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[Bill Ashlock]

Ed says:
>When I was in high school (long, long ago) we had science clubs which
>met after school.  No school subsidies, just use of a room if we didn't
>mess it up.  Would still work today!

Agree. Surprising how much support is available from 
parents/teachers/principals for adults wanting to volunteer time to import 
some of their expertise into the system. It's about as rewarding as anything 
I've ever done. This team competition thing probably evolved from lack of 
imagination from the school system. Not too much heavy thinking goes into 
making up a set of tough questions.

One exception to the norm was the rocket plane building project that the 
Middle School science teacher offered as part of his regular class work. I 
got to see the launching event that culminated about 4 weeks of student 
effort and was impressed with the different designs and the knowledge the 
students had learned about the science involved.  Unfortunately this teacher 
has retired and nothing similar is offered at this time. Even the school 
woodworking shop has been taken out since then.

Bill A

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