This year at The Varnett School East, we created a science fair and the students were more than willing to answer the call to challenge their minds and creativity.
Students in grades 2-6 competed in their grade level. East Campus Science Fair Coordinator, Ms. Krystal Williams, worked with all the science teachers: Ms. Neketa Watts, Ms. Gwendolyn Frields and Mr. Gaspar Maldonado to get the students excited and engaged for this venture.
On Monday, Dec, 9, we invited members of the Varnett staff to be judges. They ranked the students' project based on six categories.
The value of a science fair project
On a scale of 1-10, the judging sheet contained the following criteria:
- I could understand what the project was about.
- The display board was neat and easy to read.
- The student scientists answered their questions in the project.
- I wanted to know more about the experiment.
- This is a project I would like to do.
- Student knowledge of project and ability to explain
The students were asked to state and display the research question, state the purpose, describe the background research, write a bibliography, make a hypothesis, list the materials, describe the procedure, perform the experiment, record the results, make a conclusion and write an abstract (recommended for grades 5-6).
The grade-level winners were as follows:
Sixth grade:
First - Ayden Howard
Second - Brian Chacon
Third - Eric Noyola
Honorable Mention - Nohemy Cruz
Fifth grade:
First - Andrea Montelongo
Second - Leslie Lopez
Third - Maryuri Munoz
Honorable Mention- Sara Garcia, Jeremiah Williams, Lynel Hunter III
Fourth grade:
First - Anahi Pinto
Second - Geraldine Sanchez
Third (Team) - Nariayh Montgomery, Darwin Maldanado, Lindsey Hernadez, Josiah Martinez
Honorable Mention: Estelita Cruz
Third grade was done in teams:
First - Class A
Second - Class C
Third - Class B
Second grade:
First - Edward Gonzales
Second - Aaryn Watts
Third - Zaylannna Williams
Honorable Mention - Aki Hansan
The judges were Ms.Ilesia Wyatt, East campus instructional coach; Ms. Latunya Chaney, Northeast campus interventionist, and Mr. Peter McConnell, Varnett's director of communications.
We at East Campus are very proud of all participants and excited to see what future science fairs will bring!
Photos: Winners (from top), second grade, fourth grade, fifth grade and sixth grade
Photos by Ms. Latricia Jones, instructional facilitator