Summer camp press week 2

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S mm Sum mer Cam mp p Pres ss W Week 2 July 2013

T he “Fire and Ice” Summer Extravaganza Th Instructors fro om Mad Scien nce®, an interrnationally accclaimed and popular educcation compaany, visited Paao School mer Camp to perform a se eries of interaactive and fun n science show w in front of aa packed crow wd in our aud ditorium on Summ July 5 5th. Theses vvisiting “Mad Scientists” op pened the show by generaating a fire‐baall like elemen nt to excite th he crowd and d brought all the stu udents to the eir feet just m minutes after tthe show had d begun. During the livee on‐stage exxperiments, th D he instructorss used an ord dinary deck off playing card ds to explain tthe differencee betw ween magic an nd science. W While magic caan dazzles your visual sensses, science can explain the phenomenon and teach studeents the princcipals behind magic. Studeents interacteed with the visiting instructors by particcipating in diffferent experiments, and learned what causes physsical changes and chemicaal reactions. TThe instructorrs even utilize ed daily appliances such ass hair dryer and ping pongg balls to dem monstrate and d teach studeents the theo ory and conce ept of lift and air pressure. At the end of the show, the A e instructors cleverly used d dry ice sublimates at ‐79..8°C to spark the students’ passion for scien nce. Students witnessed th he magical traansformation process betw ween solid, liq quid, and gas,, and were eccstatic as the blockk of dry ice evvaporated into gas. This was surely a fu un lesson thatt they will nott soon forget..


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