Alek, Ethan and Andrew entered the science fair this year at school.
Alek and Ethan entered alone. Andrew's preschool class did a collective project and entered. Kids in grades 4 and above are required to enter as part of their grade. Kids in the lower grades can enter as well but many of them enter as a class. Emily did not want to do science fair this year but after watching the boys I think she will be entering next year.
Alek did his project on mineral content in water. He used a multimeter to put and electrical current through different kids of bottled water, tap water and water from his school. He found out the mineral content of the different waters and what minerals conducted electricity. Then made a connection between the minerals in the waters and the electrical current. The thing that was the most surprising was how much salt was actually in a lot of water. He took home second place at the school level.
Andrew's class did a collective project on
volcanoes. He talked about nothing but
volcanoes for the longest time because of it. The had a special Jr
category that they entered in. As a class they took the first place prize. There was only two entries but it has made him very excited for the time when he gets to do his own projects.
Ethan did his project on the process of Osmosis. He
dissolved the shells of eight eggs so that the membranes could be exposed. He placed to eggs in distilled water and then the rest of the eggs in different solutions of distilled water and corn syrup. He weighed the eggs every fifteen minutes for two hours to show how the corn syrup alters the flow of water across the membrane of the egg. He had a lot of fun with his project and I have to agree that holding those eggs without shells was a lot of fun. He took home third place at the school level of the science fair.
Andrew's class did a collective project on volcanoes. He talked about nothing but volcanoes for the longest time because of it. The had a special Jr category that they entered in. As a class they took the first place prize. There was only two entries but it has made him very excited for the time when he gets to do his own projects.
Ethan did his project on the process of Osmosis. He dissolved the shells of eight eggs so that the membranes could be exposed. He placed to eggs in distilled water and then the rest of the eggs in different solutions of distilled water and corn syrup. He weighed the eggs every fifteen minutes for two hours to show how the corn syrup alters the flow of water across the membrane of the egg. He had a lot of fun with his project and I have to agree that holding those eggs without shells was a lot of fun. He took home third place at the school level of the science fair.
