On April 16, 2011 history was made! Jack participated in his first Science Fair at Kiski Area Senior High School. The day was a typically miserable spring day in Western PA. Jack had prepared a science experiment with 10 crickets in a box, adding 5 different cotton balls with 5 different smells (vinegar, apple juice, apple slice, rubbing alcohol, vanilla) to the box to see how the crickets react. The experiment itself proved nothing, lol! The crickets just tried to get out of the box no matter what smells were introduced. I have embedded the video that we took to the fair. We projected the video onto the wall of the gymnasium.
We learned a few things on this day.
1. Science Fairs are very loud. If you are going to have a video make sure that you have nice speakers.
2. Jack had the opportunity to play with several different experiments. The hands on experiments were the most popular ones. (blowing bubbles, candy dispenser rube goldberg machine, magnets and many more)
3. Jack love science and the hands on nature of the activities, keep this in mind educators, kids love to do and apply!
4. It is important to do activities like these with kids. They love science when presented in this fashion. We won't miss this opportunity each year.
Great job Jack! I am glad that we were able to share this experience.
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