_ came in second with six winners,

Displays, challen

mark scie

_ TERRACE — The 24th Annual
Science Fair began May 6 with a
smash hit. — the Egg Drop. Out
of 156 hopeful’ entries, only 28
survived the drop:to the pave-
ment as. Terrace firefighters put
each to the test.

The. big winners here: .were
students from Parkside Elemen-
tary. Seventeen of the winning
entries were theirs. E:T. Kenney.

while Thornhill Primary, Veritas
and’ Centennial. Christian
Schools had one each. ;
The Egg Drop was followed
by the Paper Bridge Building
contest. First prize for this
engineering feat went to Fraser

Dewalle and. “Ryan Orr of:

Centennial Christian at the
elementary level and Ryan
Chen-Wing at the secondary
level. Be,
Contestants in this.event’ were
‘required to: build a one-meter

bridge with only two sheets of

paper and 12 staples. Dewalle
and Orr achieved their win with
a masterpiece that supported

May 17, 1989

8 a

four kilograms..
- The Paper Airplane’ contest

was next and the big winners ©
_-here were students from Veritas,

They. walked away with six of

‘the 12 awards, The Straw Tower |
contest was the finalevent of the -
‘day and several local youngsters |

reached unimagined heights.

In the display and ‘experiment
divisions Centennial Christian
School was the hands-down win-
ner. They won 15 of the the 25.
awards handed out. That’s. 60
percent and a challenge to be

-met next year when the Science

Fair celebrates it’s 25th anniver- 7

sary. Centennial Christian was
followed by Parkside: Elemen-
tary, Veritas and Caledonia who
took five awards each, and
Uplands, Kiti K’Shan, Thornhill
Primary and Thornhill Elemen-

_ tary, who took one award each.

- There were no entries in these
divisions from: Grades 8 to 10
and no winners from Clarence
Michiel and Cassie Hall — a suc-

_ cessful fair but there’s room for

improvement,

An unhappy-looking youngster checks out his entry after It
failed to meet the test of the “Egg Drop Contest” at the Ter-
race school science fair. Most entries didn’t survive, but If
the darnage wasn’t obvious, each had to be opened to
' sheck the contents — usually an oozing mass of raw

» scrambled eggs.

Curiosity teams up
~ with education

-- “4¥ou can’t answer that now.
But as you study, you will

learn.”

.* These are probably the favor-

aoa
“4h

‘minds to be inquisitive about

é

woe

a

‘ite words of Professer Irwin
-Talesnick as he challenges young

“nature and seek the answers to
‘their questions. Talesnick ap-

red in ‘Terrace at the invita-
tion of the Terrace Science Fair
‘comimittee and performed for
hundreds of students, held an
operi session for the public, and
was the facilitator at a workshop
which attraced 27 area science
Liquids that alternate from
red to green, apparently at will;
an electric clock that runs on

i
aan
od

cls

“s apple juice; exploding. hydro-
_geti-filled balloons — these are
‘alla part of the act. But it's not

a spectacle to dazzle kids, Bvery .
demonstration illustrates. @

scientific principle that causes
young students to go back to
school and ask for the answers.
Through his talent as an educa-
tor, he makes them think, and
he makes them learn.
Professor Talesnick is a mem-
ber of the Faculty of Education

at Queen’s University and an

educator. of international re-
nown who offers demonstra-
tions of scientific. principles -
throughout Canada and the

U.S. He also edits “The Idea
Bank”, a column that has ap-' -

peared in two scientific journals
since the early 1970’s.

Caledonia high school science

teacher Al Wootton says that

many local people helped to ~
_make Talesnick’s visit a reality,
.and on behalf of the Science

Fair Committee, he thanks them

all, a & a er .

nce fair |

Exploding hydrogen balloons are a part of his act that encourages young minds to study
and tearn. Professor Irwin Talesnick made several appearances in Terrace, but with each.

freee or ne

demonstration, he offered no answers — “As you study you will learn,” he would say.

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