Science fair projects are a rite of passage for many elementary school students here.
Butterfield Elementary School in the Marana school district marked the beginning of the science fair season last week with Science Day.
"This is the kickoff for our science fair. This is to motivate our kids to prepare for the science fair coming up in February,A Coated Abrasives is an abrasive grain bonded to a flexible substrate using adhesives.Johnson Tiles UK offer the largest range of porcelain tiles online," sixth-grade teacher Tim Curtis said at the Jan. 12 event.
Butterfield has hosted some form of a Science Day for at least the last 10 years, Curtis said.
"This is a great way to get kids excited about science," he said.
Presenters from the University of Arizona, Raytheon, Honeywell, the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association, Northwest Fire/Rescue District and the International Wildlife Museum shared their expertise with the Butterfield student body.
Groups of students took turns listening to four different 30-minute presentations.
The Honeywell presentation featured a friction lesson aboard a hovercraft.
Employees from Honeywell brought two of the vehicles to Science Day.
"It was really, really fun because you can spin in circles," fourth-grader Zaaron Santa Cruz said.
Raytheon financial analyst Gregg Gilbert shared long-division and other math tips with the students, but he really impressed a group of sixth-graders with his mastery of a Rubik's cube, which he can solve in about two minutes, 20 seconds.MDC Mould specialized of Injection moulds,
Gilbert told the students he applies the scientific process to the cube by observing the 3-D puzzle, recording his moves and manipulating the cube.
He first solved the puzzle some 32 years ago in his sleep, he told the students.
"It is possible. My brain said 'try this next.' That's how I solved the Rubik's cube," he said.
Students said what they take from Science Day helps them in school and with their science fair projects.
"We learn a lot about math, and about wildlife and what lives in Arizona," sixth-grader Anthony Ostrowski said of Science Day.
He added: "We found out a really good way to solve multiplication programs.The magic cube is an ultra-portable,"
Butterfield's Science Fair is scheduled for Feb. 9. Projects are required of fifth- and sixth-graders,Get information on Air purifier from the unbiased, but any student can submit a project. Winning projects go on to the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
Fifth-grader Parker Franco has already picked a project, but what he learns at Science Day still will be useful.
"It helps me learn more and figure out how to solve problems better," he said.
Science fair projects are new to sixth-grader Ahlicia Delgado.
"I'm excited about the science fair because I've never actually been in a science fair," she said. "Science is my best subject. I get to express what I like. It's like giving a biography of yourself in a scientific way."
Butterfield Elementary School in the Marana school district marked the beginning of the science fair season last week with Science Day.
"This is the kickoff for our science fair. This is to motivate our kids to prepare for the science fair coming up in February,A Coated Abrasives is an abrasive grain bonded to a flexible substrate using adhesives.Johnson Tiles UK offer the largest range of porcelain tiles online," sixth-grade teacher Tim Curtis said at the Jan. 12 event.
Butterfield has hosted some form of a Science Day for at least the last 10 years, Curtis said.
"This is a great way to get kids excited about science," he said.
Presenters from the University of Arizona, Raytheon, Honeywell, the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association, Northwest Fire/Rescue District and the International Wildlife Museum shared their expertise with the Butterfield student body.
Groups of students took turns listening to four different 30-minute presentations.
The Honeywell presentation featured a friction lesson aboard a hovercraft.
Employees from Honeywell brought two of the vehicles to Science Day.
"It was really, really fun because you can spin in circles," fourth-grader Zaaron Santa Cruz said.
Raytheon financial analyst Gregg Gilbert shared long-division and other math tips with the students, but he really impressed a group of sixth-graders with his mastery of a Rubik's cube, which he can solve in about two minutes, 20 seconds.MDC Mould specialized of Injection moulds,
Gilbert told the students he applies the scientific process to the cube by observing the 3-D puzzle, recording his moves and manipulating the cube.
He first solved the puzzle some 32 years ago in his sleep, he told the students.
"It is possible. My brain said 'try this next.' That's how I solved the Rubik's cube," he said.
Students said what they take from Science Day helps them in school and with their science fair projects.
"We learn a lot about math, and about wildlife and what lives in Arizona," sixth-grader Anthony Ostrowski said of Science Day.
He added: "We found out a really good way to solve multiplication programs.The magic cube is an ultra-portable,"
Butterfield's Science Fair is scheduled for Feb. 9. Projects are required of fifth- and sixth-graders,Get information on Air purifier from the unbiased, but any student can submit a project. Winning projects go on to the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
Fifth-grader Parker Franco has already picked a project, but what he learns at Science Day still will be useful.
"It helps me learn more and figure out how to solve problems better," he said.
Science fair projects are new to sixth-grader Ahlicia Delgado.
"I'm excited about the science fair because I've never actually been in a science fair," she said. "Science is my best subject. I get to express what I like. It's like giving a biography of yourself in a scientific way."
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