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Science Fair attracts 50 schools
Students of Covent Garden Primary displayed their creativity with corks.
Under the theme “Science, Mathematics, and Technology for global energy management”, the Department of Education yesterday opened a two-day regional Science, Mathematics and Technology Fair at the Diamond Secondary School, East Bank Demerara. The event is said to have attracted some fifty schools.
The projects on display will be judged and trophies awarded accordingly.
Some of the projects on display include wind turbines, creative re-use of plastic, solar water distillers, ways to reduce low carbon and many more.
According to Head teacher of Diamond Secondary, Pamela Bridgewater, “science is the way of finding out how things are done and is about testing what is real; it is a way of not fooling ourselves, and the fair heightens the understanding of science”.
Chairman of the Science Fair Committee, Anisah Wolford-Saunders, explained that participants from both Nursery and Secondary schools would be displaying various projects that they have created, while the Guyana School of Agriculture and Ministry of Health are also participating, in addition to a dramatic presentation today about substance abuse by the Phoenix Rehabilitation Centre.
She said various entities have made donations towards the venture, among them major entities such as Ansa Mcal, Banks DIH, Republic Bank, Starr Computers and Giftland OfficeMax.
According to National Science Coordinator, Petal Jetoo, fifty participating schools would over the two-day period showcase maths, science and technology, which she opined is a combination that can solve the global energy crisis.
She said the purpose of the fair is to educate, and with science being concerned with our natural world, there are always interesting questions that would arise.
Jetoo further noted that science is the knowledge and technology is the machine, which when combined can improve our quality of lives.
She pointed out that many major inventions started from small projects, and is advising young science students, that asking the right questions is the way in which the right answers can be found, since a scientist is an investigator.
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