Mascots
Schlegel Elementary's yellow-and-black mascot is the largest of the big cats.
What is a tiger?
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?
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)
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?
Without this person, the JWSCP kits would be a disorganized catastrophe.
Who is Meghan Rahner?
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?
This geographical direction is the official name of the planetarium entrance closest to the lab.
What is the South entrance?
This is another term for stored energy.
What is potential energy?
(Waves)
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?
_________, RMSC School & Teacher Programs Coordinator is really nice (for someone who likes the color green).
Who is Amanda Redman?
Enrico Fermi #17 displays a perhaps inaccurate model of this unit of matter.
What is an atom?
Emailing this Excel file ensures your kit is reserved on your desired pickup date!
What is the kit request form?
Pollen is made in this place in a flower.
What is the anther?
(Seeds & Plants)
This type of scientist specifically studies mollusk shells.
What is a conchologist?
The RMSC Vice President of Programs and Exhibits
Who is Calvin Uzelmeier?
John Williams #5's mascot is known for its distinctive short tail.
What is a bobcat?
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?
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)
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?
Material Coordinator Emeritus (and current Science Consultant!)
Who is Chris Mandel?
This extinct pachyderm is the RMSC's "official" mascot. Bonus points if you know his name!
Who is Murray the Mastodon?
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
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)
This is the term for the temperature and pressure at which water, ice, and steam coexist in equilibrium.
What is Triple Point?
Mission Commander of Space Shuttle mission STS -120 in 2007
Who is Pam Melroy?