Gary Moskowitz
GLENDALE -- Lisa Gladstone's students have been learning how to
protect a free-falling egg with basic supplies like paper and straws.
Gladstone, a physical science teacher at Wilson Middle School, will
take 15 of her seventh- and eighth-grade students to a state Science
Olympiad competition Saturday at Cal StateLong Beach.
Gladstone's students will have to show proficiency and knowledge of
things like small rockets, "battery buggies," small airplanes, bridges,
tectonic plates, water pollutants and volcanic activity. A free-falling
egg experiment will test students' use of simple materials and
creativity.
Gladstone's students won fourth place at the regional science
competition in November 2001.
Wilson students will compete against 28 middle schools from Southern
California.
"It's wonderful because it challenges their problem-solving skills.
We're very excited," Gladstone said.
