Experiements

It’s good to allow students to have creative experiments, but be sure that the ingredients of the experiment are properly disposed. A school in Waldoboro, Maine allowed such a student experiment to allow dirt to be baked to measure post-incineration plant growth. I’m not sure how the experiment turned out but somehow the baked dirt reappeared at a community supper and served as a dessert. The high school quickly distanced itself from the incident trying to say that it was a total accident and certainly was not done as a prank. I’m glad I didn’t try that dessert. Words and actions can accidentally go to the wrong places—don’t have any words or actions that you would be ashamed if they accidentally reappear.