By Michael Nava
Photos by Michael Nava
Saddleback physics teacher Brian Sandquist dressed up as vampire on Halloween. He created a Halloween theme classroom and lab. Mr. Sandquist turned his classroom into a vampire themed lair.
The class started with the teacher missing. All that was there was an empty coffin- or so everyone thought. Junior Miguel Toledo said, It was funny but weird walking into a class and looking at a coffin.” Junior Daisy Hernandez said, “I was frightened. I was scared that something was going to pop out of coffin.”
Once the bell rang a vampire appeared out of the coffin with his thirst for blood. Luckily, the vampire teacher set up a lab that included blood. Junior Alexis Martinez said, “I was excited to see what was going to happen.” The lab was used to teach students fluid dynamics. The “vampire” tested four different blood “veins” by using tubes. Each tube had a bigger diameter, simulating a bigger vein.
In vampire character, Sandquist said, “The purpose of this lab is for students to understand the fluid flow through tubes. I wanted to teach them fluid dynamics but I wanted to include a blood theme for Halloween. I felt that it would engage students and teach them mathematics and practice lab writing skills.” The students learned that the bigger diameter has an increased blood flow.
Senior Jenny Perez said, “The lab was cool. We have a cool teacher.”
As the class was ending, the vampire was tired and went back to sleep in his coffin. He was awaiting for his next victims to feed on.
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