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Van De Graff Generator

 

 

          Feeling the shock through a human circuit

 

 

Assessment of the Winooski River working with UVM's Watershed Alliance

 

Benthic Macro-invertebrate Inventory

 

     Habitat Assessment of the Streambed

Chemical Testing Included: Dissolved Oxygen, Conductivity, Phosphates, and Turbidity

Riparian Area Inventory with Bethany Hannah from UVM           An Old Growth Silver Maple

 

 

Fish Monitoring on the Crossett Brook with VT Fisheries Biologist Rich Kern

                                                                                                    Electro-shocking stuns the fish

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     Clove oil calms the fish for observation                                                  Can you identify the species?  Rainbow Trout, Black Nosed Ace

 

 

 

Riparian Planting at Kingsbury Farm in Waitsfield

 

 

 

Riparian Area Observations along the Crossett Brook

 

           What caused erosion to happen here?                             What are the negative impacts of this erosion?

 

Measuring Stream Velocity

Students on the bridge above, measure the time it takes for the ball to travel 3 meters in the pool (gravel substrate) 

 

 

 

Liquid Nitrogen Photos and Movies

Making Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream

 

A carnation after dipped in Liquid Nitrogen                    A penny smashed with a hammer post LN

 

 

 

Physics of Sledding Photos

 

Momentum Moments Photos

 

Students calculated their mass (in kilograms) and velocity (distance divided by time in a given direction) on a skateboard, then determined

their momentum (mass x velocity)!

 

Pressure Investigations:  Science never sucks!

 

The Ruler and the Newspaper:  I can break a ruler in half with only a newspaper on the ruler.

Can you explain it?

 

The Driest Paper Towel:  After being submerged in water while inside a glass,

the paper towel comes out dry.  Can you explain it?

 

Pushing Cups:  Is your force greater than that of air??

 

Balloon blows up with no cork in the glass bulb.            Balloon will not deflate with cork in place.  Can you explain it?

                          

 

Watch the egg:  going.....                    ...going....                                   ..GONE!  Can you explain it?

 

Help!  There's a beaker stuck to my hand!                            Can you explain it?

          

 

Density Investigations:

 

Size Aside, Are M&Ms and M&M Minis the Same? 

Liquid Rainbow                                                 Are nickels made out of nickel?

                                 

 

 

Mealworm Inquiry Investigations:

 

 

Entomophagy:  Chowing Down on Insects!  Entomology Academic Choice

 

     Stir Fried Mealworms              Come and Get em!                    Yum??                               Can I have more?

Help! There's an ovipositor between my teeth!                                    Down The Hatch!                Teriaki Crickets Anyone?

 

Forest Ecology:  Tree Coring in Our Hemlock Forest

with Dave Wilcox (VT State Dept. of Forests and Parks)

 

 

Inquiry:  What affects the cycling speed of colors in milk?

 

 

Mammalian Diving Reflex & Wireless Heart Rate Monitor:

How Does Submerging the Face in Cold Water Affect Heart Rate?

 

 

Entomology Academic Choice:  Sweeping for Insects