The first Science Saturday of 2015 took place in January. Dr. Matt Johnson, a research scientist at IHMC, led a presentation about Electric Circuits. This Science Saturday was attended by over 65 students from the Pensacola area.

The concept of series and parallel circuits was introduced and demonstrated by making "human circuits"

Then children worked in groups to experiment with a battery, some wire, and various loads to figure out how to make a series circuit.

This boy has a working series circuit that is powering a tiny motor.

In addition to motors, students were able to experiment with lights, buzzers, and switches.

Matt was available to help everyone with their circuits, and to answer any and all questions.

Volunteers from Pensacola High and West Florida High assisted. Here, Volunteer Eva is helping a student to understand a parallel circuit.

Making parallel circuits was a little trickier.

In the final project, the kids made their own "Operation" game to take home. The first step was to build the game board using a cardboard box and aluminum foil.

Each child picked a robot for the front of their operation game.

Diodes were used to signal when a player accidentally touched the sides of the robot.… An electrifying Science Saturday! Thank you, Matt for such a fun morning. Thank you also to the Kugelman Foundation and the J. H. Baroco Foundation for their long term support of Science Saturdays.