Elk Point Science Fair

The Elk Point Science Fair was an amazing experience. I never judged a science fair before but it was loads of fun. The students there really put a great deal of effort. Bridget and I had to judge 6th grade physical science. Lucky for us, we four out of the six were on buoyancy, one of them was a catapult to throw marshmallows, and one about cooking food without using conventional methods. One girl that did her project on buoyancy, almost replicated the lab we did in class. The student that did his project on cooking food without a fire was pretty interesting. The method that he described was the same as the one for military rations. Overall, the six we judged were fair. There were a couple of good projects and the others were obviously just in the science fair for the benefits. After the judging we wandered around a looked at all of the other projects. Looking around we found one about hamsters and energy drinks. This was my favorite one! This student tested energy drinks on her hamster and measure the distance the hamster ran with a pedometer on the hamster wheel. She concluded that drinking full throttle the hamster could run 15 miles! There were lots of clever and interesting projects but the hamster on full throttle sticks out in my mind the most.