Science Shows and Workshops Overseas
My travels have taken me to 47 countries and I have often found the materials and the time to perform my science shows in orphanages, churches, schools and even on the street from time to time.
These entranced children were living in an orphanage, Cuidad de los Niños y las Niñas de La Paz*, in La Paz, Mexico (*the name is not a grammatical error as some have tried to point out – they are making a point of including the girls). I have actually performed bubble shows there on two separate occasions, in 1991 and twelve years later, in 2003.
If I haven’t bored you yet, you can read a blog I kept while teaching in Tuxtla Gutíerrez, Chiapas, Mexico. I mostly wrote about my experience living and working in Tuxtla. Occasionally, I wrote about other things too. The blog is called Life in Chiapas. (I started you on a post about my favourite city in Chiapas – San Cristobal de Los Casas.)
Similarly, I have some photos posted on Flickr.com. Here is a link to my Flickr page (“cauchemar” is the French word for nightmare and nearly an uncanny match for my actual last name).
Here are some more pictures. I have yet to find one of a science show in Egypt, But I have been looking.
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- I can’t remember if they liked the show or were just trying to get a close look at my bad hair (Palmeira Bay, Sal, Cape Verdes).
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- A pre bubble show activity for the little ones who I think were too young to go to school (Palmeira Bay, Sal, Cape Verdes).
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- My grade three students making bubbles (Tuxtla Gutíerrez, Chiapas, Mexico).
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- Every age loves bubbles (Tuxtla Gutíerrez, Chiapas, Mexico).
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- Yes, that is (nearly) an entire grade three class being held up by these poor balloons.
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- Magic mud combines disgusting with fun!
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- I went to Manuel Aguilar Juarez School in Las Granjas, on the outskirts of Tuxtla Gutíerrez to do a science show. It ended up being 5 shows!
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- Hands-on experience with a polymer (Las Granjas, Tuxtla Gutíerrez, Chiapas, Mexico).
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- These are some of the wonderful children of Manuel Aguilar Juarez School in Las Granjas (Tuxtla Gutíerrez, Chiapas, Mexico).
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- This was probably the second bubble show in remote Pitcairn Island’s entire history (I did the first one too).
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- A spontaneous bubble show on the street (Golfit, Costa Rica).
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- The children of the orphanage in La Paz, Mexico.
