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Welcome!

The Explorers Club is made up of around 20 (depending on football season, soccer season, baseball season, cheerleading, and who happens to be in the drama club at the moment!) fourth and 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 Club is overseen by Mr. Rick Ramsey, a 3rd grade teacher at the school. He established the club for students who have a desire to investigate the world around them. The club’s purpose is to give members a deeper understanding of the wonders of science and nature.

Hocking Hills State Park

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In June 2010 a few of the Explorers set out on an excursion to Ohio’s Hocking Hills region. The eventual pouring rain made for a perfect year of lousy weather (cold, wind, snow, and now rain!) for the club’s outings.

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Tags: Ash Cave, Cedar Falls, erosion, Hocking Hills, Ohio, Old Mans Cave, weathering

Mentos Depth Charges

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In May 2010 the Explorers celebrated their annual pop bottle geyser festival.

This activity takes advantage of a phenomenon known as “nucleation,” in which bubbles form explosively in soda when given a suitable surface to latch onto. And when we say explosively, we MEAN explosively, as those club members who had not experienced this before found out for themselves.

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Tags: diet pop, geyser, mentos, nucleation

Spring Hike 2010

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On a chilly and windy morning in May 2010, the Explorers Club visited Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve. The group hiked first along the rim of the gorge, then descended to walk along the Little Miami River. After a stop to investigate some "slump block caves," the group continued to a bridge across the river. Here the trail leaves the state nature preserve and enters John Bryan State Park. This was the turn-around point for this day's hike.
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Tags: Clifton Gorge, erosion, hike, hiking, Ohio, slump block cave, weathering

Like, totally groovy and far out, man

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Everybody knows that Sharpies are “permanent” markers—and permanent means once the ink is on something, it’s nearly impossible to get it off, right? Well, not quite. The Explorers learned in April 2010 how to do a variation of the classic tie-dying activity with Sharpies and rubbing alcohol.
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Tags: marker, molecules, rubbing alcohol, sharpie, shirt, t-shirt, tie-die, tie-dying

Twisted Sounds

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“Durn it, this SHOULD work!” Well, what can you say? Sometimes your science experiments just don’t turn out the way you expect them to, no matter HOW stubbornly you pursue them.
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Tags: funnel, headphones, illusion, perception, sound, sound waves, tubing, vibration, wave

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Current weather

OH - Dayton / Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

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