Oh crap, yeah, that's a big stumbling block. Hard enough teaching kids when you have to struggle with adults who don't understand the difference between pseudo science and real science.

I'm sorry to hear it's so tough to do right now. I wonder if taking video of you doing the experiments to show them would help (the "when in doubt, draw pictures" theorem).

I haven't even heard about Bluestone 42. I looked it up online and *meeped* because that sounds like it's right up my alley. Alas, not available yet in Canada. Fuck.