Ruder Elementary 'Great Brain' winners

Rbel Crump talked about his lizard, a bearded dragon, at the Great Brain show at Ruder Elementary last week.

Fifth grader Rowdy Crump discusse sthe finer points of the Greek myth of the Minotaur to judge Betsy Kohnstamm at the "Great Brain" show at Ruder Elementary last week.

| March 7, 2018 8:35 AM

Fifth grader Rowdy Crump discusse sthe finer points of the Greek myth of the Minotaur to judge Betsy Kohnstamm at the "Great Brain" show at Ruder Elementary last week.

Winners at Ruder Elementary’s Great Brain Project annual showcase last week have been announced. The Great Brain Project is a student-driven learning experience where a child takes a topic of interest and “digs in” to find out all they can about the subject until they become a “Great Brain” in that area. Parents support their child’s learning by providing them with the structures, resources and guidance they need to learn about the topic and complete a project.

First place winners in each grade were:

First grade

Torin Moran, Spinorsaurus

Second grade

Olavi Matson, Salish Kootenai

Harper Holloway, Heart

Easton Corbett, Outer Space

Sage Witten, Wild Mustangs

Cassius Johntson, Poisonous Snakes

Third grade

Kamryn Ladenburg, Columbia

Katie Bulawsky, Snowy Owls

Alexa Friske, Winter Olympics

Keian Moran, Layers of the Earth

Taylor Cheff, Owls

Caleb Priess, Deep Sea Sharks

Amelia Kavanaugh, ParaOlympics

Piper Holm, Rainbows

Fourth grade

William Cincis, Robots

Kajsa Mohr, Mexico and the Mayans

Rebel Crump, Bearded Dragons

Merrick Fairchild, Lewis and Clark Caverns

Lucia Jackola, Norwegian Mythology

Vivian Grosch, Pop Rocks

Raiden Valentine, Sound Waves

Chase Witten, Black Holes

Jaelynn Nace, Red Foxes

Fifth grade

Rowdy Crump, Minotaur

Kayla Malcolm, Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center

Madison Kinsella, Green Sea Turtle

Kanen Brickert, Honey Badger vs Wolverine

Trevor Fauske, Electric Eel

Lucy Fauske, Dwarf Goats

Ashlyn Rangitsch, Cow’s Stomach