Season of Science

STEAM WEEK: MARCH 8-12, 2021

STEAM Week is a PTO sponsored week-long event to stimulate the student’s interest in STEAM. Students love to participate in various school-wide and in-class activities to promote the love of science!

FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT – THE YUCK SHOW: FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Who is ready for some science? The Prospect PTO is excited to partner with the Oak PTO and the Yuck Show to provide a night of interactive scientific fun! Please visit the landing page for more information about the presentation: http://yuckshow.com/d181.

The fun doesn’t have to end quite yet! Wait until you check out the 45 minute science show video which includes the experiments we saw this week as well as many new ones for the whole family to enjoy. The video will be available through Friday, Feb 10, so feel free to watch as many times as you would like!

An index of the demonstrations and links to more Yuck science videos are below!

Index:

01:45 Mentos geysers

02:35 Inflating balloons with vinegar and baking soda

03:43 Giant balloon

04:51 Inflating giant balloon with vinegar and baking soda

08:04 Alka Seltzer rockets

12:02 Ping pong ball explosion

16:47 Popcorn explosion

18:10 Liquid nitrogen cloud 21:20 Objects in liquid nitrogen

24:07 Leidenfrost effect with liquid nitrogen

25:18 Leidenfrost effect in kitchen

27:22 Bernoulli’s principle explained

28:19 Bernoulli’s principle examples

29:51 Isopropyl combustion

34:31 Elephant toothpaste reaction

36:55 Potential energy and kinetic energy

38:14 Coprolite

38:55 Hadrosaur egg

39:19 Making elephant toothpaste together