Each year our 5th grade students participate in the Annual Our Lady of the Lakes Science Fair.  But this is not just a one night event.  These students begin their work in December and take months of time and research to complete their project by March.

The purpose of such a lengthy and in-depth project is to apply the STEAM concepts that takes each of the students through the scientific process on a topic of their choosing. Every student is required to ask a question, develop a hypothesis, test their hypothesis through investigation (experiment), collect data, analyze the data to come up with a conclusion, and determine whether or not they proved their hypothesis to be correct or incorrect.

Finally, the students must come up with a purpose for their project….in other words, how can their results be helpful to other people and use it in their everyday life.  The results are always astounding!

Mrs. Traci Wightman
4th Grade Teacher