sciencefair2008


 * The Amigos school's 2008 Science Fair** was a place where 6th, 7th, and 8th graders had the opportunity to showcase a project that they constructed in groups or by themselves about environmental health. Each group/person was able to pick a topic relating to the environment. Some choose global warming or even chocolate. Parents and staff came tot he science fair, there was food and activities such as guessing games about alternative energy, rides on energy efficient vehicles, and bikes whose acceleration was able to make a smoothie.

The science fair took place on **Friday, May 2nd from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.** During the science fair there was always someone to translate all of the information into Spanish because learning material in every subject in English and Spanish is one of the many benefits of the amigos school. The amigos school is one of the very few bilingual schools in Massachusetts.

I personally had no partner for my project but choose the subject of the toxicity effects of makeup on our environment. To dot his project I did an experiment in which I tested different types of makeup on 3-inch springs of elodea. After doing my experiment I came to the conclusion that the chemicals in makeup kill cells and hurt our environment. Even when for example you throw away the bottle of nail polish remover it ends up in a landfill and the left or acetone in the bottle can travel into the soil causing trees and plants to be weaker when they grow without us even realizing it.