From the Files of “OMG WHY DIDN’T YOU FILM THIS SO WE COULD PUT IT ON YOUTUBE?!?!”
Brother Britt’s fiancee Allie, a fourth grade teacher in Boston, asks Britt to come into the school to give a special science lesson every quarter or so. She sent us this email just before Thanksgiving, describing Mr. Britt’s lesson last week:
From: Allie
Date: November 24, 2009 7:52:32 PM EST
To: The Family
Subject: A very exciting day at school!
Mr. Britt did a FANTASTIC job today at school. He gave three lessons on states of matter and air pressure to three different sets of kids using the very enigmatic liquid nitrogen.He put all of his fancy scientist gear on (which happened to be totally unnecessary) which instilled awe in the students. The liquid nitrogen condensed the air around it, giving off a smoke that made everyone move back in their seats. The kids were absolutely rivited! Every time he dipped something in it (an inflated balloon, a rubber ducky, a penny and a marshmallow) the kids would squeal in anticipation while they made their own hypotheses about what would happen when he would smash it with a hammer. Then, when the marshmallow and rubber ducky would smash all over the room (they got to wear goggles from the middle school- also very thrilling) they all scrambled to get the pieces. They can’t wait for his next visit!
Love,
Allie
My parents and I laughed for days about this.
