Bikes, Brains and Blenders!

Have I ever mentioned that the 4th graders at Saddlebrook are rockstars?? Well, they are!!

The Green Wave presented their assembly, titled "Bikes, Brains and Blenders" the other night at the school science fair. The kids used the equipment purchased with the mini-grant funding to demonstrate various scientific principles, and to emphasise why wearing a bike helmet every time you ride is a MUST.

The "doctors" all did a great job with their demonstrations. We learned all about angular momentum and how bikes stay upright. We learned about how an egg is like our heads, which the yoke being the brain. We learned about what happens to a jello brain when you drop it on the floor inside of a bike helmet ... and then without a bike helmet! We learned how kinetic energy powers the bike blender as you pedal.


We also learned that the principal, Mr. Suing, is a good sport, always willing to be the proverbial guinea pig when needed, and that Mr. Zook has an affection for egg jokes. :) (The program was very eggciting, eggactly like we thought it would be!)


The doctors will be taking their show on the road on Friday to nearby Fullerton Elementary to present their program to the 3rd graders! Mr. Zook has been graciously collecting all of the materials, instructions and the script so that other schools can use this equipment in the future.

Check out the slideshow!