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Hilltop fourth-graders have science fair
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School fourth-grader Josh Juliano conducted his Science Fair project on which gum makes the biggest bubble and displayed his results during the school’s fair on May 23.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School fourth-grade students displayed and explained the results of their science projects during the school’s annual Science Fair on May 23.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Fourth-grade Hilltop Elementary School student Abbie Householder conducted a science experiment on which liquids are thicker than others and can they keep objects from sinking for the school’s annual Science Fair May 23.
By ABBY SLANKER
Fourth-grade students at Hilltop Elementary School showed that every child is a scientist during the school’s annual Science Fair May 23. The students put their experiments and results on display for family, friends and fellow Hilltoppers in the school’s gymnasium.
The students worked on their projects and were guided step-by-step by the fourth-grade teachers.
Each student was required to conduct a scientific experiment on a topic that interested them and were then asked to create a display board describing their experiment.
Each display included the project’s problem to be solved, the student’s hypothesis, the materials used, the procedure of the experiment, the results and a conclusion in which the student stated if the hypothesis was correct or incorrect and what he or she had learned from the experiment.
Students could also include photos of themselves conducting their experiment, charts, diagrams, illustrations, histograms and graphs on their displays. Several also had hands-on demonstrations.
The students stood by their display board in the gym and were available to explain their projects to attendees and fellow students and answer any questions they may have had concerning their topic.
The fourth-graders chose a variety of topics, such as: Paper towels - Are they worth high prices?; Will soda cans float or sink?; Does smell affect taste?; What beverage stains teeth the most?; and Which gum makes the biggest bubble?
Each student received a red participant ribbon from their teacher to hand on their display boards.