Several Scientech Foundation board members and their spouses attended the final spring presentation of the Center for the Performing Arts' the Science of Light and Sound at the Palladium in Carmel on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
Two-hundred-nineteen fourth-graders and 22 adults from public and private schools in Carmel and Zionsville gathered on the orchestra floor. The hour-long STEAM program was integrated with the students' science curriculum. The program used the Palladium's state-of-the-art light and sound systems.
"Doctors" Rob Glass and Brian Coon reviewed the physics of light and sound with the students. What are the wavelengths of visible and invisible light and of audible and inaudible sound? Why don't we see a flash of lightning and hear the boom of thunder at the same time? Does light or sound need a medium for transmission? Can you hear an explosion in the vacuum of space, as in a Star Wars movie? How can an elephant "hear" a low-frequency thump on the ground six miles away?
After an interactive, entertaining and educational program, the students danced and sang as they left the Palladium.
To watch a short YouTube video of students singing and dancing to Rick Astley's "I'll Never Let You Down" use this link.
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