Dr. Lillian Ney recently judged the Fletcher Elementary School Science Fair along with Dave Currie, Jamestown Public Schools science coordinator, and Doug Foster, Jamestown Public Schols science instructional coach.

More than 50 science projects lined the Fletcher Elementary School gymnasium during the school’s recent science fair.

Kindergarten through fourth grade students, with the help of their parents, created science projects to display to their classmates and families. Student’s projects included: tooth decay to gummy bears growing in water to how cotton becomes a t-shirt.

The science fair was a part of Fletcher’s Family Engagement Plan (FACE), a plan designed to strengthen engagement through the focuses of science, literacy, math and the arts.

“This is the first time we have ever had done a science fair at Fletcher Elementary School,” said Mary Indriolo, Fletcher Elementary School teacher who, along with Stephanie David, instructional coach, created the school fair. “It was on my bucket list that before I retire we do a science fair. The students had a wonderful time and they learned about hypotheses, theory, conclusion, and using data. The projects that the students and their families came up with were so amazing!”

Each student’s science project had to include the scientific method: question, hypothesis, materials, data, procedure, conclusion and reflection. They could be as creative as they wanted with photographs, drawings, graphs and/or other visuals. The teachers sent home a very detailed packet that gave ideas for the types of science projects they could do, explaining the scientific method, choosing categories that might interest them, a step-by-step process to create a winning science fair project, and websites they could visit for more ideas.

The Science Fair was judged by: Dr. Lillian Ney, Dave Currie, Jamestown Public Schools science coordinator, and Doug Foster, Jamestown Public Schools science instructional coach. The winners were:

OVERALL

Winners from All Categories:

¯ First place overall: Camryn Storms

¯ Second place overall: Paul Cunningham

¯ Third place overall: Nilla Ecklof

KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE

¯ First place: Francesca Guarnieri

¯ Second place: Bladen Ence

¯ Third place: Deacon Gould

SECOND GRADE

¯ First place: Andrew Smith-Calanni

¯ Second place: Maria McIntyre

¯ Third place: Natalie David

THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE

¯ First place: Wyatt Olmstead

¯ Second place: Mrs. Burt’s Class: Brady Ulander, Jada Hagga, Jazzy Reed, Hope Hannold, Hannah Courson, Gavin Spitz, Brennan Gordon, Jazon Fields, Tirzah Avery, Charlie Taylor, Scott Smith and Harlow Gallegos

¯ Third place: Rachel Hobbs

Fletcher’s PTA and Tile 1 money made this event possible. All the participants received a certificate, ribbon and an interactive science notebook. Each category winner received a medal and a microscope, and the overall winners received a trophy and a microscope.

“It was truly a memorable night to see the brilliancy and creativity of our little scientists in the makings,” Mrs. Indriolo said.