Science Night at Leman Academy of Excellence: We Brought Rockets!

Tonight was science night. Basically, you bring your kids and there are different stations for

1. Meteorology
2. Crime Scene Investigation
3. Geology
4. Anthropology
5. Astronomy
6. Rockets

It was in the evening with food trucks and fun.

Started with Rockets

Note Images are links

Album of rocket launch videos

My nephew waiting for the launch

Posing during setup

Crime Scene Investigation

My understanding was this was actually something really cool, but alas, I could not participate. I let my family do that. It was just bedlam inside these stations. Barely standing room.

Crime Scene Unit

Meteorology

Meteorologist, Erin Christenson, came and gave a weather report. She's a symbol for budding young female scientists.

My Impressions

Overall, it was a great chance to expose kids to real world sciences. With different age groups participating at once, it was very chaotic. Worse of all was that some kids considered it a social event and parents/teachers were accepting of this. It made it difficult for people to actually enjoy and participate. It was also difficult for volunteers to instruct. Hopefully, they solve this in the future.