As part of the Interdisciplinary Unit “Where We Are in Place and Time,” students in the “Red Mullet” section spoke via Microsoft Teams with a parent-chemist, mother of one of their classmates.  Students became Inquirers, wanting to learn about the physical characteristics of a laboratory, its equipment, and the way in which it is used.  The parent, using appropriate visual materials, answered the students’ questions about safety rules observed by laboratory personnel and performed an experiment using a balloon, pieces of foil, and her hair to explain the phenomenon of electrostatic energy. Thus, all their puzzlement was solved.

We thank her!