Glacier Gateway hosts annual science fair
Seventh grader Eddie Chisholm explains her project of building a hoverboard to judge Alon Golan at the Columbia Falls School District Science Fair at Glacier Elementary Tuesday. (Jeremy Weber photo)
Judge Jen Golan speaks with third grader Synthea Freiheit about her display on rock crystals at the Columbia Falls School District Science Fair at Glacier Elementary Tuesday. (Jeremy Weber photo)
The Glacier Gateway Elementary gym was full of amazing models, displays and gadgets last Tuesday as Columbia Falls School District 6 hosted its annual science fair.
Students from third through eighth grade took part in the event, which saw displays covering a diverse range of topics, including a functional hoverboard, the power of suggestion and even a Rube Goldberg dog feeding machine.
Awards received by students at the event were:
Third Grade
Kainen Reinauer - Model Grand Champion (Bearded Dragons and Lizards).
Tucker Leever - Model Reserve Champion (Rockets)
Eli Crockett - Physical Grand Champion (Crystals)
Olivia Lawson - Physical Reserve Champion (Cool Crystals!)
Fourth Grade
Elaina Dorr - Biological Grand Champion - (How fresh are your eggs?)
Aubrey Smith - Model Grand Champion (Why the Eye?)
Findley Dezzani - Physical Grand Champion (Batteries)
Fiona Bryant - Physical Reserve Champion (Why do some rocks float?)
Fifth Grade
Rafe Rusche - Biological Grand Champion (Power of Suggestion)
Quinn Caudle - Biological Reserve Champion (Potato Power)
Boone Shanks - Physical Grand Champion (Puddle to Potable)
Addy Bowler - Physical Grand Champion (First one to Freeze Wins)
Reed Wollenzien - Physical Reserve Champion (Magnetic Muscle)
Fifth Grade - Ruder Elementary
Eric Miner - Physical Grand Champion (Rivers vs. Streams table)
Silas Ypma - Biological Reserve Champion (Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire)
Columbia Falls Junior High
Elyse Bird - Engineering Grand Champion (Gravity Light)
Eddie Mae Chisholm - Engineering Grand Champion (Hoverboard)
Kayla Swartz - Experiment Grand Champion (Paw Preference)
Ilah McKenzie - Experiment Reserve Champion (Erosion).
Tritica Fauske - Experiment Reserve Champion (Musical Mice)
Hunter Pyles - Engineering Reserve Champion (Rube Goldberg Dog Feeder)