Airmen from Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado joined engineers, parents, cadets and other community members to judge the Colorado Springs Charter Academy science fair here Friday, Feb. 19.
Students were tasked with formulating hypotheses and building experiments to prove or disprove their assumptions.
“The really important thing is, we are trying to foster a sense of scientific inquiry with the kids,” said Jill Weber, CS Charter Academy science fair coordinator. “We want them to be able to ask questions and be able to think about if the data makes sense. In this case the students are building experiments and using the data from that experiment to justify their hypothesis.”
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