Day 2

For the second day of the program we started off by going outside and playing a game in the beautiful weather. Kim got everyone to form a circle including all the counselors and staff and then began to explain an elimination game called Zing, Pop, Boing in which the players pass an invisible ball of energy to people in the ring using different motions, if anyone messes up any of the motions they are out. The game was very intense but extremely fun and entertaining as even the adults got into it. From there we went to Physics where the scholars were taught about the size and distance comparing things incredibly small like particles to galaxies as well as shockwaves. After that it was off to Theatre again with Father David who once again had fun and interesting imaginative games for everyone to do including using props to make a story. When our time there was done we all headed off to lunch and then back to the Physics laboratory for some experiments with the things we had heard about before. These included looking at the waves from shaking a slinky, to observing a taunt vibrating string under a strobe light. In the last session we began discussing ideas for the presentation to the younger children coming in two weeks. Everyone had tons of great ideas and a lot new things began to be tossed around. During the last half hour everyone was allowed to log onto the message board and post their comments about the day.

Here are some of things they said about today:

“I really liked working with the slinky because it gave me a better understanding of how there are shockwaves all around us and they work in a much simpler way than I would have thought!”

“Acting was really good, and that continuing-the-story game was a good exercise. Lunch was, of course, the best.”

“I really like how this program is set and how it goes.”

“We have made a lot of progress working together.”