Science is electric!

When I was in the 5th grade I had a teacher named Mr. Sadaski who was a retired electrician. In his class we used to conduct all sorts of science experiments with electricity. For example, my friend Juan and I made a "calculator" for practicing times tables. We wired all of the equations on one side to all of the answers on the other, and made it so if you connected the right equation (e.g. 4x4) with the right answer (16), a light bulb would light up and indicate you were right.

In order to get all of the kids interested in science and electricity Mr. Sadaski would bring an old generator to class and shock everyone. He would have everyone in the class hold hands in a big circle and the people on the end would touch both ends of the generator when he cranked it and everyone would get a little shock. Since there were so many of us, the shock wasn't enough to hurt anyone, but it sparked an interest in electricity in many of my friends. Juan ended up going to trade school to become an electrician, and I worked with Mr. Sadaski as an electrical apprentice two summers ago. He's a teacher I will never forget and thats due largely to his "outside of the box" teaching techniques.