STEAM Fair

This year's Science Fair at Gallimore was changed to a STEAM Fair. STEAM is the new STEM. It stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and math. The students could choose any of those areas for their project, relating it to a typical science fair project. Karissa chose art, of course, and chose to relate it to her knowledge of volcanoes since we got to hike one, even if it was in the rain, in Costa Rica. 

She studied about volcanoes and came up with this trifold board.

She had the basics of how a volcano forms and erupts, as well as the plants and animals that are commonly found on volcanoes, since drawing animals is her forte. At the bottom, she included some pictures of Volcan Arenal in Costa Rica. One in the background of our hotel, one on our hike, and one at the trail head.

I volunteered to help set up the boards, which was the way to go. I was able to get a sneak peek at all the boards before the night of the event, which is always really crowded!

This is her last science fair at the elementary level!

Erik was trying to photo bomb, but didn't quite bomb it totally!