Rubber Chicken At The Edge of Space

Sent there recently by California high school students to measure the radiation from a solar storm. Details here. I wish my high school science projects had been that cool. Instead, they were all intensely boring. The only one I even remember was a water electrolysis experiment that I had to work on for weeks, and which involved the edge-of-your-seat thrill of watching a battery split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 20, 2012
Category: Science | Experiments

Comments

OK, have to say that's the coolest school experiment I have heard of. Better than tha gnome for sure.

Posted by Baughbe on 04/20/12 at 12:18 PM

We never did anything that interesting, that's for sure.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/20/12 at 12:52 PM

We got to cut up some worms and frogs.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/20/12 at 01:48 PM

The picture reminds me of one of the intros to an Austin Powers movie .. It looks like a big ... "Johnson" what is that on the radar ? .. etc etc

Hehehehe

Posted by BrokeDad on 04/20/12 at 02:53 PM

Good to see they thought to put a helmet on the poor creature.

Posted by KDP on 04/20/12 at 03:26 PM

Does Gonzo know about this?

Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 04/21/12 at 12:23 AM

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