Lincoln Avenue Holds Annual Science Fair

Close to 100 students from recently participated in the school’s annual Science Fair. Projects were displayed throughout the school in the media center, cafeteria and gymnasium all divided by grade.

While the Science Fair is only mandatory for the older students, that didn’t stop plenty of kindergarten, first and second grade students from showing off their science skills. The kindergarteners and first grade students occupied the space in the school’s new . The project boards lined the exterior of the library and included some great ideas like an automatic guinea pig feeder, a study on the different types of mouthwash, a project that sought to find out if men or women were more generous and a project that studied the effects of  going green with energy conservation.

In the all-purpose room, the second graders set up shop to show off their talents. There was a study on which microwave popcorn brand pops best, a project that compared the cleanliness of mouths in dogs vs. humans, a live demonstration of an erupting volcano, and the capabilities of potato power.

The third grade students took over the cafeteria with their unique displays. Among the standouts were a project that studied the effects of buying or bringing your lunch to school each day, a study on the best tasting colas and their sugar content, the biggest bubble making bubble gum, a study on the effects of sound on a plant’s growth, a project on how crystals grow, a study on whether dogs prefer name brand or store brand biscuits, and a project on solar hot cocoa.

The fourth and fifth grade students stepped up their science fair efforts and really brought some unique ideas to the table. Some of the well thought out projects included the effects of coke and coffee on egg whites, centrifugal dynamics of variably weighted objects, the effects of eating too much Halloween candy, what makes a curveball curve, a project on quicksand, a study on how you get a brain freeze, a study conducted on the ripening of bananas and how the environment effects them, a project on solar water purification, a study on the power of static electricity, a study on the collapse of the World Trade Center,  and a comparison on the life of different battery types.