Family Science Night Teaches Students at Renaissance Elementary

Renaissance Elementary School will host Family Science Night from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at 2797 S. Isabella Road.

“We are offering the event to get children excited about science,” said Kathleen Cranna, a kindergarten aide who has organized the event.

Cranna said she has worked with Central Michigan University students from Jim McDonald’s Science Methods class.

“The students are helping me with putting on the event and it is really helpful for them because they all will be teachers some day,” Cranna said. “It’s good for them to get a feel for what it’s like to work with the kids and learn how to put together a program like science night.”

Cranna graduated from CMU in May. She said it has been fun working with CMU students because she is familiar with the faculty and the program.

Students are encouraged to attend the event with their families. Each family will move at their own pace and each table will have an experiment being conducted.

The science event is open to students from kindergarten to eighth grade and any science related project is allowed to participate. Students from kindergarten to third grade will display their experiments in the cafeteria and grade four through eight will show their work in the gym.

Last year some of the projects were an ice cream maker, a display using magnets, a fizzing potion and a tornado in a bottle.

“Science is important and all of these activities are fun and will help students get excited about science,” said Principal David Krause.