“Science Rules” at Barnett Elementary

 

Barnett would like to congratulate 6th graders, Jordan Mathews and Adam Call, for winning 1st placein the Life Science category at the Central Utah Science & Engineering Fair at BYU on March 20th. Theirproject was “The Redshirts Are Coming!” The question they had was, “If your child turns 5 in thesummer just before kindergarten starts, should he or she start school?”CUSEF is a regional science competition presented by the Brigham Young University David O. McKaySchool of Education and the BYU-Public School Partnership. Its purpose it to excite students aboutscience by providing a venue where they can present and share the lessons they have learned in theirclassrooms combined with their own interests and discoveries. Only students that have won fairs at aschool level, and a district level are allowed to compete at CUSEF.In addition to winning at CUSEF, Jordan and Adam were named as a 2013 Broadcom MASTERSnominees. Nominees are selected from the top 10% of the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade participants. Thismakes them eligible to compete nationally for a trip to Washington, DC, and cash prizes! Way to goAdam and Jordan!