This year Jasen and Hunter both did science projects for the school science fair. Hunter's project was an earthquake shake test, to test which soil would hold up best to an earthquake- sand, alluvium, gravel, or bedrock. He used cornstarch and water for the sand, grape nuts for the gravel, wet grape nuts for the alluvium, and made play doh for the bedrock. He built sugar cube houses and a shake table, then tested and timed all the houses. He did a great job on his project, and his board looked great. The science fair was judged by grade, and he won 1st place for 1st grade! He is so stinking proud, and we are so stinking proud of him!
Jasen did his project on testing his school for germs. He made a list of places he thought were most likely to be the dirtiest, then he swabbed and tested all of them. He was very official with his petri dishes and agar, growing bacteria in the closet for a week! But his board turned out awesome, and his data was really good. He also won 1st place for 5th grade! He really loves science, and I can't wait to see where he goes in middle school.
The same day as the science fair, their school did an art fair. Each classroom displayed the artwork they had been working on, and the boys were quite excited to show it off!
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