DC Science Fair – Wow!
Posted By tonigm On March 18, 2009 @ 6:41 pm In Education, Science & Technology, Washington DC | Comments Disabled
[1]The fair was (appropriately) held on Pi day. Pixprops to pauladamsmith on Flickr.
Enrollment in the DC public school system may be down [2], but participation at the 63rd Annual DC Mathematics, Science, and Technology Fair [3] was clearly up. As I said last month [4], I’ve been going to this fair for more than 10 years, and I found this year to be one of the best (if not the best) turnouts I’ve seen.
The staff was great, getting the projects in the right slots and coordinating the judges. Even the food was tasty! The kids were enthusiastic and many were well-versed on some sophisticated topics. Several presented their projects in more than one language, which really impressed me. I was particularly pleased to see the parents taking an interest in the fair and their kids. Okay, they did need to get off the floor so the judges could, you know, talk to their kids, but we’ll take interest over obedience any day.
Kudos to the folks from WRAIR [5] who organized it all, the folks from McKinley Tech [6](which looked great), and especially all the judges who took time to come talk to our best and brightest. Oh, and check out this bit from the Post for some great pictures [7]!
Article printed from Washington D.C. Metblogs: http://dc.metblogs.com
URL to article: http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/03/18/dc-science-fair-wow/
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[1] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psmith/2190712270/
[2] may be down: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2009/03/study_confirms_dcps_enrollment.html
[3] 63rd Annual DC Mathematics, Science, and Technology Fair: http://www.dcscifair.com/
[4] I said last month: http://dc.metblogs.com/2009/02/19/making-science-fair/
[5] WRAIR: http://wrair-www.army.mil/
[6] McKinley Tech : http://mths.k12.dc.us/
[7] this bit from the Post for some great pictures: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/x-equals-why/2009/03/celebrating_pi_day.html
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