I'm trying to teach creation and the kids look like I'm reading tax forms in Swahili. Marcus is examining his shoelaces like they hold secrets of universe. Emma's doing advanced hair styling. Tyler's making faces at the ceiling fan.

So I stop mid-sentence and go you know what let's just make a volcano. Boom. Every head snaps up. Can we really blow stuff up in church?

Well not really blow up but yeah it's gonna foam everywhere and be awesome.

Tonight we're talking about why kids will lose their minds over baking soda volcanoes but zone out during your carefully planned lessons. How to make invisible ink that actually works. Why dancing raisins look like magic to eight-year-olds.

Plus what happens when you give kids real science instead of just pictures of science. And how Marcus went from picking his nose to asking if we could build bigger explosions next week.

Fair warning: your classroom might get messy. Your kids might actually start paying attention. Both are probably worth it.

For teachers tired of glazed-over stares, leaders who suspect hands-on beats lecture every time, and anyone brave enough to let kids touch stuff that might explode.
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