Family Science Night at Blanchard School

A Family Science Night was held at Blanchard Elementary School last week.

The Discovery Center For Science and Technology in Westlake put on the event. According to their web site, “Family Science Night involves and engages parents and their children by providing: Opportunities for parents and students to be partners in learning; Informal learning activities that supplement the child’s school experience; Activities that use inexpensive and readily available materials; Opportunities to find “science” in real world activities; Cooperative learning projects that develop problem solving, questioning, and communication skills; Meaningful science study opportunities using many commonly found, everyday materials; and Involvement in the scientific process – making predictions, collecting and evaluating data, modifying the original experiment, and trying again.”

Some of the things available to explore included: levitating ping pong balls, discovering hidden worlds, shooting a magnetic cannon, painting with acids and bases and socializing with an earthworm. Students from Santa Paula High School were on hand to help explain the various experiments. The children were given workbooks to record their observations.