Southgate Elementary Science Fair
I walked into the elementary school gymnasium with high hopes for a small town science fair. I found a cafeteria style layout with each child standing next to his/her project. I was surprised to see that virtually every project was cardboard folded twice with information glued on. No fizzing volcanoes or smoking contraptions in sight. I was drawn to the few projects with three dimensional parts but stopped to talk to anyone who nervously stared me down as I strolled through the gym. When I asked the boy from the first project below where he got the lens testing apparatus he replied, "My dad picked it up in the cities." "The Twin Cities?" I asked. " I don't know, just the cities."
Third-graders Ainsley Zahn, left, and Elijah Hemann watch a metal ball crash into a polycarbonate lens Thursday at the at Southgate Elementary science fair in Austin. Hemann's project, "How safe are your lenses?" compared the strength of different types of eyeglass lenses.
Aaron Knoll, 10, worries about not placing first in the Southgate Elementary science fair in Austin. Knoll's project, "Dissolving Teeth Part 2," is the same project he did last year (when he got 2nd place), but this time it was more elaborate. "Since my mom is a teacher, one of her students donated teeth," Knoll said.
Jorge Manzano, 11, demonstrates that a piece of paper alone will hold water in an upside down glass since the atmospheric pressure around the glass is higher than that created by the water's weight.
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