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Lincoln students show off projects during the annual STEAM Fair

Student demonstrating science fair project.
Lincoln students show off projects during the annual STEAM Fair

Students interacted with their classmates science projects which lined the Lincoln School auditorium.  On February 4, 2025, scholars at Lincoln School excitedly showed off their research and STEAM-based projects to classmates, teachers and parents at the annual science fair. 

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Display of famous black scientists.

As visitors walked in, they were greeted by a display showing prolific African American scientists and inventors as a celebration for Black History Month and acknowledgment of the lesser-known history of science. 

For this year's science fair assignment, students picked an area of interest and learned about African American scientists and how they impacted that field of study. They were then prompted to create their own hypothesis and science projects based on their interests and what they researched. 

“Normally during Black History Month, we recognize the countless contributions of highly successful and prominent African Americans,” said Rebecca Jones, Principal at Lincoln. “This year we wanted to pay homage to the black scientists. The lesser-known but equally impactful contributions that have touched the sciences, math, engineering, and space exploration fields.”

Three students showing off their robotic arm project.

Students created interesting and eye-catching dioramas and displays to show how they used the scientific method to form hypotheses and draw conclusions from their research and experiments.

One group of eighth-grade students created a robotic arm to combat pollution and waste in their community.  

“We put together a Smart Waste Robot Arm designed to go on the side of a garbage truck,” said Rahiem Myir, a group member and eighth grader at the school. “This is to help the government save a little money and help the environment. We bought the parts and programs for the arm to do what we want.” 

Another group of eighth-grade scholars conducted electricity through potatoes and created a potato battery. 

“The inspiration behind this project was to know how electricity and batteries worked,” said Khaira Ouedraogo, one of two scientists working on this project. 

Student smiling and standing in front of her science fair project.

Many students worked hard this year to test their knowledge of science and get hands-on to create these projects. Topics ranged from sleep patterns to apex predators and volcanoes. One student even answered the question of what would happen if the Earth’s core suddenly disappeared. 

“We gave the students the science fair outline a little bit before Christmas break, and we gave them a month and a half to come up with a project and experiment on their own,” said Aaron Seiden, a sixth-grade teacher at Lincoln. “These projects go anywhere from a research project to science-based evidentiary projects. The kids were really interested in the hands-on aspect of this project. Coming out and seeing the final products of what they have done shows the work and interest they put into it.”  

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Student showing classmate how to extract DNA from a strawberry.
Student demonstrating her project on tornados
Student standing in front of his research project on sleep patterns.
Student teaching other student how to do their project.
Three students standing in front of their science projects of apex predators.
Student smiling and standing next to science model.
Two student standing in front of their project.

 

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