Science Day is a day where the science department and Bowie students come together to teach students from various elementary schools.
This year, kindergarten and first grade students from Barinoff, Mills, Kiker, and Kocurek attended.
The elementary students partook in different activities in each class based on the teacher’s subject.
“My class taught the little kids about reduce, reuse, and recycle. We did a recycle relay and we taught about what they can do at home to be better to the environment,” science teacher Nikki Vohl said. “They got to run back and forth and figure out whether they should put things in a recycle bin or a trash bin, so they learned stuff from that.”
Physics teacher Murray Fly’s class made a speaker out of a bucket and cup, then projected the sound through the white board. They also did an experiment with color addition and subtraction.
Biology teacher Jill Harding’s class made cars out of popsicles, gumdrops, and marshmallows.
Bowie students had different interactions with the kids on Science Day.
Several Bowie students volunteered to stay in the class to participate in activities and help teach.
“One of the stations we set up the Van de Graaff generator which uses static electricity and makes your hair stand up. They loved it,” senior Kendall Hanson said.
Other students escorted the groups of elementary students to each class.
“I led the little kids around classes. They were super adorable,” senior Lindsay Stites said.
There weren’t any issues with teaching the elementary kids for Bowie students.
“The little kids love the big kids and they will listen to anything that they say,” Vohl said.
Science Day allowed all students to have fun and learn about science subjects.