Shargel Science Adventures

How can a red, blue, and green light make shadows of cyan, yellow, and magenta. A mystery for my students and a chance for some good inquiry based lessons about light and color.

To my 8th graders the question seemed so simple….and yet so few could give a clear answer. Perfect time for student designed experiments. Inquiry in action!

After about 15 years of keeping my fingers crossed (ouch) we’ve been able to install a Hitachi TM4000 in our middle school science lab. And yes, it was worth the wait! Wow – wow – wow.

Microwave, chocolate, marshmallows, rulers and calculators. We calculated the speed of light with 98 percent accuracy!!!

Nothing captures the wonder of tweens more than the anticipation and excitement of the invisible becoming visible! Wizards and dragons have nothing compared to naturally occurring alpha particles and muons!

7th grade final battle. All robots on the ring at once. Lots of fun!

Sharing the wonders of science is such a joy!

Pennies into silver and gold…. errrr… zinc and brass coated.