Magnetic attraction on ImpACT Sunday!

This month at Impact we got to learn about magnets.  Magnets are cool and kind of mysterious, but we got to play with them and see for ourselves how they work.  Did you know that all magnets have two poles?  They have a north pole and a south pole, just like the earth!  And that’s no coincidence, because the earth has a giant magnet inside it.  We discovered that a compass is made out of a magnet, too.  You might think that a magnet sticks to all kinds of metals, but we performed some experiments with them, and guess what?  They only stick to few different metals – iron and nickel, to be exact.  Watch out!  We were given magnets of our own so we can keep on investigating at home.

It’s a zoo out there

Impact went to the San Francisco zoo on a field trip recently. Everyone had a hilarious time at the monkey exhibit watching the various monkeys climb up poles and howl through the fence. The Impact kids also got to witness a penguin feeding. The kids watched in fascination as the penguins fought over the fish. Sometimes a penguin would fall on its face or fall right into the water which caused the students great delight.

A favorite for the students was the petting zoo. However intimidating the goats were with their horns and hooves, the students enjoyed combing, and feeding them. But the favorite part for the team leads was how well some students behaved. At each exhibit, some students took turns to read the animal descriptions and then shared their new found knowledge with the rest of their team. The students have obviously gotten closer to each other since they first met two months ago at Summerfest. Watching the students grow in trust and fondness was what brought great delight to the team leads.