Science Fair 2011

Braxton had his Science Fair at school last week. His class did 2 group projects and he did an individual one. The group ones were the M&M Lab, does an M&M dissolve faster in water or another liquid and the Tennis Ball Lab, where they bounced different brands of tennis balls to see if more expensive ones bounced higher. Very fun.

His individual one was "Does Jell-O Preserve Fruit?" He took three different glass bowl, he added an apple slice, an orange slice, a grape and a slice of banana in each bowl. In one bowl, he added water, in another Jell-O, the third, he just left the fruit alone. Over 7 days, he took notes and pictures of the changes in the fruit. The answer to the question is Yes, Jell-O does indeed preserve fruit. All the fruit turned brown, but the Jell-O fruit did stay fresher longer. Only 7 kids in the whole school got interviews with the judges, meaning that the kids who got interviews were in the running to be the winner. Braxton was one of the students who had an interview. We were so excited for him. The neat thing is that 3 out of the 7 students who had interviews were in Braxton's class, including the boy that won the science fair. His teacher does a great job with teaching science and doing labs with them.

Braxton and his display board

Pig dissection (that science in the country)

Making marshmallow domes

Emma ate most of the marshmallows

The fruit on the first day

Bowl 1

Bowl 2

Bowl 3

The Fruit on Day 7

Bowl 1

Bowl 2

Bowl 3