Mascots
Logistics
Facts You Might Encounter in a Kit
Facts You Will Definitely Not Encounter in a Kit
People in our Neighborhood
100

Schlegel Elementary's yellow-and-black mascot is the largest of the big cats.

What is a tiger?

100

One of these is included in every kit, just in case you need to review an activity before you teach it.

What is a lesson plan?

100

Nitrogen turns from a liquid to a gas at this temperature. You can choose your unit.

What is -320 degrees Fahrenheit?

What is -196 degrees Celsius?

What is 77 degrees Kelvin?

(States of Matter)

100

Our intern found out that this ship is the reason Rochester probably won't be investing in water travel again any time soon.

What is the Fast Ferry?

100

Without this person, the JWSCP kits would be a disorganized catastrophe.

Who is Meghan Rahner?

200

Plank Rd. South's feathery mascot has such good eyesight that it can spot a fish up to a mile away.

What is an eagle?

200

This geographical direction is the official name of the planetarium entrance closest to the lab.

What is the South entrance?

200

This is another term for stored energy.

What is potential energy?

(Waves)

200

While you should always wear goggles and cryo-gloves when handling liquid nitrogen, a drop landing on your arm won't cause severe injury because of this phenomenon.

What is the Leidenfrost Effect?

200

_________, RMSC School & Teacher Programs Coordinator is really nice (for someone who likes the color green).

Who is Amanda Redman?

300

Enrico Fermi #17 displays a perhaps inaccurate model of this unit of matter.

What is an atom?

300

Emailing this Excel file ensures your kit is reserved on your desired pickup date!

What is the kit request form?

300

Pollen is made in this place in a flower.

What is the anther?

(Seeds & Plants)

300

This type of scientist specifically studies mollusk shells.

What is a conchologist?

300

The RMSC Vice President of Programs and Exhibits

Who is Calvin Uzelmeier?

400

John Williams #5's mascot is known for its distinctive short tail.

What is a bobcat?

400

If your badge suddenly stops working repeatedly, we may ask if you carry one of these in your pocket or wallet.

What is a magnet?

400

In order to perform a task, a robot must be given a set of well-defined instructions, also known as this.

What is an algorithm?

(Robotics & Computational Thinking)

400

By the end of our two-hour picnic, the International Space Station will have made this many complete orbits around the Earth.

What is One?

400

Material Coordinator Emeritus (and current Science Consultant!)

Who is Chris Mandel?

500

This extinct pachyderm is the RMSC's "official" mascot. Bonus points if you know his name!

Who is Murray the Mastodon?

500

Arriving an hour or less to close? Call this department so they know you are in the lab. Double points if you can say the phone number!

What is RMSC Security? 

732-2164

500

We have climate data from hundreds of thousands of years ago, long before humans, because of this type of data from objects such as ice, trees, and fossils.

What is proxy data?

(Climate Change)

500

This is the term for the temperature and pressure at which water, ice, and steam coexist in equilibrium.

What is Triple Point?

500

Mission Commander of Space Shuttle mission STS -120 in 2007 

Who is Pam Melroy?

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