Mad Scientists in Turner

: Leighton Holbrook, 4, of Turner watches her sister, Ashlyn Holbrook, 7, conduct an electricity experiment at the Turner Public Library on Sunday. Elaine McGee of Bath held a Mad Science of Maine workshop for 14 children. Kids experimented with the two forms of electricity, static and current, during the 1½-hour event. “Trying to get kids excited about science,” said “Electric Elaine” McGee. A six-week Mad Science Monday after-school program will begin March 31 at Turner Primary School.

: Oskar Shostak, 8, of Greene conducts an experiment using current electricity.

: “Electric Elaine” McGee responds after Ashlyn Holbrook, 7, successfully creates current electricity at the Turner Public Library on Sunday. McGee of Bath held a Mad Science of Maine workshop for 14 children. Kids, including Holbrook of Turner and her sister, Leighton Holbrook, 4, second from right, experimented with the two forms of electricity, static and current, during the 1½ hour event. “Trying to get kids excited about science,” said McGee. A six-week Mad Science Monday after-school program will begin March 31 at Turner Primary School. Una Shostak, 4, of Greene is at far right.

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