Most Acidic

A few months ago Sawyer came home wanting to participate in the science fair! Now this is an optional thing that requires weekly attendance after school for science demonstrations and then completing your experiment at home. So, every Thursday afternoon Bill would meet Sawyer after school to go to the science demonstrations where they had different professors come in to conduct experiments with the kids. 

For his project, Sawyer decided to see which fruits, veggies and liquids made the best batteries! He and Bill took zinc washers and copper wire and stuck them into the test subjects and then tested the voltage from each one with a volt meter. They tested lemons, potatoes, apples, water, Gatorade, and milk. 

It turns out that they all could conduct electricity but the apples and Gatorade came out the best!

We took pictures of them doing the experiment and decorated his board. Then he practiced and practiced and practiced explaining the experiment.....over and over and over. By the morning of, he was ready to go!

We were proud parents!

Of course Nana and Papa came to see this mad scientist :)

Raylan spend the entire evening shoveling his face with all the refreshments that they had....cookies and about eight bags of popcorn.

They had an awards ceremony...and you guessed it, they all got an award and trophy!! 

(Which personally I think is ridiculous....I want Sawyer to learn early on that not everyone is a winner every time. Winning takes hard work and if he wants to be the best at something and rewarded for it,  he's going to need to put in the time and effort it's gonna take to get him there. When everyone gets a trophy, it never pushes the kids to get any better. Why should kids who put in minimal effort be rewarded the same as the ones that worked their tails off? We are really setting them up for a heart breaking reality check when they get into the real world and aren't praised for doing the bare minimum. Phew.....man got a little carried away there. Getting off my soap box now.) 

With all that being said, Sawyer did do a great job and we were VERY proud of him and his effort!

His experiment was awarded, "Most Acidic"!!!!

He was already planning out his experiment for next year on the ride home.

Meanwhile this one keeps getting into my lipstick.....at least he has been paying attention and knows what part of his face it's supposed to go on....