Kids Explore The World Of Science At Discovery Workshops

By Andrew Gorosko

Local schoolchildren had an opportunity to explore a range of scientific topics at the 17th Annual Discovery Science Workshops at Newtown High School on Saturday, March 26.

The Newtown Junior Women’s Club and the Board of Education presented the free program for children in kindergarten through Grade 4.

The workshops were held in various classrooms in the school. Twenty-six different workshops were presented.

Christine Grabowski, who is club president, said that about 200 children attended the program.

The subjects offered included: the science of bubbles, color, earthquakes and volcanoes, sound, forensic science, firefighting, the human heart, the water cycle, the use of police dogs in law enforcement, the states of matter, the sense of taste, and frequencies.

Also offered were workshops on: orthodontics, optical illusions, insects, ceramics, electricity, force and motion, pneumatics, physics, origami/geometry, circuitry, and the digestive system.

The children attending the workshops were accompanied by their parents.

The club is a not-for-profit civic group of women who volunteer for the betterment of the community.