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| Science in action. Photos by Colton Sierra '14. Copyright Red Cloud Indian School. |
SDSU Scientists Get a Reaction From Students
By Colton Sierra '14
Pop! Fizz! Boom! These are the sounds of science. This past Monday professors Dr. Larry Browning and Dr. Matt Miller from SDSU came to Red Cloud for the second consecutive year to show off their chemistry and physics skills for all to see.
“What do you want to see?” exclaimed Dr. Browning as he welcomed the next group of science students into the room off the Commons. He helped Dr. Miller set up a station that the students could use to make homemade pop rocks.
They both showed us different chemical and physical demonstrations that had their crowd in awe. The demonstrations ranged from watching a chemical change colors multiple times in a reaction to shooting ping pong balls at a deadly force. There was a point during the presentation that everyone was eating frozen Cheetos Puffs.
This is the second year that these two professors journeyed to Red Cloud. Brother B. (Brother Mike Baranek) tells me, “Wendell and I saw them at their summer program,” and hence led them to come to Red Cloud to show us a piece of the world of science.
“It was good to have real professors,” said Wendell Gehman. “They help give credibility to what we do.” Being with these professors and seeing them in their habitat mirrored what the students might encounter in a college-level science class.
It was all good and fun, but it needed something to put the official stamp of acceptance on it. Dr. Browning grabbed a white bucket and put some water inside of it. He then showed us what he called “liquid air.” It actually was a bottle full of nitrogen. He closed it tightly, and dropped it in the water and scurried from the bucket. His quick little hustle from the bucket indicated visuals of something that all high school science students would want to see; we were about to see an explosion.
SCIENCE. Filmed by Colton Sierra '14. Copyright Red Cloud Indian School.
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