lessons by Pam
Moy (data gathering) and Zoris Soderberg (food groups). October 10, 2000 with lessons by Pam
Moy (scientific inquiry), Chris Etapa (UV light and tonic water),
Karlene Joseph (overflowing with paperclips) and Pat Riley (antacids as
bases).
October 24, 2000 with lessons by Pat
Riley (flame testing), Zoris Soderberg (heart facts), Val Williams (the
skeleton) and Karlene Joseph (hand and finger motion). November 7, 2000 with lessons by Pam
Moy (chromatography), Marva Anyanwu (exercise and respiration) and
Chris Etapa (a red-tail boa constrictor). November 21, 2000 with lessons by Chris
Etapa (slime) and Pat Riley (ionic verses covalent bonding). December 5, 2000 with lessons by Terry
Donatello (material properties and the periodic table) and Chris Etapa
(waste management). January 23, 2001 with lessons by Pam
Moy (DNA models), Ben Stark (DNA replication) and Pat Riley (the atom
and electron structure). January 30, 2001 with lessons by
Theresa Donatello (Double displacement reactions) and Zoris Soderberg
(Air and Bernoulli's Principle). February 13, 2001 with lessons by
Glenda Ellis (layers in a glass), Erma Lee (estimation) and Pat Riley
(Conservation of mass in chemical reactions). February 27, 2001 with lessons by Ben
Stark and Pat Riley (Mendel's First Law). March 13, 2001 with lessons by Karlene
Joseph (Genetic Recombination), Sarah Brennan (Stoichioometry Fudge
recipe) and Zoris Soderberg (Nutrition). March 27, 2001 with lessons by Val
Williams (Traveling Sounds), Mary Scott (The great pepper chase),
Karlene Joseph (Two
Liter Tornado Makers) and Threse Donatello (Organic Chemistry
structures). April 10, 2001 with lessons by Theesa
Donatello (Organic Chemistry structures continued), Karlene Joseph
(propagation of sound) and Ben Stark (glucose). May 1, 2001 with lessons by Shirley
Cesair (Peanut math and electrical charges), Sarah Brennan (Gasses) and
Karlene Joseph (Radioactive Decay). September 5, 2000 with lessons by Bill
Colson (new math audio tape), Ann Brandon (water on penny), Don Kanner
(Galileo's inclined plane), Fred Schaal (astronomy), Bill Blunk (toys),
Carl Martikean (weighing a car) and Lee Slick (squaring numbers ending
in 5). September 12, 2000 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (cementing handle bars), Larry Alofs (magnetism), Don Kanner
(Einstein and evolution), Bill Shanks (fluorescent light starters), Lee
Slick (mercury), Bill Shanks (astronomical influences), Porter Johnson
(the Sun's energy variations),
Ann Brandon (AAPT products) and Porter Johnson (the 45th parallel). September 26, 2000 with lessons by Fred
Shaal (TI-92 math), Walter McDonald (the torsion balance), Marilyn
Stone (inclined planes and projectile motion), Fred Farnell (the sonic
ranger), Bill Colson (air density), Ann Brandon (K-Mart stadium horn)
and Larry Alofs (the magnet tube). October 10, 2000 with lessons by Don
Kanner (tube 'black box'), Ed Robinson (the Nim-Mod game), Marilyn
Stone (the Pythagorean puzzle), Fred Schaal (mathematical concurrence),
Roy Coleman (CASE exam scheduling), Betty Roombos (vector problems) and
Fred Farnell
(new look at sonic ranger problem from 9/26 class). October 24, 2000 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (more TI-92 uses), John Bozovsky (parts for Pasco air track),
Betty Roombos (coffee filter drop tests), Larry Alofs (ping-pong ball
bounce and repulsive fruit), Don Kanner (resistance problems) and
Porter Johnson (paramagnetism). November 7, 2000 with lessons by Fred
Shaal (more TI-92 uses), Bill Colson (interesting stories), Porter
Johnson (plane maps of spheres), Walter McDonald (X-Ray images) and Ann
Brandon (friction). November 21, 2000 with lessons by Don
Kanner (solution to resistance problems from 10/24 class), Bill Blunk
(frames of reference), Fred Schaal (TI-92 geometry) and Eduardo De
Santiago (Bridge design and analysis). December 5, 2000 with lessons by Bill
Shanks (LED's), Rich Goberville (physics toys), Larry Alofs (the Curie
point), Janet M. Sheard (SMART program lesson on the planets) and Sally
Hill (tower of Hanoi). January 23, 2001 with lessons by Bill
Colson (new books), Frana Allen (special ed. experiments), Fred Schaal
(bouncing money), Ann Brandon (Dr. Mae Jemison's visit), Arlyn Van Ek
(ESPN sports programs),
Roy Coleman (comments on the CASE exam) and Porter Johnson (PTRA's
needed).
January 30, 2001 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (construction cranes), Larry Alofs (magnesium pencil
sharpeners), Earl Zwicker (National Engineers Week), Don Kanner (a
phenomenological test) and Ann Brandon (Millikan Eggs). February 13, 2001 The 2001 Chicago
Regional Bridge Contest. February 27, 2001 with lessons by Bill
Colson (a Rube Goldberg contest), Fred Schaal (surface areas of
pyramids), Earnest Garrison (teaching electricity and magnetism), Bill
Shanks (Christmas light electricity) and Walter McDonald (triangulation
of height). March 13, 2001 with lessons by Bill
Colson (Pi day and value), Fred Schaal (factoring large polynomials),
Marilyn Stone (series and parallel circuit board), Don Kanner (straw
reed instrument and hearing test), Porter Johnson (length of day and
night), Betty Roombos (liquid volume, Arlyn Van Ek (electric motors vs.
generators) and Ann Brandon (circuit problems). March 27, 2001 with lessons by Don
Kanner (changes of state), Fred Schaal (lost gloves), Larry Alofs
(polarization) and Porter Johnson (comments on polarization and energy
production). April 10, 2001 with lessons by Earnest
Garrison (discovery kits on e & m), Fred Schaal (rusty find),
Walter McDonald
(graphs of trig functions), Fred Farnell (waves on a slinky), Bill
Colson
(resource handbook, rope trick and MAXIT game), Don Kanner (tides and
the
tidal bore) and Porter Johnson (the golden rectangle). May 5, 2001 with lessons by Lee Slick
(unit conversions), Fred Farnell (reflections and mirrors), Don Kanner
(image from a magnifying glass), Marilyn Stone (polarization and
birefringence), Bill Blunk (magnetic field about a disk magnet), Rich
Goberville (resonance), Ann Brandon (centripetal force), Arlyn Van Ek
('magic' liquid), Estellvenia Sanders (Teeing for angles game) and Roy
Coleman (puzzle and solution). September 19, 2000 with lessons by
Christine Scott (kitchen chemistry), Frana Allen (reminders), Erma Lee
(numbering), Sally Hill (counting potato chips), Zoris Soderberg
(flight) and Christine Etapa (a katydid). October 3, 2000 with lessons by Glenda
Ellis (the Solar System), Joyce McCoy (windmills), Dena Hall
(displacement), Cynthis Southern (geometric shapes), Imara Abdullah
(sound waves), Beverly Merchant (popcorn), Barbara Hill (dinosaurs),
Bob Foote (measuring coins), Christine Etapa (toothpick biochemistry),
Ken Schug (enzymes) and Barbara Pawela (properties of gases). October 17, 2000 with lessons by
Claudette Rogers, Carolyn McGhee, Laurie Brandon-Burke and Carolyn
McBride (motivating with money), Winifred Malvin (energy transfer),
Jean Essig (flying paper bat), Mamie Hill (the human body), RaeLynn
Schneider (cut out bats), Earnest Garrison (using Hot Wheels), Zoris
Soderberg (the five K's of science teaching), Roy Coleman (the toboggan
slide problem) and Therese Donatello (cereal box ingredients). October 31, 2000 with lessons by
Barbara Lorde and Wanda Pitts (human body measurements), Margia Artis
(rainbow cheese), Tracy Walker, Andrea Runaas and Janet Haug (Pocket
activities), Shirley Cesair (discovering shapes), Roy Coleman (teachers flying on their
brooms),
Estellvenia Sanders (science in sign part XIX), Ed Scanlon (hydroponics
and the bean) and Chris Etapa (making a cork helicopter). November 14, 2000 with lessons by Angis
Morris (an elevator problem), Rae Lynn Schneider (learning to cut),
Chandra Price (number 'tricks' and Hawaiian animals), Rita Ford (pop-up
rocket), Tanisha Kwaaning (solving word problems), Jeanine Frazier
(Popsicle stick subtraction), Jannyce Omueti (Chaotic Computing),
Bernadette Dvorscak (multiplication rectangles), John Scavo (battery
life), Therese Donatello (energy concepts game) and Marva Anyanwu (the
scientific method). November 28, 2000 WARNING
about heating water in a microwave. Class lessons were by Francesca
Drnek (banana IQ), Monica Ban (the Betta Vase), Elizabeth Cowan
(magnets), Nancy Katich (100th day activities), Anne Genther (domino
activities), Monica Seelman (bookmaking and stars), John Scavo
(miscellaneous articles), Carl Martikean (interesting ice stuff), Emma
Norise (acid, base or neutral) and Bernina Norton (math fair ideas). December 12, 2000 with lessons by
Frosty the Snowman (how much snow can Chicago get (12")), Jack Frost
(how cold can
Chicago get (-20C)), Sophia Watson (air pressure), Virginia O'Brien
(animal
eats), Marjorie Fields (counting coins), Leticia Rodriguez (volcanoes),
Valvastia
Williams ('Dem Bones' skeleton), Iona Greenfield (head vs. height
measurement)
and Marva Anyanwu (reflections in multiple mirrors). February 6, 2001 with lessons by Monica
Seelman (Tops), RaeLynn Schneider (Flow and Go boat), Christine Scott
(liquification of foods), Marjorie Fields (combinations)< Erma Lee
(body parts), Theresa Donatello (reaction time), Chris Etapa (the
universal sundial) and Porter Johnson (electrostatics). February 20, 2001 with lessons by
Barbara Lorde (geometric shapes), Leticia Rodriguez (volcanoes), Jean
Essig (air science tricks), Mamie Hill (three dimensional figures),
Beverly Merchant (colored shapes with pipe cleaners), Roy Coleman, Lee
Slick and Kerri Kerfin (reaction time), Porter Johnson (comments on
reaction time), Beth Womack (bridge design) and Barbara Pawela (seeing
the invisible). March 6, 2001 with lessons by Winifred
Malvin (Oxygen and products of combustion), Margia Artis (big bubble
battle), Glenda Ellis (right or wrong), Marie Wong (gummy bear color
distribution), Sally Hill (M & M activities), Zoris Soderberg (the
K-method for effect teaching about air and gasses), Don Kanner (sound)
and Porter Johnson (apparent weightlessness). March 20, 2001 with lessons by Barbara
Hill (geometry in various places), Joyce McCoy (a windsock), Cynthia
Southern (where's the math?), Earnest Garrison (electromagnetism and
circuits), Porter Johnson (battery types) and Valvasti Williams (making
a motor or generator). April 3, 2001 with lessons by Carloyn
McGee and Claudette Rogers (cereal Venn diagrams), Tanisha Kwaaning
(plan bloom basics), Emma Norise (density and the scientific method),
Monica Seelman (book report on Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous
Idea) and Porter Johnson (special numbers). April 24, 2001 with lessons by Mary
Scott (Jelly Bean investigation), Virginia O'Brien (magnets), Renee
Robinson
(kitchen chemistry and ice cream), Iona Greenfield (Orange science),
Shyla
McGill (basic instructor book), Christine Etapa (chemical changes),
Beth Womack (fun with mirrors), Marva Anyanwu (magic number columns),
Roy Coleman (a puzzle) and Fred Farnell (Chemlinks for Kids). May 8, 2001 with lessons by Betty
Marshall (glue goo), Lori Fugate (dancing raisins), Jeanine Frazier
(volume), Marva Anyanwu (aerodynamics), Roy Coleman (puzzle solution
from 4/24) and Bernina Norton (fractions with egg cartons). September 7, 1999 with lessons by Pat
Riley (elements, compounds and mixtures), Ken Schug (U-tube and
diffusion), Chuck Buzek (toys for science) and Barbara Pawela (general
info). September 14, 1999 with lessons by
Therese Donatello (magnets) and Chuck Buzek (outside science fair
projects). September 28, 1999 with lessons by Ken
Schug (optics demo), Ed Scanlon (orange juice to strawberry float), Pam
Moy (cell model) and Karlene Joseph (Star Trek 'life'?). October 12, 1999 with lessons by John
Scavo (germinating seeds), Pat Riley (physical vs. chemical changes and
balancing chemical equations) and Ken Schug (chemical reactions). October 26, 1999 with lessons by
Shirley Hatcher (making butter and other colloids), Erma Lee (water
into marbles and sand), Glenda Ellis (measuring leaves), Eartha
Sherrill (city ecosystems) and Pat Riley (the stuffed mole). November 9, 1999 with lessons by John
Scavo (DNA matching), Ben Butler (the scientific method), Marva Anyanwu
(air pressure) and Melinda Ross (gravity). November 23, 1999 with lessons by
Karlene Joseph (color mixing in various liquids), Sophia Watson (egg
dying) and Melinda Ross (brain power and memory). December 7, 1999 with lessons by Lois
Jackson (the scientific method with mystery boxes), Marva Anyanwu
(physical vs. chemical changes), Val Williams (the electronic keyboard)
and Eartha Sherrill (20th century scientists). January 25, 2000 with lessons by Pat
Riley (dynamic equilibrium), Chuck Buzek (smell through balloons),
Karlene Joseph (probability related to gene combinations), Bill Colson
(cartoons),
Fred Schaal (conservation of angular momentum), Arlyn Van Ek (static
electric experiments), Carl Martekian (railroad gauge vs. horses) and
Janet Sheard (simple machines). February 1, 2000 with lessons by
Therese Donatello (skeletal/bone issues), Zoris Soderberg (egg in a
bottle and "poor man's" lava lamp) and Chuck Buzek (hands on
evolution). February 15, 2000 with lessons by Pam
Moy (are thumbs helpful), Karlene Joseph (paper birds), Zoris Soderberg
(density
and air pressure). February 29, 2000 with lessons by Ed
Scanlon (analytical key for identification) and Zoris Soderberg
(learning with a tic-tac-toe type game). March 14, 2000 with lessons by Alma
White (different yo-yos), Shirley Hatcher (a color analyzer), Glenda
Ellis (Adler Planetarium handout and the planets) and Erma Lee
(newspaper tower). March 28, 2000 with lessons by Ben
Butler (spectra) and Val Williams (music applications). April 11, 2000 with lessons by Pam Moy
(a chicken named Mike), Karlene Joseph (3-D cereal box), Brian Cagle
(classification) and Marva Anyanwu (M & M atoms and isotopes). May 2, 2000 with lessons by Kim Baker
(water usage), Pam Moy (How Females choose their mate) and Chuck Buzek
(measuring trees). September 7, 1999 with lessons by Bill
Colson (what science isn't), Ann Brandon (the Fizzz keeper), Carl
Martikean (collapsing soda can), Roy Coleman (time travel paradox),
Alex Junievicz (example of ISPP free give-away), RaeLynn Schneider
(Brookfield Zoo programs) and Fred Schaal (off center spokes on a new
bike). September 14, 1999 with lessons by
Carol Zimmerman (Boyle's and Charles' law demo), Walter McDonald (AC
resonance), Ann Brandon (ping-pong ball cannon), Carl Martikean (is
Hell Exothermic or Endothermic?), Bill Blunk (tank periscopes to demo
depth perception) and
Bill Colson (rotation patterns that give the perception of color). September 28, 1999 with lessons by John
Bozovsky (Principal's Scholars program), Ann Brandon (air resistance),
Bill Blunk (useful paradigms), Sue Sitton (IIT Camras Scholars
program), Bill Shanks (a solar/wind-up radio) and Fred Schaal (good
view of Venus and how to graph inequalities on a graphing calculator). October 12, 1999 with lessons by
Announcements (Nova program, Chicago Section AAPT meetings), Bill
Colson (NASA fiasco), Walter MacDonald (the HP48GX calculator), Bill
Blunk (showing inverted images in the eye), John Bozovsky (fall began
and why not 12 hours of sunlight and night?), Earnest Garrison
(calorimetry) and various parables were also discussed, October 26, 1999 with lessons by John
Bozovsky (wind chill), Larry Alofs (action at a distance using cow
magnets), Bill Colson (the Intel Virtual Microscope), Bill Blunk (mini
video camera and aluminum foil rocket launcher), Bill Shanks (ISPP
stadium horn give-
away), Ann Brandon (2 dimensional motion), Roy Coleman (GPS demo - good
for Great America?) and Earnest Garrison (the Mirage mirrors). November 9, 1999 with lessons by Bill
Colson (Geometric designs), Ann Brandon (liquid crystal thermometer),
Carol Zimmerman (inertia demos), Bill Blunk (air powered rocket) and
Fred Farnell (more inertia demos). November 23, 1999 with lessons by Roy
Coleman and Lee Slick (a turkey caller for Thanksgiving), Arlyn Van Ek
(mass vs. weight and the 'stuck car' problem) and Bill Shanks (the
physics of music). December 7, 1999 with lessons by Porter
Johnson (Christmas tree ornament), Carl Martikean (pop bottle rocket),
Bill Colson (misconceptions about why it is colder in the winter),
Arlyn Van Ek (a bird problem) and Eduardo De Santiago (bridge design
and construction). January 25, 2000 with lessons by Pat
Riley (dynamic equilibrium), Chuck Buzek (smell through balloons),
Karlene Joseph (probability related to gene combinations), Bill Colson
(cartoons),
Fred Schaal (conservation of angular momentum), Arlyn Van Ek (static
electric experiments), Carl Martekian (railroad gauge vs. horses) and
Janet Sheard (simple machines). February 1, 2000 with lessons by Earl
Zwicker (a topological puzzle), John Scavo (soap powered boat), Bill
Colson (historical references), Fred Schaal (conic altitude), Larry
Alofs (boiling water room temperature), Arlyn Van Ek (triple point) and
Ann Brandon (audio from a tv remote). February 15, 2000 The Chicago Region
High School Bridge Contest (also see http://bridgecontest.phys.iit.edu/
). February 29, 2000 with lessons by
Porter Johnson (leap day), Larry Alofs (tuning fork resonance), Walter
McDonald (inequalities), Fred Schaal (plotting a tangent curve), Bill
Shanks (airplane wings) and Porter Johnson (mathematical follow-up to
Fred Schaal's presentation). March 14, 2000 with lessons by John
Bozovsky (Mystery Physics ala Ellery Queen), Bill Blunk (Millikan Oil
Drop experiment), Roy Coleman (Pi day and AP Exam) and Porter Johnson
(coffee cup caustics). March 28, 2000 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (height vs volume of a cone), Ed Robinson (the forged coin
problem), Sally Hill (geodesic domes) and Porter Johnson (follow-up on
forged coin problem). April 11, 2000 with lessons by Porter
Johnson (announcement of Dr. Leon Lederman lecture), Ann Brandon
(Physics Day volunteers needed), Bill Colson (Chicago Tribune article
on baseball with picture of Porter Johnson and several book sources),
Bill Blunk (small accelerometer and recording acceleration), Bill
Shanks (generating Pythagorean numbers), Earl Zwicker (Co-ax power
cable), Fred Schaal (riddles and solution to cone problem presented
last meeting), Arlyn Van Ek (the Genetron) and Carl Martikean ('sewage
eating' objects). May 2, 2000 with lessons by Bill Colson
(articles on 'science running amok'), Fred Schaal (Law of Sines), Bill
Lilly (CBR recording of a pendulum), Roy Coleman (follow-up on power
cable shown by Earl and a haunted house), Bill Blunk (the ROMP
pendulum), Fred Farnell (force to break an egg), Larry Alofs
(metallurgy or the new dollar coin), Arlyn Van Ek (NOVA tape on ancient
Siege weapons), Janet Sheard (force and motion kit) and Porter Johnson
(solution to cone volume problem). September 21, 1999 with lessons by
Lyvonia Hearns (hurricanes), Zoris Soderberg (gravity and air
pressure), Frana Allen (biome in a box), Terry Donatello (how to make
electricity visible), John Bozovsky (Principal's Scholars program),
Carl Martikean ('drinking bird' and boiling tube) and Al Tobecksen
(paper puzzle). October 5, 1999 with lessons by Lyvonia
Hearns (zoo animals), Marjorie Fields (monsters and senses), Ben Butler
(museum loans for the classroom), Lilla Green (garbage and recycling),
Al Tobecksen (classification), Sue Sitton (IIT students are available),
Estellvenia Sanders (science in sign), Earnest Garrison (the zog hotel)
and Barbara
Pawela (dropping various shapes and masses). October 19, 1999 with lessons by
Christine Scott (solid or liquid?), Joyce McCoy (helicopters from
printed directions), Carolyn McBride (voodoo number and least common
multiples), Beverly Merchant (penny boat), Erma Lee (a color wheel),
Shirley Hatcher (seeds and science), Stephanie Ruffin (timing a pain
reliever), Denise Murphy and Shirley DeSadier (internet lessons),
Therese Tobecksen (symmetry), Carl Martikean (the brick layer song) and
Al Tobecksen (the rope trick). November 2, 1999 with lessons by
Barbara Lorde (illusions), Barbara Baker (photosynthesis), Marva
Anyanwu (simple machines), Charlene K. Smith (kitchen tools), Ed
Scanlon (visible chemical reaction), Melinda Ross (biodiversity) and
Ernie Garrison (pigs in space). November 16, 1999 with lessons by
Cynthia Southern (properties of matter), Winifred Malvin (jelly bean
estimation), Imara Abdullah (leaf rubbings), Kenneth Onumah (body
measurements), Erma Lee ('between' numbers), Shirley Hatcher (seed
estimation), IIT Camras students-Jackie Johnson (chemical engineering),
Tarik Galijasevic (pepar bridges), Brian Larsen (paper and straw
airplanes), Roy Coleman (the turkey kluker), Edgar Boyd (running water
uphill), Earnie Garrison (the ZOG hotel revisited) and Brian Cagle
(weird science/math). November 30, 1999 with lessons by
Virginia O'Brian (rocket balloons), Wanda Pitts (fractions), Mamie Hill
(helicopters), RaeLynn Schneider (puppets), John Scavo (model rockets),
Edgar Boyd (the rotating S's), Al Tobecksen (the gyroscope) and
Valvasti Williams (a portable keyboard). December 14, 1999 with lessons by
Margia Artis (bouncing buttons), Mikail Siddiq (science Jeopardy),
Chandra Price (art from wood), Jean Essig (decorating gingerbread),
Glenda Ellis (historical people), Marie Wong (seeds inside fruit),
Imara Abdullah (bats, chickens, cows & owls), Sophia Watson (the
art of dying), Shirley Cesair (bubbles), Iona Greenfield (soft drink
differences), Stephanie Ruffin (picture science in poetry), Pearline
Scott (the Bernoulli effect), Porter Johnson (the full moon), Janet
Sheard (simple machines), Melinda Ross (air) and Brian Cagle (Weird
Science). January 25, 2000 with lessons by Pat
Riley (dynamic equilibrium), Chuck Buzek (smell through balloons),
Karlene Joseph (probability related to gene combinations), Bill Colson
(cartoons),
Fred Schaal (conservation of angular momentum), Arlyn Van Ek (static
electric experiments), Carl Martekian (railroad gauge vs. horses) and
Janet Sheard (simple machines). February 8, 2000 with lessons by Frana
Allen (Biomes), Jean Essig (making a butterfly), Barbara Lorde
(counting shapes), Earnest Garrison (making 'slime'), John Scavo
(making a thermometer), Zoris Soderberg (fire) and Barbara Pawela
(combustion, air pressure, liquid transfer). February 22, 2000 with lessons by
Shirley Hatcher (Chocolate Chip Diamonds), Glenda Ellis (Clouds),
Beverly Merchant (Diffusion), Erma Lee (bouncing buttons and bouncing
raisins), Charlene K. Smith (worms), Therese Donatello (soap bubbles),
Ed Scanlon (human muscles) and Ernest Garrision (polyethylene foam). March 7, 2000 with lessons by Winifred
Malvin (rockets), Margia Artis (plan bingo/vocabulary), Alma White
(oatmeal play dough), Marjorie Fields (clocks), Allan Evans (ideas with
M&M's), John Scavo (Einstein information), Carl Martikean (Weird
Science), Earnest Garrison (the evolution rap), Porter Johnson
(codebreaking), Porter Johnson (the icosahedron). March 21, 2000 with lessons by Wanda
Pitts (rippling rainbow), Marie Wong (jelly beans in a bag), Ernest
Garrison
(polymers continued), Cynthia Southern (Michael Jordan's hand size),
RaeLynn
Schneider (windup Whirlygig), Monica Seelman (paper folding), Pat
Phillips
(probability), Porter Johnson (The Monte Carlo Method applied to
probability),
Val Williams (science through music), Estelvenia Sanders (science in
sign)
and Barbara Pawela (clanging soda pop cans). April 4, 2000 with lessons by Carolyn
McGee, Carolyn McBride and Claudette Rogers (ecosystems), Shirley
Cesair (various
handouts), Christine Scott (center of gravity), Ben Butler (spectra),
Sophia
Watson (State Goals in Science), Ed Scanlon (Web-cam web sites), John
Scavo
(weather and air pressure), Janet Sheard (two digit multiplication),
Sally
Hill (M & M math) and Estelvenia Sanders (Cued speech). April 25, 2000 with lessons by Porter
Johnson (announcement of Dr. Lederman lecture), Virginia O'Brien
(Birds), Lilla Green (skeletal system), Erma Lee (soda straw tower),
Carl Martikean (folding paper), Sally Hill (math bingo), Lee Slick
(magnetic material from CPS), Kimberly Baker (uses for water) and
Pearline Scott (calendar averaging). May 9, 2000 with lessons by Mikhail
Siddiq (the power of doubling), Mamie Hill (liquid lens), Iona
Greenfield (sailboats), Chandra Price (simple science with everyday
materials), Ken Schug (comment on Chandra's presentation), Joyce McCoy
(wind sock), Barbara Baker (condiments and dinosaurs), Kenneth Onumah
(Hand area), Marva Anyanwu (monocot and dicot seeds), Pearline Scott
(Math fair vs. Science fair), Lee Slick and Roy Coleman (the
Pythagorean puzzle), Earnest Garrison (water quality tests), Estelvenia
Sanders (geometry for the deaf), Carl Martikean (Stomp Rocket web site)
and Porter Johnson (Pokemon continued). September 8, 1998 with lessons by John
Bozovsky (t-shirts for fund raisers), Carol Zimmerman (class time and
standardized testing), Fred Schaal (Soda problem), Bill Blunk (knob
magnets and demonstrations), Ann Brandon ( small cheap tops) and Bill
Colson (math word problems). September 15, 1998 with lessons by Al
Tobecksen (a bed of nails and an inverted full flask), Bill Colson
(magazine articles on teaching math) Fred Schaal (foaming soda vs.
temperature), Karlene Kurth (measuring volumes), Porter Johnson
(comments) and Ann Brandon (Australian soda labels. September 29, 1998 with lessons by
Theresa Tobecksen (various materials and testers), Alan Tobecksen (a
rope problem), Bill Shanks (free fall demo), Bill Colson (science
articles) and Earl Zwicker (iron and magnet demo) October 13, 1998 with lessons by Alex
Junievicz (video problem with 30 vs. 60 frames per second), Tynetta
Stanley (blowing up balloons in a bottle), Bill Shanks (cheap laser
pen), Betty Roombos (digital camera images), Al Tobecksen (solution to
a rope puzzle presented
on 9/9), Roy Coleman (announced changes to the SMILE web site), Larry
Alofs
(cow magnets) and Porter Johnson (geometry problem solution with a
computer
simulation). October 27, 1998 with lessons by John
Bozovsky (oil propelled fish), Magdalena Lilisa (size and internal
structure of atoms), Earnest Garrison (astronomical units), Carol
Zimmerman (mnemonics for remembering the order of the planets), Bill
Blunk (Pasco air rocket and
a stadium horn) and Ann Brandon (scalars and vectors). November 10, 1998 with lessons by Arlyn
Van Ek (bow and arrow problems), Ann Brandon (sources of error), Carol
Zimmerman (a paper river and Stompers), Larry Alofs (Pasco
mini-launcher), John Bozovsky (beach ball sun for a scale solar
system), Alez Junievicz (a maze and how to protect meters), Earl
Zwicker (articles on SETI) and Bill Blunk (address of favorite science
store). November 24, 1998 with lessons by
Sandra Broomes (how to retrieve something dropped into a sewer), Arlyn
Van Ek (spinning dish of water), Fred Schaal (bright star question),
Ann Brandon (pressure from area of shoe and weight), John Bozovsky
(star gazing and collapsible cans), Bill Shanks (the Bernoulli effect),
Al Tobeckson (game of removing pieces) and Bill Colson (optical
illusions from spinners). December 8, 1998 with lessons by Carol
Zimmerman (a problem with Newton's Second Law with photo-gates) and
Professor John O'Leary (Bridge design and building) February 2, 1999 with lessons by Bill
Colson (sucking in spaghetti), Cynthia D'Sousa (NSF projects with ball
rolling down ramp), Bill Blunk (magnetic modeling), Ann Brandon
(diffraction grating demos and catalog address), Alex Junievicz (the
'pot hole' problem and progressive reflection) and Bill Shanks (using a
metronome). March 2, 1999 with lessons by Fred
Schaal (determinants and magic squares), Walter O. McDonald (battery
driven coupled oscillators), Carol Zimmerman (science articles) and Ann
Brandon (reading analog meters). March 16, 1999 with lessons by Al
Tobecksen (using a carpenter's square), Fred Schaal (sucking an egg
into a bottle), Lee Slick (portable laser ban), Bill Colson (laser
anomalies), Don Kanner (burning plastic bags), Bill Blunk (the
Levitron), Ann Brandon (AAPT high school Photo Contest and Video
Contest info), Betty Roombos (the Pasco motion sensor) and Louis Harmon
(vector addition). April 6, 1999 with lessons by Bill
Blunk (rotating the top of the Levitron), Earl Zwicker (a top from
Harold Jensen), Don Kanner (electron bonding), Bill Shanks (Quantum
sounds), John Bozovsky (Y2K vs Y1K problems), Karlene Joseph (getting a
balloon into a flask and the Ocarina) and Lilla Green (more on the
Ocarina and a riddle). April 20, 1999 with lessons by Bill
Blunk (magnetic sheet), Fred Schaal (area problem by counting squares),
Karlene Joseph (baseball physics), Larry Alofs (the space pendulum),
Arlyn Van Ek (series and parallel light bulbs) and Al Tobecksen
(pattern block problems). May 5, 1999 with lessons by Fred Schaal
(more on the egg in the bottle problem), Earnest Garrison (a high tech
yo-yo), Porter Johnson (rounding on a calculator) and Earl Zwicker
(compressed spring bouncer). February 2, 1999 with lessons by Irma
Abdullah (a fruit trick), Frana Allen (Coral reefs), Therese Donatello
(molecular models), Ernie Garrison (star finders), Ben Butler (density
columns) and Zoris Soderberg (temperatures and conversions). February 23, 1999 with lessons by
Sandra Broomes (estimation and math activities), Jarjorie Fields
(static electricity), Shirley Cesair (flubber), Irma Abdullah (ions in
fruit), Sheila McKinnon (origami), Barbara Pawela (physical and
chemical changes), Nina Lilisa (energy transfer), Earnest Garrison
(pocket sundial), Estellvenia Sanders (science and signing) and Ben
Butler (homemade balance). March 9, 1999 with lessons by Winifred
Malvin (crystal formation), Carolyn McBride (measuring areas of the
hand and foot), Rosalyn Winston (multi-cultural math box), Camille
Gales (air takes space), Al Tobecksen (peg game and Pythagorean
integers from a carpenter's square), Janet Sheard (classifying objects
and the concepts of force and work), Porter Johnson (dropping coffee
filters) and Pearline Scott (categorize by colors). March 23, 1999 with lessons by Lilla
Green (color your brain), Christine Scott (primary and secondary
colors), Dana Gentile (vibrations and sound), Desiree Raddetz
(bubbles), Laura Shimkus (Easter eggs), Cynthia Southern (can you tell
the source of sound), Therese Tobecksen (classification of students and
drawings), Al Tobecksen (pattern blocks), Pam Gibson & Bonnie
Anderson (math squares, homemade lava lamp and the ZOG hotel) and
Estelvenia Sanders (science in sign). April 6, 1999 with lessons by Joyce
McCoy (insects), Yolanda Miro (the ozone layer), RaeLynn Schneider
(color tops), Erma Lee and Shirley Hatcher (lessons on color), Angela
Patrick (measurement ideas), Cheryl Pitts (root gardens), Juliette
Walker (Lady Bug Lodge), Barbara Baker (daytime stars), Val Williams
(what is sound), Karen Cronk (oil spill cleanup) and Earnest Garrison
(physical science workshop) and Al Tobecksen (the gyroscope). April 27, 1999 with lessons by Sheila
Gladney (Rice Krispies Treats recipe), Barbara Lorde (math and science
in a salad bowl), Margia Artis (the five kingdoms of living organisms),
Mary Gleason & Wanda Pitts (experimenting with craters), Roy
Coleman (a tornado bottle, coke cans and bowling balls), Stephen Fears
(math with straws and tape) and Marva Anyanwu (memory). September 16, 1997 with lessons by Pete
Insley (images in mirrors), Larry Alofs (measuring the density of a
gas),
Bill Blunk (Attilla Gorilla balloon) and Ann Brandon (laser pointers). September 30, 1997 with lessons by Porter
Johnson (announcements), Karlene Joseph (position for a physics
teacher), John Bozovsky (a dancing bear), Walter McDonald (measuring
lung volume), James
Chichester (cartoon physics), Alex Junievicz (eddy currents with a cow
magnet),
Fred Schaal (questions about NASA moon landing tapes), Ann Brandon (the
trundle
wheel) and Porter Johnson (the points on a compass). October 14, 1997 with lessons by Jane
Shields (the Lite Bright box), Roy Coleman (math oddities and
anomalies), Porter Johnson (more math oddities and anomalies), Carol
Zimmerman (alternate worksheet in place of Physics Day), Bill Blunk
(the Force stick), Fred Schaal (billiards), Larry Alofs (eye problems)
and Alex Junievicz (more eddy currents demos). October 28, 1997 with lessons by Roberta
Williams (fruit powered batteries), Karlene Joseph (push and go toys),
Bill Shanks (new flashlight), Porter Johnson (Argonne information
center), Ann Brandon (announce AAPT meeting at IIT), Carol Zimmerman
(more alternate assignments), Sandra Brooms (Halloween treats from the
Museum of Science and Industry) and
Jamie Chichester (toy crossbow). November 11, 1997 with lessons by Porter
Johnson (websurfing sessions), Betty Roombos (inertia), Walter McDonald
(circuits), Fred Schaal (Tandy Basic program), Bill Shanks (heat on a
laser beam), Ann Brandon (bridge building rules), Jamie Chichester
(Larry Byrd experiment) and Lee Slick (shop projects). November 25, 1997 with lessons by Bill
Blunk (wave beats), Lee Slick (coat hanger inertia), Debbie Lojkutz
(skateboard cart), Arlyn Van Ek (vector addition - boat crossing
river), Fred Schaal (true-false logic), Betty Roombos (questions about
computer tech in classroom) and John Bozovsky (CPS science
requirements). December 9, 1997 with lessons by
Professor John O'Leary (bridge building principles), Estellvania
Sanders (measuring and comparisons), Jane Shields (magnetism), Angela
Scott (physical property categorization), Angela Patrick (cratering)
and Bill Lilly (calculator based ranger). January 20, 1998 with lessons by Pat
Riley (bed of nails), Therese Donatello (grouping using shells), Larry
Alofs (hydrogen+oxygen reaction), Chuck Buzek (biological time scale),
Carol Zimmerman (cartoon
physics) and Ken Schug (acid/base color changes). January 27, 1998 with lessons by Carol
Zimmerman (Millikan eggs), Bill Blunk (rockets), Alex Junievicz
(electronic
parts) and Ann Brandon (alternate to fragile static equipment). February 10, 1998 with lessons by Roy
Coleman (deleting/renaming illegal DOS file names), Jamie Chichester (a
set of 'Odd Balls'), Karlene Joseph (excited/resonating strips), Larry
Alofs (resonance) and Ann Brandon (gravity demos). February 24,
1998 the annual
High School Bridge Contest March 10, 1998 with lessons by Larry
Alofs (Boyle's Law), Porter Johnson (under inflated tires), Bill Blunk
(electrostatics) and Hoi Huynh (graph paper Pythagorean theorem). March 24, 1998 with lessons by Sheila
McKinnon (global warming), Larry Alofs (eye problem update), Jane
Shields (the Bernoulli effect), Bill Blunk (measuring a mass using
nickels) and Ann Brandon (Slinky waves). April 7, 1998 with lessons by Porter
Johnson (Web surfing sessions and summer SMILE), Bill Lilly (CBR -
calculator based ranger demonstration), Richard Goberville (balancing
birds and 'centripetal force puller'), Fred Schaal (freezing ice cream)
and Estelvania Sanders (signing about foods). April 28, 1998 with lessons by Bill
Shanks (the physics of a brush pruner and an LED flashlight), Arlyn Van
Ek (resonance using a DC motor), Larry Alofs ('tripped' resonance),
Chris Raymond (raising butterflies), Fred Schaal (slimed slugs), Sharon
Baker (mood music), Renee Allen (8th grade element posters) and Tynetta
Stanley (word meanings and folk
medicines).