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April 2008
The New Face of Science and Engineering
Students crowd around a table at the front of a third grade classroom at Bugg Elementary School in Raleigh to take part in a scientific experiment that will further their knowledge of key mathematical concepts. Their tools are simple, if unconventional. On the table in front of each student is a disposable diaper, a turkey baster and a large bowl filled with a mysterious yellow liquid.
A teacher instructs the students to guess how much liquid a diaper will hold. Then, using their turkey basters, the students begin filling up the diapers with the yellow liquid, testing their hypotheses, ounce by ounce.
It's a way of learning about units of measure, liquid volume, absorbency and – in a larger sense – the scientific method itself. And what 8-year-old can resist giggling at the idea – however remote – that the yellow liquid is...well, you know.
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