Super String Savannah

On Monday Savannah's class started a discussion on science. They talked about what everyone wanted to learn throughout the year and each child picked a special topic to study in depth. Savannah ultimately ended up picking Earth as her field of exploration this year but that wasn't her first choice.

In class she raised her hand and suggested that they study String Theory. When she told us this, Troy and I looked at each other then back at Savannah and beamed with pride. hehehe. The teacher asked her to explain String Theory to the class. She told everyone that some scientists have a theory that all matter is made of tiny strings that are so small we don't have a microscope strong enough to see them. She told them that these strings were smaller than air or germs or even quarks.

As you can imagine, the fact that our 8 year old daughter can even use the word 'quarks' in a sentence is enough to keep us going for weeks but the fact that she wants her 3rd grade class to study String Theory keeps us in happy giggles. I love that a giant poster of the Standard Model of Particle Physics would fit so nicely on the wall of the kids' room next to the Littlest Pet Shop wall stickers and the Gotta Catch 'Em All pokemon pictures. WOOT!