REIDY Park Primary School students followed their curiosity last week as they took part in their annual science fair.
Creating experiments during the term, the Year 4 and 5 students showcased their talent to the rest of the school with a display in the gymnasium.
Teacher Sam O’Neill said the fair – which has been held for a number of years – gave students the freedom to experiment and work on different ideas.
“It allows them to obtain more information than in a normal science class,” he said.
“The ideas are more creative each year and they develop their time management, communication, teamwork and computer skills.”
Working in pairs, students developed experiments which could be tested by children from other year levels at the fair.
Students Amy and Luca developed one of the most creative experiments, showing the growth of salt crystals.
“I like getting to experiment and see how things are different when you change the steps, like using a bigger bowl to grow the crystal,” Amy said.
As well as watching the experiment take place, other students could also give feedback to the creators on how well the experiment worked.
