Sis. Gifford decorating the edible Periodic Table of Elements.
Steven's project: He wanted to learn how dish soap works. He learned that the soap molecules have a grease/fat loving end and a water loving end. The grease/fat loving end will attach to the fats and grease from the leftover food. The water loving end allows the food particles to rinse off easily. All you need to try this yourself is some milk, preferrably whole milk, some food coloring, and a drop of dish soap. The reaction can last for around 41 minutes....that's when we gave up watching anyway!
Meilia's project was called "Plant's Suck! Observing Capillary Action." She learned about how water gets up a flower's stem and to their petals. She learned that stem's have little capillarys (which are small narrow tubes) that suck the water up and to the leaves etc. We bought 3 white carnations and placed them in water with food coloring added and the watched as they magically turned red, blue, and green. It was fun! She mod podged lots of cute flowers to her board and put question/answer flowers on her display.
Wyatt is my little athlete. He discovered that Ancient Olympians used halteres to propel themselves forward in the long jump. He wondered if running at different distances would help him jump farther. He did standing long jumps, and 3meter, 6meter, 9meter, and 12meter running jumps. We had lots of fun testing out this theory at the high school long jump pit. He learned he needs to have someone teach him the technique involved with jumping to help him jump even farther. But he is sooo good at jumping 5 feet!!!
Wyatt presenting his project with a little help from Mom.
Steven was thrilled beyond belief to receive the 2nd place ribbon!!! See Pal...a little hard work pays off in the end!
Bro. Lines with the winners. 1st place went to Elizabeth! 2nd went to Steven! 3rd went to Mitchell! All the kids were true winners that day. They each received a certificate of achievement to celebrate their success!
The whole gang! Way to go kids! I can't wait to see what you come up with next year!
2 comments:
That looks like so much fun. I've always loved a good science fair. I've judged a lot and I think you're kids projects were stellar!
Holy moley your kids have grown a lot since I've seen them last! Very cool science projects too - that milk one is neat, I'll have to try it. Maybe Steven should present it to the Coast Guard and Pres. Obama as a way to skim oil down here :)
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