Audrey's first science fair

After learning about and designing an experiment using static electricity, it was time for Audrey to share what she learned at her first school science fair this evening. With some help from Mama and Dada, Audrey wrote up the steps of and results from her experiment and put them on a display board, which she set up in the cafeteria this morning before school. Audrey was a little concerned that she would be the only kindergartner participating in the science fair, so she was happy to hear that her classmate Chase also did an experiment and would have his display set up next to hers. It also helped that her friends Cecily and Hannah showed up to see the science fair, so there were more kids she knew.

It was a bit of a rush to get to the fair by 6, as Audrey had dance class until 5:45. A judge came by to talk to her about her project, and gave her a sticker and medal for participating. She had brought the materials for one of the experiments she had done when she was learning about static electricity where she rubbed a balloon on her hair and then used the static electricity on the balloon to make paper dots fly up and stick to the balloon. It proved to be rather popular, with many kids stopping by to try the experiment (it seemed to work better with some kids' hair than others').

We were all a little disappointed that the rest of Audrey's classmates didn't get to see her work. The teachers at Audrey's school were taking their students into the cafeteria to see the science fair displays throughout the day today, but Audrey's teacher had been out sick with strep throat the last couple of days and did not get her class into the viewing schedule. Perhaps Audrey will bring her display to school on one of her designated "sharing days" so that she can share it with her class.