On November 5, businesses in the area along with Asheville City Schools Foundation celebrated the schools of Asheville City! It was a great turnout at the Double Tree Biltmore for the silent auction to help raise money for schools. Dinosaur Dan is a such a fan of Asheville City Schools Foundation that he is a board member! High Touch High Tech was also a partner and corporate sponsor of this great celebration. What a wonderful way to help support our local students and teachers!
Tag: elementary schools
Making Magnets
On April 25th, Zoology Zoe visited Veritas Christian Academy in Fletcher, NC for some magnet fun! Children participating in this hands-on, science program learned all the “attractive” facts about magnets and their poles. They then had the opportunity to test out their theories by performing a number of magnetic experiments including magnet races, floating rings and paper clip “fishing” just to name a few.
As an added surprise, WLOS News 13 was there to capture these young scientists in action!
Did you know that every magnet has a north and a south pole. When you put a north pole against a south pole, the poles attract; however, if you try to put a north pole against another north pole, the poles repel one another. Give it a try and let us know the results of your experiment!
To learn more about magnets, click on the links below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet
http://my.execpc.com/~rhoadley/magindex.htm
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/90/27/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet
http://my.execpc.com/~rhoadley/magindex.htm
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/90/27/
Share your own “attractive” magnetic experiments with us by posting to our blog!
‘Fun’omena
On November 10, High Touch High Tech of Boston visited Plympton Elementary School in Waltham, MA. The 4th graders were engaged for 90 minutes of hands on science experiments with Rocket Ryan as they participated in the action packed program ‘Fun’omena. Students learned about weather phenomena as they erupted volcanoes, simulated earthquakes, talked about hurricanes, and created tornadoes. Students were also “eggscited” to learn about the earth’s structure and forces as they “eggamined” with a hard boiled egg during an “eggsperiment.” Check out an article about the program in The Daily News Tribune by clicking on the following link:
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/multimedia/x947779922/Plympton-students-dive-into-Earth-sciences.
You can also watch a video of Rocket Ryan in action as he counts down to a volcanic eruption with students by clicking on the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa2gjVkzkhE
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/multimedia/x947779922/Plympton-students-dive-into-Earth-sciences.
You can also watch a video of Rocket Ryan in action as he counts down to a volcanic eruption with students by clicking on the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa2gjVkzkhE