Bonner Science Fair!

On Friday, February 19, 2016, many Watershed Education Network Interns judged the science fair at Bonner School.  The judges decided who will go on to the state science fair which is happening at the UM March 21 and 22, 2016. The top three students with the highest score will go to the state science fair from the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade.  The UM still might be looking for judges for the state science fair if you are available.

There were many projects ranging from ones that involved coins, food, animals, and many more interesting topics.  One that stuck out was a student that was doing research that will affect his future. This student's family works with farm animals and this student was seeing how much weight a pig would gain in a month with controls on many aspects.  Some of the controls the student set were how much food the pig got, what type of food the pig got, and how many times it was fed in a day.  This project helped the student understand how much effort it takes to own farm animals.

All the 6th to 8th graders at Bonner School had to do a science fair project.  A science fair project is a tool that helps students understand the scientific process and has the kids apply the scientific process to a real-world example. The students had freedom to choose the topic their project covered.  All the students got to present their project to a volunteer judge and did a great job.