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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood High School recently hosted Super Science Saturday, an annual hands-on learning event that brought science students and families from across the tri-state area together for a day filled with experiments, demonstrations, and interactive exhibits.
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Ridgewood NJ, Super Science Saturday, hailed as the “Greatest Science Extravaganza in Northern New Jersey,” brings fun and excitement to science through professional presenters and student projects. As a joint project of the Ridgewood Board of Education and the Super Science Saturday Volunteer Committee, we aim to bring all science lovers together for a days of fun and learning for all ages.
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Ridgewood NJ, well he is back , Don R. Mueller, Ph.D., the Nutty Professor of Sports will be at Super Science Saturday giving a Physics of Sports demo featuring new methods and techniques in the popular throwing and swinging sports: baseball/softball, football, tennis and golf.
Continue reading The Nutty Professor of Sports will be Back at Super Science Saturday on March 4th
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Ridgewood NJ, get ready for Super Science Saturday!!!March 4th, 2023, 9:00am-1:30pm at Ridgewood High School. Admission is Free! Ridgewood students —Share your science project for 15 mins. and then explore the hands-on exhibits all day long. Meet more than 50 community organizations and hundreds of students also excited about science.
Continue reading Super Science Saturday: March 4th, 2023, 9:00am-1:30pm at Ridgewood High School
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Ridgewood NJ, Super Science Saturday, hailed as the “Greatest Science Extravaganza in Northern New Jersey,” brings fun and excitement to science through professional presenters and student projects. As a joint project of the Ridgewood Board of Education and the Super Science Saturday Volunteer Committee, we aim to bring all science lovers together for a days of fun and learning for all ages.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Super Science Saturday, hailed as the “Greatest Science Extravaganza in Northern New Jersey,” brings fun and excitement to science through professional presenters and student projects.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Super Science Saturday, hailed as the “Greatest Science Extravaganza in Northern New Jersey,” brings fun and excitement to science through professional presenters and student projects.
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Ridgewood NJ, Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. (Professor Tennis) , will be (https://www.supersciencesaturday.org) giving a Physics of Sports demo featuring new methods and techniques in the popular throwing and swinging sports: baseball/softball, football, tennis and golf.
Prof. Don R. Mueller: a semi-retired physics professor and former pro baseball pitcher involved with the Physics of Sports. Some sportswriters are calling me The Nutty Professor of Sports. I’m showing coaches and players in NY, NJ, PA and beyond who practice throwing and swinging type sports how to “do their thing” with more power and less pain; thanks to some simple physics know-how. Some of his research was featured full-page in the NY Times in 2018: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/sports/tennis/don-mueller-rackets.html
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Ridgewood Nj, The 31st edition of the LARGEST SCIENCE EXPERIENCE in North Jersey welcomes all ages and abilities. In addition to Rocket launches, Drones Races, Petting Zoos, 3D Printing, Egg Drops and a show by the LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER, we’ve got a brand new lineup of exciting presenters from Large Robots to Aeronautic Engineering!
Admission is FREE thanks to support from the Ridgewood Education Foundation and Valley Health System.
9am today at Ridgewood High School , Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood NJ, Super Science Saturday, hailed as the “Greatest Science Extravaganza in Northern New Jersey,” brings fun and excitement to science through professional presenters and student projects. As a joint project of the Ridgewood Board of Education and the Super Science Saturday Volunteer Committee, we aim to bring all science lovers together for a day of fun and learning for all ages.
In an effort to make Super Science Saturday an even better experience, we have changed venues to Ridgewood High School, giving more space for student presenters in our “Hall of Science.” Our adult presenters will also have generous space throughout hallways, the Cafeteria, and the Campus Center.
Continue reading SUPER SCIENCE SATURDAY
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Ridgewood NJ, Super Science Saturday, hailed as the “Greatest Science Extravaganza in Northern New Jersey,” brings fun and excitement to science through professional presenters and student projects. As a joint project of the Ridgewood Board of Education and the Super Science Saturday Volunteer Committee, we aim to bring all science lovers together for a day of fun and learning for all ages.
In an effort to make Super Science Saturday an even better experience, we have changed venues to Ridgewood High School, giving more space for student presenters in our “Hall of Science.” Our adult presenters will also have generous space throughout hallways, the Cafeteria, and the Campus Center.
Super Science Saturday will appeal to everyone from the casual observer to the aspiring scientists. Most of all, we hope to spark an interest in science among children, showing them the wonders of science. Through interactive exhibits such as a wheelchair maze, live animals, and demonstrations of chocolate making to more complex brain wiring demonstrations, Super Science Saturday will satisfy the scientific appetite of everyone.
We encourage everyone to join the fun! Check out our volunteer page to learn about getting involved. This day cannot happen without the support of dedicated volunteers. Sign up now and make this Super Science Saturday one to remember.
February 23,2018
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Ridgewood NJ, Super Science Saturday is celebrating its 30th year of challenging students and adult alike to think widely about how science is involved in all parts of our lives.
Join the fun and complete the challenge by submitting how you imagine any aspect of American home life in 2048! From an update to a common appliance, to imagining what robots might do at home, to rethinking how we all travel to and from home – submit to Super Science Saturday any aspect of how you imagine home life of the future!
Eligibility: The contest is open to anyone of all ages.
Judging Age Categories:
Elementary School
Middle School
High School + Adults
Announcing the Winners: One winner will be chosen from each age category and will be revealed at Super Science Saturday! If you can’t make the day, we will announce and share your winning entry and contact you based on the information you submit.
The Challenge Details:
We’re looking for science inspired submissions which shows how you imagine some aspect of the Home of 2048
Please be creative! All entries require a short, written description of what you imagine the future home to be like. Please submit at least a few sentences describing your idea and how it might change the home of the future.
Use the form below to submit any additional materials that show what the future will be like. While there are no requirements for additional materials beyond your written description – we encourage everyone to both upload and present at Super Science Saturday photos, drawings, diagrams, dioramas or other creative ways to bring your future vision to life!
Two Ways to Participate:
Present Your Home of the Future at Super Science Saturday 30!
Click on this option below to enter your submission for judging and reserve your presenting space. Deadline: Thursday, March 1st @ 5pm
Have Your Home of 2048 Displayed at Super Science Saturday 30!
Click on this option below to enter your submission for judging and have your idea displayed at Super Science Saturday without presenting. Deadline: Friday, February 23rd at 5pm https://supersciencesaturday.org/town-challenge.php
Science is super
To the Editor:
Science and technology inspire us to ask insightful questions and get amazing answers. This month, many students are working hard on wonderful exhibits showing the results of their own experiments at school science fairs throughout Northern New Jersey.
Super Science Saturday was founded 28 years ago to bring together student science exhibits from many different schools to encourage learning about and appreciation of science and technology in our daily lives. Professional scientists also have joined in with their own interactive exhibits and shows.
Student science exhibits remain a vital part of Super Science Saturday and show the broad interests, creativity and knowledge of Northern New Jersey students. Several generations of students fondly remember attending and exhibiting at the event.
In that spirit, the Super Science Saturday all-volunteer Executive Committee again invites students to showcase their exhibits at our 28th annual, award-winning event from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Ridgewood High School, 627 East Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood.
Billed as “Northern New Jersey’s biggest science extravaganza,” Super Science Saturday is a free, non-competitive event that recently won a prestigious New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Award for encouraging the “Advancement of Invention and Process,” among students of all ages.
Students from any school or who are home-schooled are welcome to exhibit. Signing up and bringing exhibits to Super Science Saturday is free, easy and convenient. Exhibits may be brought to Ridgewood High School from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, or starting at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, the day of the event. Volunteers will be there to help you find your exhibit space. Parents can sign up at supersciencesaturday.org so we can reserve a space for their student’s exhibit.
Students do not need to stay with their exhibits for the entire event. They can enjoy the 9:30 a.m. show by special guest “Thomas Edison” (wonderfully played by actor Patrick Garner of Montclair), witness interactive exhibits of robotics, wind energy and drone racing, and see a live video presentation of arctic core sampling and what it tells us about the earth’s climate history. There also are ever-popular events, such as the Great Paper Airplane Fly-off, 28-foot Egg Drop Challenge and model rocket launches, and interactive exhibits by 60 amateur and professional scientists.
Through Super Science Saturday, students can showcase their science projects to a much larger audience and be inspired by all of the educational and fun shows and exhibits at the event. For more information on Super Science Saturday, please visit supersciencesaturday.org.
MichaelAaron Flicker
Head of the Super Science Saturday Executive Committee
BY MATTHEW SCHNEIDER
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
RIDGEWOOD – An award-winning Ridgewood tradition, Super Science Saturday (SSS), is ready to educate and inspire community members of all ages.
The event, which is being held on Feb. 27 for the 28th straight year, will feature professional presenters and student projects, according to its website.
This popular village event received an award from the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame last October.
“SSS is an annual science exhibition that brings students at all grade levels and adults together to experience the wonder and excitement of science and technology in our daily lives,” said Mary Ann Copp, a member of the SSS Executive Committee. “Since its founding in 1988 by former Ben Franklin [Middle School] science teacher Jim Wallace, SSS is fun [makes science approachable and understandable], free [for anyone to attend] and non-competitive. Any student and adult can exhibit just by registering in advance.”
This year’s version of SSS will have a “special interactive show” featuring an actor playing Thomas Edison, Copp said, noting that the Edison show will begin at 9:30 a.m.