THE EXCITEMENT OF SCIENCE FAIR
Once again, ACS students were given the opportunity to see science in action at this year’s Science Fair.
The afternoon of Thursday the 24th of February, 2011 was filled with volcanoes, invisibility cloaks, engines, and sparks. The Science Fair brought science up close and personal to all of our students. Fifteen projects were demonstrated and presented to students in the Science building, while other students competed in the Knowledge Bowl and Science Survivor.
The Knowledge Bowl consisted of questions relating to Biology, Chemistry, Physical Geography, and Physics – including clips from movies or TV that were related to the topic at hand. Questions were specific for different grade levels. Both the teams and the audience members enjoyed the show.
Science Survivor also covered the disciplines listed above. There were five stations where each team had to accomplish a certain task. These stations were set up so different grade levels had different tasks. At the Physics station seniors had to match laws with their formulas and then determine the center of mass of an object and get it to balance on a nail. Ninth through eleventh graders also had to do the matching, but then they had to build paper towers. The Preps had to make cotton ball catapults out of rulers, spoons, and rubber bands. At the Biology station all grades had to play charades with Biology terms. At the Physical Geography station the students had to put a jigsaw puzzle relating to the Earth together – seniors and 9th through 11th graders had to earn their puzzle pieces by answering Physical Geography questions. The Chemistry station was a crossword puzzle of Chemistry terms. And finally, at the last station, the students played Pictionary (with terms from all of the disciplines), then had to make a large paper airplane and throw it through a hoop to finish the challenge. The competition was fierce!
Photos of the event can be found in the Science Fair 2011 photo gallery.
This year projects:
Models
Raw Power
Foucault Pendulum
Meet Paul: Untangle the Human Body
Refraction of Light and Imaging
Invisibility
Seismometer
Electromagnetic Rotary Engine
High-powered Burning Laser Pointer
A Trip to the Exploding Cindercone Volcano
Balloon-powered Car
Experiments
Sensory Compensation: Visual Deprivation
Does Chocolate Stimulate the Brain, or is it Just Any Food?
Comparing the Pulses…
It is Never Too Early to Be Smart
Senior Projects (Part of either Physics Profile or IB courses)
Grapes1
Grapes2
Razor Blade
Cup Drum
Human Body Heat Loss
Effect of Cold and Heat on Test Taking