Students showcase experiments at science fair
Be it generating hydroelectric power or securing hydrocarbons to asphalt, students were embracing their inner Bill Nye Wednesday afternoon at the Prince Albert Science Fair.
Now in its third year, the fair took over Saskatchewan Polytechnic where students from Grade 6 to 8 showed off their projects that were judged by community members, academics and those from the Saskatchewan Rivers School board.
“We are trying to really work on their critical thinking skills,” Neru Franc, fair committee member said. She added the introduction of science and STEM education was vital with students of this age.
Cultivating these thinking skills, encouraging students to ask ‘why’, performing research and carrying through life the ability to question the world was another central reason for hosting the event.