Science Club Elects Officers
The Hico Science Club had their first meeting of the 2014/2015 school year. 28 students have signed up for the club this year! During the first meeting, we elected officers and voted on our slogan. Officers are: (Left to
Right) President-Reese Polk, Vice President-Jayden Crouch and Secretary-Ivy Aikman.
Our club name this year is: Clash of the Chemicals and our slogan is: “It does not take a science mind to run a robot.. It takes two AA batteries!”
This year, we will do many experiments and projects. We will also program robots and launch rockets. Schreiber Foods in Stephenville is financially
sponsoring the club again this year. The club is mentored by Kim Vinson, Matthew Rucker and Jeff Gentner.
The Hico Science Club had their first meeting of the 2014/2015 school year. 28 students have signed up for the club this year! During the first meeting, we elected officers and voted on our slogan. Officers are: (Left to
Right) President-Reese Polk, Vice President-Jayden Crouch and Secretary-Ivy Aikman.
Our club name this year is: Clash of the Chemicals and our slogan is: “It does not take a science mind to run a robot.. It takes two AA batteries!”
This year, we will do many experiments and projects. We will also program robots and launch rockets. Schreiber Foods in Stephenville is financially
sponsoring the club again this year. The club is mentored by Kim Vinson, Matthew Rucker and Jeff Gentner.
This year's T-Shirts!
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Someone Will Win a Robot!
This year,we will have a year long competition. Our rocket launch will be the last day to compete with the:
The winner of the year long competition will get to keep the Vexplorer Robot!
- Highest Launch Award
- Most Accurate Landing Award
- Mass Destruction Award
The winner of the year long competition will get to keep the Vexplorer Robot!
Schreiber Foods Sponsors Hico Science Club with $1000
Jeff Gentner and Schreiber Foods present a check for $1000 to Ivy Aikman, Jayden Crouch and Reese Polk (left - right).
On October 23rd, we had our lava lamp and silly putty day! We made lava lamps with :
- Cooking Oil
- Water
- Food Coloring
- Alka-Seltzer
- Elmers Glue
- Water
- Food Coloring
- Borax
October 23rd Partial Solor Eclipse
We learned that a safe way to watch an eclipse is to use a piece of paper with a pinhole in it. When the paper is held about six feet away from a white surface, a projection of the eclipsed sun will be seen. Each student in the Science Club took home an eclipse viewer to show their parents the rare event.
We didn't build flashlights. We made AndLights. We made OrLights.
Using a battery, resistor, 2 switches and a LED, we built AndLights and OrLights. Depending on how we connected the circuit, we could turn on the LED with one button OR the other button. We could also require one button AND the other button.
We learned that the 9 volt battery supplies 9 volts (really?) of DC power. Some brave students tested the battery on their tongue.
We learned that the resistor slows and controls the amperage that flows to the LED. One student learned that we let the "magic smoke" out of the LED when we don't use a resistor. LEDs are rated for a certain amount of current. Too much current will destroy the LED.
We learned that switches/buttons control the flow of electricity to the LED. With two switches, we can wire up the words AND/OR.
We learned that an LED is a light emitting diode. A diode will only let the electricity flow in one direction. If you wire it up backwards, it won't work.
We learned that the 9 volt battery supplies 9 volts (really?) of DC power. Some brave students tested the battery on their tongue.
We learned that the resistor slows and controls the amperage that flows to the LED. One student learned that we let the "magic smoke" out of the LED when we don't use a resistor. LEDs are rated for a certain amount of current. Too much current will destroy the LED.
We learned that switches/buttons control the flow of electricity to the LED. With two switches, we can wire up the words AND/OR.
We learned that an LED is a light emitting diode. A diode will only let the electricity flow in one direction. If you wire it up backwards, it won't work.
We learned about electricity with multi-meters!
We learned about electricity with multi-meters. We found out that:
Each student got to take home their multi-meter. Thank you to Lee Cole and Cole's General Store and Hardware for sponsoring us.
- Multi-meters can check voltage, resistance and amperage.
- If you attach 3 nine volt batteries together, you get about 27 volts.
- Our bodies can conduct electricity.
- A pencils lead can conduct electricity.
- An LED is a light emitting diode.
Each student got to take home their multi-meter. Thank you to Lee Cole and Cole's General Store and Hardware for sponsoring us.