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Show THE PARK RECORD www.park record.com A-9 Education. SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, APRIL 2-5, 2005 EDUCATION EDITOR: Jared Whltley 649-9014 ext.118 educatlon@parkrecord.com 3...2...1... Trailside lifts off to learning Academic accolades Brittany Klintworth, Park City High School class of '01 f achieved dean's list status at Denison University in Grantville, Ohio. Klintworth is studying English-writing. Christina Saunders, Winter Sports School class of '02, achieved dean's list status at Bates College in Lewistonr Maine. Saunders is the daughter of Barney and Evelyn SaUnders. Park City's Magen Marshall spent Spring Break last week building a house and on other service activities through Habitat for Humanity's Collegiate Challenges. Marshall is currently a student at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon Blood drive Park City Academy, the Colby School and Little Miners Montessoh are hosting an American Red Cross blood drive on Tuesday, April 12 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Park City Academy. Donors can schedule appointments ahead of time by calling the Colby School 655-3966. . Colossal colon The Children's Museum of Utah is bringing the Collossal Colon to Salt Lake City. The Colossal Colon is a 40foot long, 4-foot tall, crawl-through replica of the human colon designed to educate the public about colo-rectal cancer. It includes examples of healthy colon tissue, several non-cancerous diseases of the colon, polyps, and various stages of colorectal cancer. The colon will*be on display for free at 100 South, Rio Grande Street in Salt Lake City from April 1 to 8. Hours are Monday through Saturday: noon until 8 p.m. Sunday: noon until 5 p.m. Trailside kids learn about science and engineering with hands-on day of fun By JARED WHITLEY Of the Record staff Wind ballerod Trailside Space Center on Wednesday, but that didn't slop redoubtable elementary-age astronauts from sending their rockets into the air. Wednesday was Engineering Day at Trailside, where students experienced science in action at 12 stations, with topics ranging from electricity to astronautics. "'I didn't even expect it to be Engineering Day." said Harley (irinpas. 9. "I didn't know we were going to launch rockets." Students built rockets using empty two-liter soda bottles and fins cut from old manila folders. After filling the bottle about half-way with water, kid astronauts placed the rockets on a launch pad attached to an air compressor. The air pressure built up so much, it forced the water out of the bottle, causing a strong, upward thrust. And a lot of gleeful squeals from kids when their rockets shot up. "They scream and they run around and they try to go where it falls," Grinpas said, describing her classmates' actions. Grinpas built the rocket "Shooting for the Stars" with her friend Anne Fosburg, 10. The acceleration tore the fins off most of the rockets, but "Stars" managed to survive unharmed. "It went pretty good," Fosburg said. "None of the fins fell off. I guess we just taped them good...It was really fun." The rockets give kids a taste of what working at a space center might feel like, but also teaches them about physics. "If there weren't wings or anything, it wouldn't fly straight." said Ashley Watts. 11. "Molecules have to get out, that's what makes it go up." said Sage Werner. 10. The two girls made the rocket "Flyiif Fire" with their friends Fiona Morrison, 10, and Monica Martinez. 12. Jesus Yancz. David Munoz (both 10). and T.J. Maddux, 9, fired their rocket three limes with mixed results. "It kind of blew up," Yanez said. The engineering fair was orchestrated by Utah State University, which provided all the equipment and lesson plans. Burke Becklund. the program coordinator with USU's Junior Engineering, said they visit four or live schools every week to do this. Children's brains respond belter to action than they do to hearing and seeing, Hecklund said. When children learn in a hands-on environment, they have about a 65 percent retention rale, versus about 10 percent when they just hear about it. he continued. Then when kids read about scientific principles - like electricity or fossils - they'll have a frame of reference for il. "Some of the (kids) show up to school early because they're so excited," Hecklund said. "We do il for the kkldos," said fifthgrade teacher Shcri Johnson. "We get them excited about science and careers and practical application." Third-grade teacher Patti Volla ran the "Utterly Shocking" station where kids learned about electricity via a large shocking machine (called a Van de Graaf generator) and other gadgets. "I was shocked all day." Volla said. Rebecca Johnson. 8. thought the machine was really neat because it shocked people according lo how much energy they had in themselves. "It could go anywhere in your body," Johnson said. "It kind of goes really fast, because you don't know it's coming." At one station, students piloted remote control space "rovers" over a course of craters and rocks made to look like another world. "It was'fun because it felt like you were on Mars," said Maggie Ovila. 10. "I never knew that NASA controlled (the rover)," said Olivia Rothman, II. "I thought it had its own brain." Not all the stations were high tech, though. At one. students used a series of valves lo make a boat "climb" up and down a series of tubs filled wilh water. "It's sort of learning how to use different pumps lo gel it up the stairs," said Paige Gibbs. 10. Calvin Johnson. 10. said his favorite GRAYSON WEST'IPARKRECORD Trailside student Harley Grinpas, 9, prepares to fire the water-pressure rock- station was one on fossitizalion. where kids made their own fossils with plaster. et "Shooting to the Stars" at Wednesday's engineering fair. "1 never get lo play with gooey stuff," "I'm really interested in space." teacher Michelle Hoffmann, who ran the Johnson said. "Plaster is something for Maddux said. "I love looking at space rocket station, "'lliey were able to take me thai I'd probably get in trouble websites on the Internet." ownership because they built their own with." Far wore pictures of Engineering Day, "They see science in action." said rocket." see Scene (in {I Heard on page C-I3. On March 28th, Silverado Lodge Phase One te Sold Out in one dau ! Tnank uou (again) to all o f our colleagues and t o the manu clients uou proudlq represent.;." \- .:-* Phase Two will be released Mat^ Onlu "H- mountain unitsleft within The Canu6ns Resort Village*... miS5 ' . ' • > ' • > , •** 5 ^-^*?«P|Ci^r-^* &&W. • / & a^i ^ SILVERADO t>. P A R K C I T Y U T A H • ^ j • ^ ^ 1 - ^ ^- - ^ ! ^ ; :^^ COURT KLEKAS, A. 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