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During his “The Science Guy” presentation on Wednesday at Rumford Public Library, retired science teacher Bitsy Ionta, left, of Dixfield, explains to Rumford Elementary School Summer Adventure Program students the science behind his homemade water bottle rocket, at bottom right center, before launching it to their delight. More than 100 children and adults watched his scientific wizardry involving air, heat and cold during the library’s Dream Big READ Summer Fest.
Several Rumford Elementary School Summer Adventure Program students react Wednesday in anticipated glee to the imminent launch of a water bottle rocket by retired science teacher Bitsy Ionta, left, as he counted to zero at Rumford Public Library. Ionta performed his scientific wizardry, wowing a crowd of more than 100 children and adults with several experiments using homemade items.
Water droplets, at center, show the path of a water bottle rocket launched high into the sky on Wednesday afternoon at Rumford Public Library by retired science teacher Bitsy Ionta during his “The Science Guy” presentation. Reacting to the sudden whooshing liftoff at right is Azra Babbidge, 7, of Rumford.
During Wednesday afternoon’s “The Science Guy” presentation at Rumford Public Library, retired science teacher Bitsy Ionta blows into a tube connected to the bottom of a metal can, shooting flour crystals into the air that suddenly flashed over into flames. The fire was provided by lit candles placed inside the canister during the experiment.
Enthralled children watch Wednesday afternoon at Rumford Public Library as retired science teacher Bitsy Ionta explains his homemade hot-wire, glass-bottle-cutting experiment during his “The Science Guy” presentation. He wrapped thin nichrome wire around the bottle’s center, applied electrical current to it and within a few seconds the red-hot wire cleanly snapped the bottle in half with a loud pop, much to the stunned amazement of more than 100 children and adults.
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