The Surfing Scientist

On Tuesday before lunch, it was fantastic to have a special visitor to the school. Ruben Meerman the Surfing Scientist. While he was here he talked to us about lasers, colour, liquid nitrogen, temperatures and balloons. He was very engaging and it was very cool to see him make things explode using liquid nitrogen.

He showed us how it is possible to pop a balloon that is inside a balloon without bursting the outside one by using a laser. We learnt that lasers can be dangerous and need to be used adults who know what they are doing. We also learnt that liquid nitrogen needs to be handled carefully by an adult who knows how to use it.

It was a lot of fun and we all got a lot out of it.