The Science Fair

Amano Christian school had the privilege of participating in the annual ISAZ Copperbelt Science Fair. This event was held at Lechwe School, in Kitwe, on the 5th of Febuary 2011. The Science Fair participants came from various ISAZ schools int the Copperbelt. The participating schools were Lechwe School, Amano Christian School, Nsansa School and Mpelembe Secondary School.
The Amano School science club prepared a project for this event. The science project constituted of a research on the aerodynamics of wings and the experimentation of various wing shapes to see which one produced the most lift. After extensive research, the science club made four designs of various wing shapes. The wings were made out of Styrofoam. A known fact about styrofoam is that it flakes off when it is cut. The Science club came up with a very ingenuitive way of cutting stryofoam. They used a konstantin wire with an electric current flowing through it to cut it. The theory behind it is that the wire would get hot enough to simply melt the styrofoam. This proved to be quite handy as it enabled the club members to cut the styrofoam with no problems and it created a nice smooth surface on the wings. The science club performed different experiments to see which wing produced the most lift and which wing was best for high speeds. The science club put their findings together and went to Lechwe to showcase their findings.
The Science Fair housed many fascinating and very informative science projects that were made by the other participants. The judges finally came round to inspect the different projects that were displayed before them. The judges were fair and just in their decisions on whose project were the best. Amano Christian School did quite well with their project and they were commended for their project by the judges. Also taking place at the science fair was the annual ISAZ Copperbelt Science Quiz. Three Amano students took part. They did quite well with Daniel Vedder attaining second place in the senior category quiz. The science fair went very well and the Amano Science Club and Amano Christian School were very pleased with the attained performance.

Chigomezyo Kawonga