Somerset Academy's Science Fair - 2009

We went to Somerset Academy's Science Fair on April 22. We were more fascinated this year than the prior years. The parents ...err, the kids did a wonderful job. There are many science projects that are quite amazing. From the 3rd grade and up, the science projects are open for awarding.  Last year, David won third place for the 3rd grade level. This year, he was not that fortunate and was quite disheartened by it. Now he really has to learn how to accept things like these. We were not really able to prepare ahead of time for a topic that can 'wow' the judges but I believe his project was a really nice one. Better luck next time.

Some photos from the experiment.

From Missy's 'Density Stacker' project:

From David's 'Which Coin Drops Fastest'  project:

Science Fair at Somerset and David Won 3rd Place

We all went to Somerset Academy last night for the kids' science fair. Both David and Missy have their own projects and surprisingly David won 3rd place overall for third grade. We were not really expecting it since we didn't really choose a 'spectacular' topic. His 2nd grade project had more potential as even adults were surprised with the result (boiling water inside a plastic bottle directly on top of hot coals). We even had to ask if he won an award since his teacher asked him to leave his display board in class for some kind of presentation outside the class but she said the awards were given out starting in 3rd grade. Obviously since the first and second graders' parents are more into doing their kids' projects than the kids themselves.

Anyway, I guess the judges were more interested with the students adhering to a scientific approach in doing the project which we really took care of. David used a 'control', made graphs and tables and his data was complete, concise and clear. His topic was about what material among plastic wrap, paper and aluminum foil was the best for keeping things cold. Missy's was about making a balloon fireproof by adding water inside the balloon. It was a little similar to David's 2nd grade project. Anyway, we were so happy with what David got and David was ecstatic. Ophine readily suggested that we go to Coldstone (ice cream shop) for a celebration before we went home.





















With classmates Natalie and Tyane.


















With Ms. Machado, Missy's teacher.










































David with Ms. La Cava.