The Science Fair/Mother to Son

What is the purpose of the 1st stanza of the poem?

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the line from the 2nd stanza? I fashioned a remote control.

What is at least one possible theme of this poem? Provide evidence from the text to support the theme you choose.

What evidence from the poem supports the inference that the speaker was nervous while presenting his/her volcano?

Summarize the poem Mother to Son.