Here Charles De Leone, Ray Conser, and Melissa Hamilton are engineering an aluminum foil boat to hold as many marbles as possible. They performed this activity as part of the APS-sponsored Lead-Scientist Institute, held in Washington, DC from January 5 through January 9 of this year. This institute brought together 47 scientists and teachers to learn the basics of systemic science education reform in grades K-8. It was the final event in the eight-year run of the Teacher Scientist Alliance project, funded by the Campaign for Physics and directed by Ted Schultz.
