Regional Science Fair Fun!

Several students from our class travelled to the Regional Science Fair in Port Hardy. We were also joined by two of the intermediate students who completed science fair projects on their own and won the right to go to Regionals at the school science fair.

We traveled to Port Hardy by ferry and school bus. When we arrived we were treated to a mad scientist show with hosts Doctor J and Doctor X.

After the show we walked over to the Civic Centre where our projects were and the judging began. We waited by our projects to be interviewed. After judging we were able to visit all the other amazing projects.

While the judges deliberated we were treated to a fun swim. It was a real treat for our students because we don’t have a swimming pool in our town.

When we finished our swim it was time for the awards ceremony. A.J. Elliott students did an amazing job. We would like to congratulate all of the students who made it to the Regionals and give an extra round of applause to the students who were recognized during the ceremony:

Grade 3/4
Honourable Mention- Quang
Second Place- Karin
First Place- Kennedy

Grade 5/6
Third Place-Dexter
Second Place-Molly

Special Awards
Genome of BC Award-Brooklynn
Erica Slack Memorial Award-Brooklynn

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The Regional Science Fair

Today the 2/3’s, and a few of the intermediate students, traveled to the Regional Science Fair in Port McNeill. The students who placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd at our school science fair got the chance to display their projects at the regional fair.

The students not displaying projects spent the morning in Mrs. Moncton’s grade 3 classroom buddy reading, playing math games, and then showing our new friends some of the great things we do on our blog and how to use a few different web 2.0 tools. After lunch we were all treated to a Mad Scientist show in the gym. We especially loved when Doctor J and Doctor S set things on fire and made things explode!

After the final explosion it was time for the awards ceremony. AJ students did a fantastic job and we are very proud of how well they represented our school! After the awards ceremony we headed back down to the dock to wait for our ride home.

Our First Science Fair

Today was an absolutely amazing day!  We were extremely excited to be participating in our first science fair.  We  worked very hard on our projects and it was wonderful to have the chance to share them with our friends, our families, and the judges.  Mrs. Watson was so proud of us and the judges commented on how excited we were about science and how fabulous we all did.  We are already thinking about projects we might want to do next year!

Here’s a peek inside the science fair:

A closer look at our projects:

Congratulations to Sahara, Niall, Justin, and Silkence, in grade 3, who will be going on to the Regional Science Fair next week.  Three grade 2’s, Sophie, Mia, and Nola,  will also be taking their projects to display (judging is only for grades 3-12 at the Regional Science Fair).  The whole class will be attending the Regionals next week to support our classmates and to see all the amazing science projects from the other students in our school district.  Look for a post about the Regionals next weekend 🙂

A special thank you to the judges for helping to make today so special and to our parents for all their support!

Have you ever participated in a science fair before?  What was your project?

Grade 2/3’s, what project ideas do you have for next year?

Science Fun with Steve!

Today we had a very special visitor in our school! A scientist from from Port McNeill came to share his love of science with our students. Steve showed us some really cool experiments and let us try them out too. We love science and especially love the chance to get a little messy!

Don’t forget always ask questions!

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We also found out that we will be having a science fair at our school at the end of March. This will be our first science fair and we are very excited.

Do you have a favourite science experiment?

Have you participated in a science fair before? We’d love to hear about your project!