Science Fair Exploration a Success!

We have had a great time exploring science and topics for possible science fair projects during a new after school event called 'Science Fair Exploration'.  This free program, offered school wide, attracted approximately 25 students to study science for an hour, once a week for three weeks.  Parent, teacher, and community volunteers allowed for a great experience in which students worked in small groups on topics that were of interest to them.  RES librarian Beth Redford provided books and resources and supported students in the library in order to investigate topics in more depth.  Volunteers brought knowledge and enthusiasm for science which has been contagious!

We have been exploring electricity, magnetism, airplane flight, volcanoes, crystals, water, animals, and whatever science concepts that students express an interest in learning about!

I hope that students will walk away with an excitement and enthusiasm for science (they have certainly displayed it during the program!) and lots of potential ideas to bring to the RES Family Science Fair!

Here are a few picture hi-lights of our activities last week:

Kindergartners learn about and create crystals!

Students work together with a parent volunteer to think about how to build a waterway experiment.

Electronic Snap Kits provided by a community member and IBM employee create intense concentration and exploration!

Volcanoes ERUPT!