February 28th marked the second annual successful Science Day in the books for Clark Magnet High School’s Science National Honor Society chapter. Science Day is an interactive day where children from Elementary and Middle School get to learn more about science from subjects ranging from biology, physics, and chemistry.
The event took place from 1PM-4PM and students ranging from K-8 entered between that time range. When the kids entered they were greeted by an SNHS member and given a science passport with 9 empty slots on it. As the students traveled through each booth they learned new scientific topics while getting their passport stamped, after the student received all nine stamps they were able to collect a prize at the end.
During the Science Day around 180 students attended and participated in engaging hands-on science activities.
“This year we felt that Science Day was able to reach a larger crowd of students who were interested in science. Not only were the younger students excited to take part in completing fascinating experiments but SNHS members themselves were eager to share their knowledge and love towards science with the younger generation” Clarks SNHS Advisor Ms. Mkrtchyan said.
At Science day, there were three tables of experiments respectively for chemistry, biology, and physics. For chemistry one of the experiments included Chromotography, in simple terms being a technique to separate components of a mixture. To understand the topic students got to patiently watch black and brown markers separate into the various colors of the rainbow.
Over at the biology booths students got to take part in fun interactive activities involving topics like osmosis, diffusion, and semi- permeable membrane. “The kids learned about the movement of water molecules towards the sugar water inside the dialysis tubing bags to reach an even concentration,” senior Emily Tsaturyan said.
At the physics table children were able to learn about the physics topic of inertia which is how an object’s resistance to its changes in motion. Senior Tierrnan Willsout spins a bucket of water in a circular motion over his head as students watch widened eyes questioning the physics as to how the water isn’t spilling everywhere.
Before the event, weeks in advance NHS members had to take many steps to prepare for Science day. “Although Science day in 2025 was a busy event that students enjoyed attending, SNHS officers still had to prepare flyers and reach out to the school district and admin to make sure that the event reached the targeted audience, and so they they received around 250 sign ups from children almost double the amount from last year!” senior Alina Margousian said
Since SNHS at Clark does not charge for students to attend the event they were able to raise money for their organizations by selling snacks during the event. Additionally community members and businesses such as Albertsons and Panera were kind enough to donate their pastries and snacks towards the success of this event.
Along with the preparation of the event members of SNHS had to create posters and research their topic two weeks in advance. After the posters were prepared, members had to present in front of their subject’s respective science teacher to make sure they are not only prepared but can explain their topic to a child.
Science Day is a day where children not only take part in fun interactive science experiments but also when children start to grow a passion for science and become the scientists of tomorrow.
