Horace Mann Students Participate in Science Behavior Bash

Horace Mann Elementary held a Science Behavior Bash on Friday, which gave students hands-on experiences with science properties and a chance to interact with teacher John Lamar's, Smith-Cotton High School students.

Some of the Smith-Cotton students led some of the activities. To participate in the bash, Horace Mann students had to pay $100 in Cub Cash, the school's positive behavior currency; have no office referrals, and have 90 percent or better attendance. Participants built structures with marshmallows and toothpicks; had blind taste tests of various foods, and made slime, among other activities.

Pic 1: Fourth graders, from left, Jesus Marcos, Uriah Cole and Ephram Schneider work together to create a structure built from marshmallows and toothpicks.

Pic 2: Teacher Angie Richardson displays a cow skull, which students tried to identify by touch as part of an activity in the Science Behavior Bash.

Pic 3: Smith-Cotton High senior Mikayla Gear explains how students can reveal messages and designs made with her "invisible paint," a phenolphthalein mixture that turns pink when sprayed with an ammonia compound, such as window cleaner.

Pic 4: Fourth grader Salihah Walters predicts the number of drops of water that teacher Courtney Davis can fit on a penny.