From the twenty-third to twenty-seventh
of May, students majoring in science held an event, called “Science Week.” In this week, I participated in some
scientific experiments and games, listened to a speech and looked at a show of
dominoes.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Wendy was in
charge of a game. In this game, we made
a little boat with some small plastic bottles, tapes, rubber bands and
straws. We used Newton’s third law and
some physics knowledge about potential energy switching to kinetic energy to
make a current. Then, the current pushed
the boat. I competed with other
participants to see who could push the boat the farthest by answering Wendy’s
questions about science. This game
inspired me a lot and improved my logic.
The closing ceremony was on the last day
of the week. Wendy and her classmates
set up a domino set. They used some
physics laws to let one wooden block knock down another one. Then, the first domino knocked down the
following one, which in turn caused another one down, all the way to the last
domino. I was amazed by the “Domino
Effect.” When all the dominoes were
knocked over, I saw the word “PASSION” spelled out. You could see how much work had been put into
this project. Actually, they had been setting up the dominoes all the
morning. The reason why they used the
word “PASSION” is because students majoring in sciences hope to encourage each
other to have a passion for science and the unknown world.
Today,
Andy and I prepared for the Science Week together. First, we stuck a poster to the
blackboard. Second, we put bottles on
the table. I didn’t know what we would
do. And then, Andy put a water tank on
the table. Third, we put targets made of
paper on the table. Finally, we were
ready.
I
asked Andy why we needed to collect a lot of plastic bottles. Andy gave me one of the bottles, but he didn’t
tell me the reason until he finished everything. He used a pair of scissors to
cut a bottle in half. He saved the
upper part of the bottle and cut a balloon.
He attached the part of the balloon to the bottle. He pulled back the balloon. Suddenly, he released the balloon and a strong
wind rushed out of the bottle. It worked
like an air gun. I was surprised. Andy taught me how it worked and then I made
an air gun. I used the gun to shoot the
targets. I was very happy that I hit a
lot of targets. 
