ISA Holds 2nd Science Fair

As a tribute to the 4th founding anniversary of ISA, the elementary and high school learners held their second Science DemoExhibit at SM City Food Court Area on 21-23 September 2007. On the basis of the experiences they gained last year, each level prepared at least two science projects. A total of 22 on-the-spot experiments, complete with verbal explanation, were shown to the public. ‘Science in Action’ is the theme of this year’s science demo-exhibits. It encompasses physics, biology and chemistry. Like the ‘making of carbon’ of the Third Year, ‘the reaction of acid and base’ of the Grade 2, ‘fruit battery’ of the Grade 1, all these involve basic principles in chemistry. Projects with physics components are ‘relations of magnetism and motion’ and the ‘pressure-powered rockets’ of the Fourth Year, the ‘conversion of heat energy into steam’ of the Grade 6, ‘paper-making using recycled materials’ of the Grade 5, among others. The ‘procedure of making biodiesel’ of he Second Year, in particular, attracted many adult shoppers. Every learner from Grade 1 to Fourth Year has a role in the 3-day demo-exhibit. Since this year’s science fair was held in a public venue, more people were benefited from the presentations, aside from the teachers and students of the invited schools. Parents’ involvement has been crucial to the success of major school affairs. Science fair is no exception. ISA parents had extended their indispensable support.

	Grade 1 learners, Dylan, Dorothy and Dave, show and explain the principle behind the ‘fruit battery’
	Grade 6 Galileo learner Erina Fahy demonstrates how heat energy is able to propel a ‘steam boat’.
	Grade 2 learners performing the acid-base experiments.
	Iloilo Central Elementary School sent the pupils of its Special English-Science-Math classes for a one-and-a-half-hour viewing of the demo-exhibits.