Falls Twp. Elementary School Holds Schoolwide Science Expo

March 18, 2022

Provided by the Pennsbury School District:

Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School in Falls Township held its first-ever schoolwide SPARK Expo, with the help of the PTO, on Thursday, March 10.

Families and their students filled the school for this exciting event which featured a mix of traditional Science Fair activities and SPARK projects.

Each student contributed a project that they created in SPARK class, led by teachers Terri Boileau and Terri Sherman, which included Crazy Coding Mouse Mazes (kindergarten), Animals in Action (1st-grade), Amazing Adaptation Adventures of Our World Travelers (2nd-grade), Engineered Mini Golf Mania (3rd-grade), Making “SENSE’ory of Brainy Input/Output Exploration (4th-grade), and Real World Recycled Robots (5th-grade)

The evening also featured more traditional science fair projects, which students created at home.

The entries were judged by 21 National Honor Society and Science Club students from Pennsbury High School, who also served as junior mentors.

“This event would not have been possible without the amazing support of our staff at Eleanor Roosevelt and the PTO. We even had members of Pennwood Middle School’s STEM program helping out, in addition to the high school. It was really more of a district event,” said Boileau.

Pennsbury introduced SPARK as a fifth elementary school Special in the 2019-20 school year. SPARK stands for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) through Perseverance, Application, Resilience, and Kinetic Knowledge. The program is designed to teach 21st Century Skills (collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking) at the elementary level to foster strong development of these skills throughout the educational journey.