We have had some interesting things going on in math and science, this past week! On Friday, we had the great good fortune to spend over an hour with George Albercook, who is an amazing science teacher. George happened to be at the school that afternoon, and offered to teach the kids about the interaction between heat and changing states of matter: specifically, the amazing fact that when you heat a panful of snow on the stove, the temperature rises steadily to around 32ºF.... and then stays at that temperature for some time, although the burner is still on. Ask your children why! And from the same causes, you can even boil water in a paper container, directly on the stove. The kids pretended to be molecules, and felt with their bodies the difference between being connected in a solid, a liquid, a gas, and even a plasma! The kids were fascinated, and believe me, so was I.
I'm so glad you had fun with George! I can't wait till next fall, when he will join our faculty!
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