The School District of Fort Atkinson has announced that it will be hosting the 24th annual “Super Science Gag Show.”
The event will be held Friday in the Fort Atkinson High School auditorium.
According to information released by the district, the auditorium doors will open at 6 p.m. and the show will begin at 6:30 p.m.
The show, which features Fort Atkinson High School teachers demonstrating science in a fun and humorous way, is free and open to the public.
Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food item as a donation to the Fort Atkinson Food Pantry.
The show was begun in 2003 by two Fort Atkinson High School teachers who wanted to present a fun physics and chemistry lesson, according to information earlier reported by Fort Atkinson Online.
In 2021, the show featured experiments that reinforced the scientific concepts behind thermodynamics, sound, light, and electromagnetism, among others.
In 2021, A crowd-favorite experiment focusing on soundwaves was led by science teacher Kaitlin Ripley. PVC tubes of specific lengths were passed out to groups of students throughout the auditorium, and when students hit the end with their hands, they were able to create a specific note as the air resonated through the small tube.
In another demonstration, science teacher Nick Nelson was placed on a bed of nails that were distributed across a large piece of wood with the points facing up. Science teachers were able to demonstrate the concept of distribution of pressure across a surface. At one point, a sledge hammer was used to break a concrete block that had been placed on Nelson’s stomach.
The teachers explained that many concepts of physics center around the principle of inertia, or an object’s tendency to remain at rest while at rest or in motion while in motion unless acted upon by outside forces.
An earlier story about the 2021 Super Science Gag show is here: https://fortatkinsononline.com/fort-high-science-teachers-present-gag-show/.
Teacher Kaitlin Ripley uses a sledge hammer to break a concrete block that has been placed on Science teacher Nick Nelson’s stomach as he lies on a bed of nails. The nails were distributed across a piece of wood with the points facing up. Teachers demonstrated the concept of distribution of pressure across a surface. The lesson was about inertia, or an object’s tendency to remain at rest while at rest or in motion while in motion unless acted upon by outside forces. File photo/Chris Spangler.
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