HomeSchooling Science Boot Camp

On Wednesday 4/5/2016 I went for a Science Boot Camp for Homeschoolers. It was held at the The Science Bridge Academy at The School in Jaya One. The instructor was Mr. Sam Gibbs but he preferred to be addressed as Uncle Sam.
The boot camp was divided into 4 parts. The first part was Introduction to Science, the second part was all about Physics , the third part was all about Chemistry and the fourth part was all about Biology.
In the introduction Uncle Sam showed us Newtons law of gravity with a few experiments. One was the football hovercraft and the other was the leaf blower and ball.Next we went outside and looked at the sun using Solar sunglasses. Another cool experiment was the UV Beads. Here I learnt how ultraviolet radiation from the sun can damage the skin when exposed to direct sunlight.
In Physics, Uncle Sam showed us microchips and transistors under a microscope and we studied about planet and their moons.
In Chemistry Uncle Sam showed us some flammable and inflammable experiments. My favorite was the Whoosh Bottle experiment. This experiment gives a combustion reaction when alcohol and oxygen is mixed in a bottle and ignited. The whoosh comes from the sound and flames. It was an awesome experiment.
My second favorite experiment was the Elephant toothpaste experiment. We got to see that twice it was so cool.There is soapy bubble foam that shoots out of the mouth of the bottle and hey presto Elephant toothpaste. Later a lighter was shone on the foam and it lit up or glowed which showed the presence of oxygen in the foam.
In Biology we looked at small stuff you can't see with the naked eye under the microscope. Later we went to a planetarium. There we saw close up images of the planets and their moons.
At the end of the boot camp we received a certificate of Participation. I enjoyed the camp very much. I wish we had much more experiments in Chemistry and Biology.
Uncle Sam was very funny and I enjoyed his explanations.

With Mr.Sam Gibbs