Instructors developed performances to pique students’ interest in science.
A young audience member uses pedal power to turn on the lights after a performance of “The Physics Show” at Smithwick Theatre on the Foothill College campus in Los Altos Hills. Foothill physics instructors Frank Cascarano and David Marasco are gearing up to perform the show in December and January; ticket sales from these public performances help fund shows for students at Title I schools.
Foothill College physics instructors Frank Cascarano and David Marasco are gearing up to create fire using mirrors, drop eggs without breaking, blow smoke from their mouths, lie on beds of nails and break concrete blocks perched on a board balanced on their stomach. It’s all part of “The Physics Show,” which they’ll be performing Dec 20-21 and Jan 3-4 and 10, 2026, at Smithwick Theatre on the Foothill campus in Los Altos Hills. Trump administration science assault slams major Bay Area economic engine, threatens ‘amazing innovations’Shutdown proves how much Department of Education is needed, experts say Sales of the $6 tickets will be used to fund performances for students at Title I schools. The shows are part of the college’s family outreach efforts to low-income, underserved and underrepresented elementary and middle school students in the physics/STEAM fields. They include a tour of campus, a free t-shirt and various physics games and activities.“Physics tries to explain the world we live in,” Cascarano told the young members of one audience, who were keen to try his magician-like maneuver that involved yanking away a tablecloth without toppling a plate, glass and candle perched atop it.“It instills that fascination about sciences, one that they would ordinarily never get the chance to learn. It’s what we want—for students to be curious and to wonder about physics things.”Dear Abby: I'm afraid to tell my mom who my new boyfriend isDear Abby: My son's wedding stands to be very traumatic for meNew Asian supermarkets from Canada to open in Millbrae, S.F., San JoseHarriette Cole: Why aren't my sons dating? I even offered to pay for it.
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