Champaign County STEM Science Fair: May 17 and 19

The Champaign County STEM Science Fair will be held on Tuesday, May 17th for Pre-K -2nd grade and Thursday, May 19th for 3rd-6th grade. Both nights will be held in the Champaign County Community Center Auditorium and will run from 5:00pm-7:30pm.

The challenge will be "Eggstraordinary Eggs".

The problem: Sunny Side Eggs wants to reach a new market with various size packs of eggs and their cartoning. You have been contracted to work with a team to develop and test a carton prototype.

The challenge: Using the materials provided, your challenge is to design an egg carton prototype capable of protecting the enclosed eggs from any breakage under applied pressures such as crushing or dropping.

The schedule will run as follows:

• 5pm-6pm: Unveiling of supplies, building, and testing
• 6pm-7pm: Final product presentation and judging
• 7pm-7:30pm: Awards presentation

Children will be grouped by ages and only compete against other students their age.

Sign-ups will be held until Friday, May 13th at 4:30pm. Register by either calling 937-484-1526 or emailing [email protected]. It is FREE to participate and all supplies will be provided. Anyone can join; it is open to all of Champaign County.

The younger age groups will be allowed to have one adult helper per group. Groups will be maxed at 4 participants, but can have as little as 2.

If you have any questions about the STEM Science Fair, please contact Kiley Horn at 937-772-6013 or email [email protected].