Sage has been working hard this past week on her science fair project.  She decided to answer the question, “At what temperature will my glow stick last the longest?”  This is a great question for her, because every time she gets one, she wants it to last overnight.  We’ve always heard to put it in the freezer, but tried some other temperatures as well to see if that was really the best way to get it to last the longest.

She tested 4 glow sticks:  1 in the freezer, one in room temperature water, one in cold water (60 degrees) and then one in freezing cold water (40 degrees) – this is her wording. 

Tom must have gotten super powered glow sticks from Fred Meyer, because this experiment, which was in our dark bathroom, was there far longer than we thought it would be.

0 hours

20 hours – the room temperature one had just gone out

38 hours – just the freezer one remaining

She took the freezer glow stick out after 38 hours and it was still glowing this morning and we started on Sunday afternoon.  Wow!!

When it came to putting the display together, I struggled a little with how much to help.  But at this point, with the size of her writing and her phonetic spelling, I decided to have her tell me what she wanted to say and then I typed it.  Then we printed it out, used the paper cutter to cut everything (which she loved!) and then glued everything down.  She did really well with lining things up straight, so I mostly just helped to get it done in a somewhat timely manner.  I was surprised at how much she could do and explain to others at the age of 6.

At the science fair this morning, she explained her project to the judge and to other adults and kids that were there.  She was very proud of her work and she was so cute and very grown up looking to us!

When the results were announced, she won first place for the Kindergartners and got a blue ribbon and a prize.  We are so proud of her and she is very excited!!

Sage and her friend Taylor from down the street