Utah State Science Geeks Drop 20,000 Bouncy Balls From Helicopter

Get them excited about science with what exactly? The hypothesis that a bunch of bouncy balls dropped from altitude will bounce? Gee, ya think? What exactly was the scientific reasoning behind this? No, that's a serious question, please answer me.  I mean besides blowing you Geek Club's entire budget for the year on 20k rubber balls, a helicopter rental, and the police detail ensuring you don't kill anyone by dropping falling objects from a flying machine, what did you accomplish here? 

Would I be excited as a kid? Hell yes, the chance to grab free bouncy balls in any situation would excite me, but I'd see right through your thinly veiled disguise that this was a science project.

Reminds me of a certain kid I knew in middle schools, lets call him Penny Packer.  Penny Packer, in all seriousness, hypothesized that a basketball would have greater bounce with air in it than if it were flat. Way to go out on a ledge there Packer.  Funny part is that to this very day, he still defends the scientific merit behind that project.  Really? What's next "I hypothesize that boiling water is hotter to the touch than room temperature water?"