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Thank You, Brion
The Fourth Annual Science Fair isnow history. In today’s paper is a letter from Brion Patterson thanking all who helped jmd another from Sid Gottleib, who helped judge the exhibits.
The fair offered students from both the elementary and the high school a taste of the scientific method: develop a hypothosis; design a way to test it that controls the variables; run the experiment; collate the data; and reach a conclusion. - Many of them found their conclusion at odds with their original idea. Others discovered they hadn’t controlled the right variables. They asked all sorts of questions: Which . bleach works best? How do you determine the shortest route for a travedling salesman? How can you get more kernels of popcorn to pop?
It is an interesting question: Who had more fun, the students or the judges?It was a great pleasure to walk through the 80 or so exhibits and talk with the students. What had they learned? What might they have done differently?
But the driving force behind this effort is Brion Patterson, a dedicated teacher at Rappahannock County High School. He organized the science fair. He found the judges and coached them on how to approach their task. He worked with students and teachers at both schools to make it work.
The students, parents and teachers of this county owe him thanks for his dedication and effort to make the fair a success. Thank you, Brion.
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