Science Fair

Science students at their stations preparing to present their experiments 

The science fair took place in the commons of Central High School on April 14, 2015. All underclassmen were required to take part in the event. Students were expected to conduct a scientific experiment, record results, create a trifold, and type up a 10+ page lab report to meet the requirements of the science teachers. 

Students were given over one month to gather supplies, conduct, and record results. Although people given an entire month to work on the project, they were not thrilled about it being a requirement. Parker Mauzey, a freshman in Mr. Friesen's 8th block biology class, says ,"I think it's dumb. I think we have better things we could be doing with our time other than science that we already know." Many students like Mauzey agreed that the project seemed a bit ridiculous. Emma Demers, a sophomore in Earth Science, found the project to  be an unreasonable amount of work. Demers says, "Yes, we were given over a month to complete the project. But we were given no warnings or any 'heads up' whatsoever about the due date. A warning would have been nice to let students know that the projects due date was approaching." Students express their anger via Twitter. 

Other students, such as Avery VanDenBerg, one of the winners of the fair and a student in Mr. Epp's Biology Honors Class, say that the project has ended up benefiting them. "I believe that having this project as a requirement is a good thing. I think it teaches us skills that we will need to know throughout our high school career and it also teaches us good time management skills. Getting my work done ahead of time was much easier than waiting until the last minute like some groups did." Lauren Anderson, another one of the winners of the project was verbally thankful that the project was over. "I am so relieved. Although my partner and I finished the project relatively early in the game, we were still stressed beyond belief. I understand why it was a requirement, but I think that doing it at the end of the year was stupid. The teachers know how much work we have because is the end of the year and we are completing last minute assignments and preparing for finals. Throwing a science fair project in our list of things to do is not helping us. It's just so much." 

Although the project may have been rushed according to some students, the science teachers lecture how beneficial this knowledge of collecting and recording data will be to students as they continue to grow in their academic career. 

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