McKibben Elementary held their science fair Wednesday, March 21, in their school’s multipurpose room to display and award their top projects from their High Achiever Education Program.
The High Achiever Education Program is a group of students from fourth to sixth grade that were selected to participate in this program based off of their exceptional scholastic achievement, test scores, and teacher recommendations.
In this program students are expected to complete challenging projects that are above and beyond their regular instructional curriculum. Students meet after school and participate in a variety of STEAM topics. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math.
Each project in the science fair included an experiment, research paper, and presentation. Some of the 1st place projects included, “Does the height of a rollercoaster effect the speed of the car?”, “Does temperature effect the bounce of a tennis ball?”, and “Which liquid will rust a nail the fastest?”.
This program is advised by Carolyn Howard and Mary Szak.
AWARDS
Fourth Grade:
1st: April Gomez
2nd: Amanda Trinidad
3rd: Josiah Llamas
4th: Cyril Mella
Fifth Grade:
1st: Jocelyn Solis
2nd: Natalya Ordeno-Chavez
3rd: Manuel Villagomez
4th: Kaitlyn Guilliatt
Sixth Grade:
1st: Amaris Vera
2nd: Daniel Arias
3rd: Nick Perez
4th: Yarely Rios