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Smarty Pants uses balloons to teach, entertain Adler School students

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Adler Park School fifth-grader Matthew Wagner joins other students to make a mousetrap during the "Mousetrap Machine Show" presented by Smarty Pants. Smarty Pants used balloons to illustrate principals of simple machines creating a levers, pulleys, and wheels until a mousetrap was finally created.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

Adler Park School first-grader Joshua Sanders throws a balloon utilizing a screw shape as students watch the "Mousetrap Machine Show" presented by Smarty Pants. Smarty Pants used balloons to illustrate principals of simple machines creating a levers, pulleys, and wheels until a mousetrap was finally created.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

Students watch as Smarty Pants creates a wheelbarrow out of balloons during the "Mousetrap Machine Show" at Adler Park School in Libertyville. Smarty Pants used balloons to illustrate principals of simple machines creating a levers, pulleys, and wheels until a mousetrap was finally created.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

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Adler Park School students laugh as they watch Principal Jon Bogie pretend to be a mouse during the "Mousetrap Machine Show" presented by Smarty Pants. Smarty Pants used balloons to illustrate principals of simple machines creating a levers, pulleys, and wheels until a mousetrap was finally created.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

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Adler School Principal Jon Bogie sneaked around the curtain causing students to squeal with laughter while he scurried around wearing mouse ears and a tail. It was all part of the fun and learning in Smarty Pants The Mousetrap Machine Show.