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Mad Scientist Jo Jupiter performs a magic trick with Edgecomb Eddy School fourth grader Finn Gaffney during her April 29 “Fire & Ice” presentation. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register

Edgecomb Eddy sixth grader Sage Kosky pumps air into a model lion’s mouth demonstrating how oxygen fuels fire during the Maine Mad Scientists April 29 visit to the the school. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register

Mad Scientist Jupiter Jo shows Edgecomb Eddy students, from left, Henry Currier, Anthony Gelomine, and Emilie Crocker how a chemical reaction works during her April 29 “Fire & Ice” show. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register

Mad Scientist Jupiter Jo pours some suds onto Edgecomb Eddy students Connor Wenner, left, and Sage Kosky during her April 29 “Fire & Ice” presentation. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register

Mad Scientist Jo Jupiter performs a magic trick with Edgecomb Eddy School fourth grader Finn Gaffney during her April 29 “Fire & Ice” presentation. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register

Mad Scientist Jupiter Jo pours some suds onto Edgecomb Eddy students Connor Wenner, left, and Sage Kosky during her April 29 “Fire & Ice” presentation. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register

Edgecomb Eddy Students had a visit from Mad Scientist Jupiter Jo on April 29. The students learned about chemical reactions, how a solid changes to a liquid, and about combustion. Mad Science of Maine is located in Portland. It is part of a worldwide organization sparking imaginative learning in young students, according to its website.

Jupiter Jo is one of more than a dozen Maine instructors who provide an entertaining lesson with various science experiments. She conducted a 55-minute lesson for the Edgecomb Eddy students in the school gymnasium.