Student Quotes

UW Oshkosh
Science Outreach
Student Quotes

What did you like best about the Scientist-in-Residence week?

You (1st grade, scientific method)

Tasting the food (1st grade, scientific method)

Book about Big Max (1st grade, scientific method)

It was fun (1st grade, scientific method)

Looking under the microscope (1st grade, scientific method)

We got to try things out. (3rd grade, simple machines)

That Maggie and Jamie taught us some real cool stuff. (3rd grade, simple machines)

I liked the stations. (2nd grade, simple machines)

I liked the balancing the most. (2nd grade, simple machines)

I liked the part where w made rocks out of candy. (3rd grade, geoscience)

I liked best about SIR week that the scientists were very friendly. (3rd grade, geoscience)

I liked the SIR week because we got to make some things. (3rd grade, geoscience)

Everything. (3rd grade, geoscience)

I liked it when we cleaned the water. (3rd grade, geoscience)

Underground water. (3rd grade, geoscience)

The projects and the people. (3rd grade, geoscience)

I liked the bubble gum experiment because the gum was good and it was very fun. (5th grade, food chemistry)

The thing I like best is when we had the gym and got to chew it and see how much sugar was in it. (5th grade, food chemistry)

I liked how we got to light the light bulbs and got to experiment with the wires, light bulbs and batteries. (4th grade, electricity)

I liked the static electricity the most because my hair stood up! (4th grade, electricity)

I don't know because I liked everything! (5th grade, geoscience)

I liked making the igneous rocks the best. (5th grade, geoscience)

The detective part, tasting, smelling and feeling. (K, scientific method)

Going on the VandeGraf generator. (4th grade, electricity)

When we made light bulbs light up. (4th grade, electricity)

The big dome that makes your hair stick up! (4th grade, electricity)

I loved it when I saw kids' hair fly up! (4th grade, electricity)

There were nice people. (5th grade, electricity/magnets)

We got to eat our experiments! (6th grade, geoscience)

They made learning fun. (6th grade, geoscience)

What was the most interesting thing you learned during the Scientist-in-Residence week?

I thought when we tested to see how much starch was in foods. That was interesting. (4th grade, food science)

The most interesting thing was when we dropped iodine on the food. (4th grade, food science)

That we can weigh gum and see how much sugar it has. (4th grade, food science)

I learned that there is something called a simple machine. (3rd grade, simple machines)

About the teter-totter I learned a lot of stuff. (3rd grade, simple machines)

That when you use tools it is easier. (2nd grade, simple machines)

That the fulcrum needs to be by th heavier person. (2nd grade, simple machines)

The lever was neat I did not know that the lever could do that. (2nd grade, simple machines)

That the Earth has tons of layers of rock. (3rd grade, geoscience)

I learned that you can measure how high a mountain is with a contour map. (3rd grade, geoscience)

I think the metamorphic rock was very interesting. (3rd grade, geoscience)

I think the most interesting thing when we worked with the clay balls and the toothpicks. (3rd grade, geoscience)

How to do core samples. (3rd grade, geoscience)

Underground water. (3rd grade, geoscience)

Learning about pressure and heat. (3rd grade, geoscience)

That you can clean water with sand, gravel, charcoal. (3rd grade, geoscience)

When we found out how to tell if there's sugar or starch in foods and liquids. (5th grade, food chemistry)

The different amount of ingredients make a pancake fluffy. (5th grade, food chemistry)

The second day because it was cool how the foods changed color. (5th grade, food chemistry)

That bubble gum is mostly sugar. (5th grade, food chemistry)

Connecting the circuits. (4th grade, electricity)

We learned how to make bulbs work, and made home-made switches. (4th grade, electricity)

How to make a contour map. (5th grade, geoscience)

That scientists take samples of the ground. (5th grade, geoscience)

About the rocks. (5th grade, geoscience)

Looking for things with clues. (K, scientific method)

The power of our brain. (2nd grade, neuroscience)

The core samples were fun and interesting. (6th grade, geoscience)

How you discovered the inside of a rock. (6th grade, geoscience)

How to make topographical maps. (6th grade, geoscience)

Do you think science is important?

Yes. I just think it is neat to learn about science. (3rd grade, simple machines)

Yes because it is fun working with the people that came in. (5th grade, food chemistry)

Yes because it is fun and great for experimenting and learning. (5th grade, food chemistry)

Yes, I do because if we didn't know science we wouldn't know when things will happen. (4th grade, electricity)

Yes, because people need to have science to know about the Earth. (5th grade, geoscience)

I think science is important because science helps us know about the weather and science helps us know history. (5th grade, geoscience)

Yes, because you can learn and maybe I could be a scientist some day. (3rd grade, scientific method)

General Comments

I love it! (1st grade, scientific method)

It was super. (1st grade, scientific method)

It was the BEST! (1st grade, scientific method)

Thank you for eating lunch by us. (4th grade, electricity)

Ever since you came I learned a lot about foods with starch in them and what gums have the most sugar in them. (5th grade, food science)

I learned a lot about science but the best thing that I learned was that science is fun! (5th grade, food science)

My son was very excited about school during the three days that he learned about science. He rarely shares much about this day, but he told us all about what he was learning during science week with much interest and enthusiasm. (K, scientific method)

I wot lim to ckam dack year (I want them to come back next year, K, scientific method)

General comments from 4th grade electricity class project about what they learned.

It was very interesting learning that everything is made of atoms, which have protons (positive particles) and electrons (negative particles).

I had so much fun I ordered an electricity set.

I learned a lot more but if I wrote it all down, I would have a twenty page summary about scientists-in-residence week.

One thing that was my favorite was when we got to put our hand on the Vandegraf and our hair would stick up.

I had so much fun trying to get the light bulb to light. I finally got the circuit to light the bulb.

I learned how to put a circuit together.

First I want to talk about how you transport all these things in one or two vehicles.

I had fun when we stood and we either repelled or attracted each other.

I hope that sometime the Science Program can come again. I am looking forward to learning more.

4th Grade Scientific Method (Bubblemania)

I had a great time! I might be a scientist when I grow up. I'd love to. You really made me love being a scientist.

Thank you for coming to our class to help us "think" like a scientist.

I really loved the part when we got to think up the the test for how to get the sugar out.

I liked making the chart the best. I liked weighing the gum too. I like making experiments. It was fun!

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