Welcome!
The Explorers are made up of around 30 (depending on football season, soccer season, baseball season, cheerleading, and who happens to be in the drama club at the moment!) fifth grade students at an elementary school in Huber Heights, Ohio. All club members share an interest in exploring science and nature through direct experiences such as experiments, projects, and special activities.
The Explorers are overseen by Mr. Rick Ramsey, a 3rd grade teacher at the school. He established the group for students who have a desire to investigate the world around them. The group’s purpose is to give members a deeper understanding of the wonders of science and nature.
Here on our site, our most recent activities are highlighted just below, while a longer list of recent activities appears at the bottom of this home page. For a full list of stories about our meetings, click on Articles in the drop-down Resources menu at the top of this page. Also in the Resources menu is a choice for links to many science-oriented sites. Photo galleries of our activities can be found in the Galleries menu above.
Have a look around, and thanks for visiting!
The Power of a Puff of Air
In May the Explorers found that air not only is made of matter, it has enough power to launch a “rocket” to an impressive height.
Tags: A Gorge-ous Place For a Walk
On a beautiful spring morning in April, several of the Explorers met for a hike through Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve.
A Trip Through Time and Space
In March the Explorers visited the National Museum of the United States Air Force outside of Dayton, Ohio, to learn about the early days of the manned space program and the ways—and reasons—that astronauts landed on the moon.
Slurping Rainbows
Students who deal with Mr. Ramsey learn sooner or later that one phrase he will not tolerate in his classroom is “That sucks.” Something about it just sets his teeth on edge. There is one exception, though. As the Explorers learned during a session in February, there is a type of material that truly DOES suck, and in a seriously impressive way.
Tossing It All Into the Wash
In February the Explorers spent a couple of sessions doing exactly what your laundry says not to do—mixing all the colors together.
Current weather
OH - Dayton / Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
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