Science Field Day

2020-2021

Information about this year's Science Field Day will be updated soon. Meanwhile check out information from last year's event preparation below !

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This is an exciting opportunity for our 4th and 5th grade students to strengthen their scientific knowledge and participate in a county level Science Competition ! In addition, many non-competitive events go on throughout the day making a festival atmosphere. The Science Field Day is held in the spring each year at Lakeside Middle School.

Event Date: May 16, 2020

Event Location: Lakeside Middle School , 11833 Woodside Ave, Lakeside, CA 92040

Practice Sessions for MCES Team: Beginning January 2020.

Student Signup : January 2020

A team of 16 students will be selected from a pool of interested students in 4th and 5th grades to represent Morning Creek Elementary at the county level competition. Each student may choose to participate in 1 or 2 events.

We highly encourage parent participation to coach/mentor students.

Signup closes on Friday, January 24, 2020.

EVENT LIST:

1. Anatomy: Two (2) contestants will work as a team to answer questions regarding the structure and function of the human body systems.
2. Barge Building: A team of two(2) students will construct a barge using heavy-duty aluminum foil that can support a large weight of cargo (stone pebbles). This event will also test the team’s weight estimation skills.
3. Catapult Competition: A team of two(2) students will build, calibrate and fire their own free-standing (not handheld) trajectory device that must be capable of propelling a tennis ball at a target placed between 2 and 7 meters.
4. Changing Earth: Two (2) contestants will work as a team to identify diagrams, and answer questions related to Earth Science. Students will create a cross-section of a topographic map.
5. Circuits: Two (2) contestants will work as a team to build a circuit from a schematic using a “Snap Circuits Jr.” set. They will be tested on electronics, electricity, circuit symbols and components.
6. Don't Bug Me: Two (2) contestants will work as a team to answer questions. They will be asked to:
   • Know the characteristics of Arthropods
   • Classify, identify, and name major Classes of Arthropods and Orders of Insects
   • Label various external/internal body parts including leg segments, antennae, body segments, mouth types, major organs.
   • Describe characteristics of various Insect Orders
   • Describe the different types of Insect Life-Cycles
7. Egg Drop: This is a non-competitive event. The objective is to have a two-person team construct a package to protect an egg (from breaking) which will be dropped free fall from a height selected by the tournament director.
8. Mirror Magic: Three team members, each equipped with their own mirror, cooperate to bounce a light beam from a maglite flashlight onto a predetermined target.
9. Make It, Take It Paddle Boats: Two (2) students make a paddleboat out of the materials (styrofoam, rubber bands, masking tape etc.) provided at the site. The winner will be the boat that travels the farthest.
10. Perplexing Powders: Students identify mystery powders.
11. Simple Machines: Students will design and build a Rube Goldberg contraption utilizing as many simple machines as possible.
12. Starry, Starry Night: Two (2) contestants will work as a team to answer questions regarding space facts and star & constellation identification.
13. Structures ​​: This event is to test students' ability to build strong, stable, reproducible structures from common materials. No spectators will be allowed for this event.
14. Tin Can Racers: A team consisting of two team members will compete against other teams in a distance race with tin can racers.
15. Triathlon Relay:Four(4) contestants will work as a team to answer questions from Brain Quest Cards – 5th & 6th Grade editions – science questions only -before a physical activity/obstacle course.
16. Rocking Out: Two (2) contestants will work as a team to identify and categorize rocks and minerals.

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