Note: The following was submitted by Bristol School. — DH
Sixth grade students from Bristol School attended the Wisconsin Science Festival in Madison on Thursday, Oct. 22. Students visited the Discovery Expo where they were able to touch a real brain, investigate food cells, and virtually dissect a frog. Students also visited the Robot Zoo where they witnessed a robot solve a Rubik’s cube, spoke with robot inventors, and watched a 3D printer in motion. Some students were able to experience a flight simulator and take part in a robot-making workshop. There were also shows, such as “ Psychics of Football,” where students learned about Newton’s laws of motion in action on the football field. At school, students worked on a science project of their own. Students designed and created a parachute for an egg. The task had two objectives: Make a safe package for the egg and engineer a parachute with the longest hang time. Most students developed parachutes that safely carried their egg from 15 feet to the floor. The most successful parachute took 2.5 seconds to land. Touching a real brain and virtually dissecting a frog were among the activities sixth-grade students from Bristol School recently took part in at the Wisconsin Science Festival in Madison. The students also visited the Robot Zoo where they saw a robot solve a Rubik’s Cube, spoke with robot inventors and watched a 3D printer in motion. Some students were able to experience a flight simulator and take part in a robot-making workshop. There were also shows, such as “Psychics of Football,” where students learned about Newton’s laws of motion in action on the football field.
