February field trip was a success. We saw the nuclear reactor, we watched it being turned on, which didn't look like much, then the lights went out and the blue glow amazed us all. Malinda in the reactor room was extremely informative and then we went to lab and learned about 1/2 life of Vanadium and ran the manual test to see how long it would take for the radiation to disappear. We learned it will never really disappear, no matter how many 1/2 lifes, there will always be at least one atom left. However, the average time it takes it to get as close to zero as possible with Vanadium is 225.26 seconds. Beside the fact that there is radiation all around us, we learned that bananas also have radiation. Of course not a harmful amount and we will not stop consuming bananas.
Our next field trip will be in March 14th, (just two short weeks) to the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in Salem and the Pacific Hazelnut Factory relating to our Industrialization Unit.
If you haven't volunteered to chaperone, please do. These trips are not possible without our wonderful volunteers.
Thank you Mr. Crittenden, Mrs. Hungerford, Mr. Hungerford, Mrs. Vanek for helping out today, it means a lot.
Enjoy your weekend,
Miss King
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