Showell Elementary Science Fair Judged by Kiwanis Club of Ocean Pines - Ocean City
by David Landis

Every year members of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines - Ocean City judge the projects submitted by the children of Showell Elementary School for their Annual Science Fair. The mission of Kiwanis is "Serving the Children of the World". What better way to serve children than to participate in projects at local schools. Pictured right is Showell's Principal Paula Jones, also a member of Kiwanis, welcoming the judges.

Nearly 50 projects were submitted for judging by children from grades 1 through 5. Pre Kindergarten and Kindergarten children also submitted class projects, but those projects are not eligible for judging and submission to the Worcester County Science Fair where all the Worcester County Schools compete on January 21st at the Worcester Technical High School beginning at 6 PM. Judges did write comments on the Pre-K and Kindergarten Projects to let the children know how much their projects were also appreciated. Encouragement goes a long way.

Projects can be "Experimental" and "Non - Experimental" and can be done by individual students as well as by a class as a group. Judging the projects, one appreciates how much effort is put into a project and how much can be learned from the information provided. Pictured leftin front of their First Grade class project, "EGG-STRA SAFE SHIPPING", an experiment about the best way to package eggs for shipping are: (L to R) first grade students Erin Hurley, Damiana Coffey and Eric Gwin with their teacher, Mrs. Raffo. Kudos to all for participating.