Deacon's project: A wind tunnel. Hypothesis: short, compact wings are more aerodynamic than long, flat wings.
There was something for everyone. Here's a knee diagram to show what the kids have to look forward to when they need knee surgery in 50 years!
It was 6th grade's job to man the booths. Here's Deacon at the toy booth.
But then... Deacon and Trent were called up to accept their BRONZE MEDALS for their Science Fair projects! So exciting!
...and suddenly, Deacon had to make a speech! Totally unexpected... but he did great, just recapped his experiment and how it supported his hypothesis.
Then it was Trent's turn. He did an amazing project about light intensity vs. distance.
Bronze medalists!
6th, 7th and 8th grades were all judged according to the same criteria. So 6th grade was already well-represented by the boys' bronze medals. Then... also representing the fabulous 6th grade, NICOLE won the GRAND PRIZE!!
Nicole is one of the nicest girls in the school and everyone was so happy for her. Her hypothesis was that larger dog breeds are smarter than smaller dog breeds, and that Australian Shepherds are the smartest dogs. She tested 30 dogs, 5 tests per dog, and found that in fact the small Maltese is the smartest dog!
I think it could win for cuteness, too!
Speaking of cuteness, here's Maren with some extracted strawberry DNA. Apparently it's super easy to extract DNA from strawberries.
Meanwhile, here I am taking a pic of Deacon for my live Twitter feed last night.
The pic.
Deacon and the fellas...
Deacon with his project.
Then we got home, and there was an earthquake! That's covered in the post below.
CONGRATULATIONS DEACON, and all the Science Fair participants. That was a lot of work!!
ONWARD... to Maren's 4th grade Mission project. Maybe by mid-May we'll get our kitchen table space back. :)
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CONGRATULATIIONS DEACON! We are so proud of you!
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