Photo by Chris Dickson
Above, Rusty the Robot” drew a crowd from young engineers giving him the once over.
Displays with experiments ran the gamut from making rainbow crystals, to “distinguishing where germs grow on my body”, (complete with Petri dishes with sample scrapings), to determining distance a golf ball is hit with a 9 iron vs. a 5 iron, covered tables set out throughout the multipurpose room last Thursday evening. Students, family members and community members gathered to explore and learn.
No science fair is complete without a robot. “Rusty” the robot, created by fourth grader Myles Cripanuk, was an attention-getter, but the buzz of the evening came from up on the stage where “Newton’s Hovercraft” was being put to work. Lindsey Wood, a third grader, created this craft from a piece of plywood, tarp, duct tape and her dad’s leaf blower. Air forced into the tarp by the blower, created an air pocket that allowed it to “hover” and glide across the stage, proving Newton’s theories: 1) Objects in motion tend to stay in motion, unless acted upon by an outside force. 2) Force equals mass times acceleration F=MA and 3) For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
In addition to student experiments, classrooms with interactive learning stations were set up throughout the school. The Town of Holly Springs Water Quality Department members showed students and their families exactly how our waste water is cleaned and discharged back into the environment. Turtle Time from Bass Lake Park and Retreat Center and Goods from the Woods, sponsored by the Jordan Lake Educational Forest program were on hand to bring the outside in, while the Dental Hygiene with the Tooth Fairy, by Stanley-Mann Dentistry helped teach about the benefits of dental health.
The evening’s hosts, the HSES PTA and school staff were excited to see the large turnout and community support.
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