Just about every room turned into a science classroom Feb. 3 at Edison Intermediate/Middle School.

The school held its second Science Career Day, as more than 20 presenters who work in a variety of fields talked about how they use science in their careers.

This year’s program featured an increased number of participants, both in terms of presenters and students.

“We expanded the event so that all grades could participate,” said sixth-grade science teacher Vicki Dunlevy, who coordinated the career day program with fifth-grade science teacher Jill Walker.

Science Career Day is designed to show students that science is used in just about any career one can think of, Dunlevy said.

“It hopefully gives students a more practical view of science than they can get in the classroom or textbook,” Walker said.

One of the goals of the career day was to help encourage students to remain interested in science as they progress through school, Dunlevy said.

The presenters included parents and relatives of students as well as community members, she said.

The represented careers included jobs where the use of science is obvious, such as civil engineering and physics, to ones not so obvious, such as a tattoo artist.

The presenters included pharmacist Robert Spivey.

“It’s really been fun,” he said. “I’ve been so impressed with the students and the questions they ask.”

Spivey said he wanted to help students understand exactly what he does as a pharmacist.

“I think some of them thought the pharmacist is just the person that hands you the medication,” he said. “They didn’t realize all that we do back there behind the counter.”

The unpredictability of the students’ questions kept him on his toes, Spivey said.

“Someone wanted to know why stomach acid doesn’t eat through your stomach,” he said. “Actually, I didn’t have to answer. One of the other students knew the answer to that. That really impressed me.”

The career day concept stemmed from the science club that Dunlevy and Walker started last school year.

The club meets weekly to try out science-based activities and experiments.

“It’s been so popular,” Dunlevy said of the science club. “We’ve had so many students sign up, we had to divide it into three different groups this year.”