Aidan Dressel grins while he touches a plasma globe, also known as a plasma lamp. The plasma lamp was invented by Nikola Tesla for the purpose of studying high voltage phenomena. Plasma globes were popular as novelty items in the 1980s.
Record photo by Kevin Oleksy
Demiel Kelso touches a Van de Graaf generator, which creates static electricity, while Michael Sibbersen, science and technology coordinator for the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, looks on.
Record photo by Kevin Oleksy
Makinley Fuller feels an electric arc from a small Tesla coil.
Record photo by Kevin Oleksy
Ken Schroeder, independent “Science Guy,” explains explains concepts to students. Schroeder said this year’s camp theme is loosely based on pirates’ experiences with and fear of lightning (electricity), use of star navigation, and buoyancy keeping ships afloat .
Record photo by Kevin Oleksy
A student holds a fluorescent light bulb near the Tesla coil. Exposed to the output of a Tesla coil, the tubes glow mildly.
Record photo by Kevin Oleksy
Demiel Kelso, Aidan Dressel, and Micarthi Fuller experiment with buoyancy by testing how many marbles they can safely (i.e. while still afloat) place in boats fashioned of modeling clay.
Chadron Public School’s Nebraska Blast! Summer Space Camp got started Monday with some hair-raising demonstrations of static electricity, experiments with buoyancy, kinetic sand. “Science Guy” Ken Schroeder and his team members Michael Sibbersen, Science and Technology coordinator for the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, and Adam Sobetski, intern, guide campers through several lessons and demonstrations of electricity and buoyancy.
Aidan Dressel grins while he touches a plasma globe, also known as a plasma lamp. The plasma lamp was invented by Nikola Tesla for the purpose of studying high voltage phenomena. Plasma globes were popular as novelty items in the 1980s.
Demiel Kelso touches a Van de Graaf generator, which creates static electricity, while Michael Sibbersen, science and technology coordinator for the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, looks on.
Ken Schroeder, independent “Science Guy,” explains explains concepts to students. Schroeder said this year’s camp theme is loosely based on pirates’ experiences with and fear of lightning (electricity), use of star navigation, and buoyancy keeping ships afloat .
Demiel Kelso, Aidan Dressel, and Micarthi Fuller experiment with buoyancy by testing how many marbles they can safely (i.e. while still afloat) place in boats fashioned of modeling clay.
