By Mariel Kolker, Morristown High School teacher
On March 21, 2015, during Super Science Saturday at the Morris Museum, children got an extra dose of fun science learning.
Morristown High School students Layston Badham, Kiah Sandler, Rachel Haberman, Julio Monzon and William Davies taught young students the concept of hydrophobicity.
The high schoolers, all members of the new Nanoscale Science and Engineering class, demonstrated this phenomenon by allowing younger students to spray hydrophobic “I Heart Nano” tee shirts with water guns. The children observed beads of water rolling off the shirt and the wearer of the shirt, William Davies, staying completely dry. The youngsters were amazed at this.
“The most enjoyable and rewarding part of the day was “seeing the kids’ reactions to what we were teaching them,” Davies said.
Over the last several weeks, the Morris Museum has hosted a variety of nanoscience exhibits courtesy of Morristown High School students.
These members of the Nanoscale Science and Engineering course at MHS have taught museum attendees about nanoscience topics such as Brownian motion, self-assembly, hydrophobicity and viscosity. In all, the students have enlightened over 600 adults and children on these topics.
THIS weekend, on March 28th, a Nano Day Family Festival will be held at the museum. Morristown High students will be presenting many, and teaching some, of the topics that were taught on the various Super Science Saturdays.
Many additions will be made, as the Nanoscale Science and Engineering class would like to educate the public with as much information on this up-and-coming science as possible.
Visit the Morristown High School students at the Morris Museum this Saturday between noon and 2 pm. The museum is at 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township. For more information on the class visit www.nanose.weebly.com or email their teacher — me, Mariel Kolker.
