Science Fair

Santa Clara Elementary is a STEM school which means they focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.  So they participated in the science fair this year.  Courtney wanted to see if candles stored in the freezer would burn more slowly than candles kept out at room temperature (they actually burn faster).  Ethan wanted to see which would rust a nail faster, Coke or Pepsi (I personally wouldn't drink either after seeing the results but Ethan said that Pepsi rusted the nail faster).

Getting the experiments done was the easy park.  Making the posters and getting everything ready was the hard part.  The kids procrastinated and we were really busy the weeks leading up to the fair, so they ended up doing them the night before.  But Bryan and I did the least amount we could to help them.  I hate it when I go to a Science or History fair and you can tell the mom has done all of the work.  So I drew lines on Courtney's board and she hand wrote everything.  Ethan and Bryan used the computer and typed his all out and then Ethan cut and pasted it.  They had photos to put on too.  It all turned out great and, although they hated the process the night before, they both loved being in the Science Fair!