Science Fair 2010 – A HUGE Success!

The facts speak for themselves:

· 227 Individual Student Scientists

· 197 Projects (including 22 class projects)

· 157 Volunteers, including help from 4 large community groups with no Bonny Slope connections – Sunset High School Key Club, Intel, and Nike

· Over 400 meals served

· Estimated attendance of at least 550 people

· 10 Hands-on stations:

o Reaction Time vs. Age

o Light

o Color Blindness

o Jane Goodall – tools and non-verbal communication

o Boo Bubbles

o OMSI activity center & truth detector

o Police department – night vision gear and finger printing

o SNOTEL

o Earth Sustainability composting

o Intel – making chips

A great time was had by all and many left wanting more.  We can’t wait till next year!

2nd Annual Bonny Slope Science Fair

Enjoy an “Evening of Excellence”

At our 2^nd Annual Bonny Slope Science Fair

Mark your calendar for Friday, March 5^th, and join more than 230 student scientists as we enjoy their research and celebrate their discoveries!  The evening will also include ten hands-on experiment and demonstration stations where you can test your reaction time, try your hand at activities based on Jane Goodall’s work, dig for earthworms, record a set of your fingerprints, and MUCH, MUCH MORE!  Several of the stations will be hosted by local companies including Intel, PCC, and the Beaverton Police Department.  The fun all starts at 6:00 PM and you won’t want to miss a minute of it.  To complete the evening, pasta dinner plates and beverages from The Old Spaghetti Factory will be served from 5:30 – 7:00 PM.

Important Dates and Times to Remember:

• Dinner confirmation slips will be sent home by Wednesday, 3/3.
• Student projects MUST be brought to the gym either Thursday, 3/4, 6:00 – 7:30 PM, or Friday, 3/5, from 7:30 – 8:30 AM.
• Projects will be reviewed throught the evening of the Science Fair on 3/5, according to the following schedule:

6:00 – 6:45 PM Kindergarten and 1^st grade student projects and ALL Class projects

6:45 – 7:30 PM 2^nd grade and 4^th grade student projects

7:30 – 8:15 PM 3^rd grade and 5^th grade student projects

Students should arrive at least 10 minutes prior to their review period and check-in at the registration table upon arrival.

Science Fair Early-Bird Grand Prize

David Chen was grinning ear to ear after hearing his name called as the winner of this year’s Science Fair Early-Bird Grand Prize Drawing for 2 tickets to OMSI! David’s project is entitled, “Attraction” and he plans on investigating things that are attracted by static electricity. Come see his results on the evening of March 5th. Congratulations David! This year’s Science Fair is expected to be even bigger and better than last year’s. With almost 200 projects to view, 10 hands-on experiments and demonstrations to interact with, a Scientist BINGO game to play, a delicious dinner served from The Old Spaghetti Factory, and snacks provided by the 5th grade class, everyone will have plenty to see, hear, feel, smell, and taste at the 2nd Annual Science Fair on Friday, March 5th. Mark your calendar for the event of the year! You won’t want to miss it!

Winner of 2nd Science Fair Early-Bird Drawing!

2nd Annual Bonny Slope Science Fair

Two weeks ago, we kicked off the 2010 Science Fair season with an exciting school assembly where the students learned about this year’s Featured Scientist, Jane Goodall.

This past week, presentations were given in each class to teach the Scientific Methodology through fun, hands-on experiments.  Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and ALC classes discovered the best “Invisible Ink” for secret messages while 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes explored the density of liquids and solids with some surprising results!

Last Friday  was capped off with an early-bird drawing from all of the Science project entry forms which were turned into the office.  Karla Santana Martinez, a 3rd grader from Mrs. McLandrich’s class, won a bag of polished rocks donated by Piccolo Mondo.  She and her Scientist partner, Aya Attal, have chosen to examine the idea of “How Plants Grow” (even when turned upside down) as their Science project.  Sounds intriguing!

For those of you looking for information on the Science Fair or how to create a Science project, go to our Science Fair website at http://bonnyslopebsco.org/committees/science-fair for helpful details. Project entry forms are due by Friday, January 29th, and early-bird drawings will occur at every Friday school assembly through January 29th. On the 29th, the prize will be 2 tickets to OMSI! Dinner pre-orders from The Old Spaghetti Factory can also be made on the same form. Just attach your payment to the entry form and please make all checks payable to “BSCO”.

The success of this event will depend upon the help of many volunteers.  If you, or anyone else you know (e.g. friend, relative, neighbor, older student), would like to lend a hand, we’d love the help!  For only 45-60 minutes, volunteers can show their support of the children, our school, and this amazing event! And, if your company is looking for a service project as a way to give back to the community, here’s a great opportunity. Contact Carol Loescher at cnl@loeschercentral.com for more information.

Mark your calendars and join us for the 2nd Annual Bonny Slope Science Fair on the evening of Friday, March 5th. Great food and a great time will be had by all! You won’t want to miss it!

First Annual Science Fair at Bonny Slope

The 1st Annual Bonny Slope Science Fair was a huge success. There were over 450 people in attendance and over 200 student and class science presentations. Thank you to the many volunteers and sponsors of this great event. We also would like to the parents, teachers, and staff who were a great support. So much was done by so many people, both to mentor students and organize the event. The students did a fabulous job from start to finish with their scientific presentations and experiments: We all learned from their work – what a great science community we have! Thank you for sharing your time, talents and interests with us all. We enthusiastically look forward to many more fabulous science fairs.

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