The annual PTO sponsored Tilden Elementary Science Fair in February encouraged students to present independent projects and explore science through hands-on, interactive activities.
“All student participants were encouraged to complete the project independently following the scientific method. Parents and teachers worked collaboratively to make it a successful event,” the Science Fair Committee shared in a statement.
The Science Fair Committee consisted of chair Thao Adams, Innovation teacher Justine Reading and PTO member Melissa Stapinski. Open to all Tilden Elementary students and their families, the Science Fair brought in about 40 students participants in kindergarten through fifth grade.
“Tilden Elementary students have the opportunity to develop essential skills for the 21st century through Innovation, a new curriculum being implemented with all K-5 students,” the committee stated in the release. “This course is designed to provide hands-on experiences for students in the areas of technology, digital citizenship, coding, inventing, and engineering and design. Knowledge is gained through collaborative, project-based learning, creativity, and trial and error, learning a mindset that enables them to face challenges. They’re learning the thinking skills to create a better future.”
The Science Fair featured a wide range of projects from topics related to electricity, blood typing, animals, botany, food science, Earth and space science, and many other fields of science.
In addition to student projects, several hands-on and immersive activities were available for students to explore including coding with Sphero Indi cars, 3D construction and exploration with Strawbees, and a science challenge for students to construct and test their parachute in a wind tunnel.
The Science Fair judges were seven teachers: Brian Bindus, Marcy Donatelli, Jennifer Felty, Aimee Forte, Joan Honicker, Rebecca Noecker and Michael Schaeffer.
An awards ceremony concluded the Science Fair, recognizing all student participants who received their own pocket microscopes to continue science exploration at home.
For a total of nine winners, the top three winners of the Science Fair in kindergarten and 1st grade, second and third grades, and fourth and fifth grades received a medal and a science related prize.
All students at the event were eligible to participate in a raffle to win prizes thanks to donations from Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, North Museum of Nature and Science, Reading Museum, Reading Science Center, and Whitaker Center.
Source: Berkshire mont
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