BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Fifth grade Students at Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School recently participated in a different kind of science fair called the Invention Convention.
The unit of study took about five weeks and used skills from the entire curriculum. Students took surveys, researched established products, designed display boards, wrote a marketing plan, presented their inventions to judges and had to create a working model of their idea.
Upon completion of their invention, students competed for cash prizes, which were graded on creativity, originality, complexity, practicality, contribution to society, oral presentation and the effectiveness of their display boards.
Judges for the event were Dusti Gilbert (PTA representative), Lorrie Sparks (school district representative), David Dominguez (Battle Mountain High School alumnus) and Anna Penola (school board chair). Prizes were awarded at an evening exhibition on May 16.
Thomas Amezcua won First Place Overall Best Invention with "The Hilton Weather Project," a bicycle with a built-in canopy. Second place went to Avry Tucker for a way to more efficiently pull out teeth, entitled "Num Gum." Carter Quintana received a third place prize for his "Loaded Lidz" invention, which cleverly conceals money within a hat.
Other winners were Tristan Wahrenburg's "The Suvike" (Best Outdoor Invention), Kandi Castillo's "Chargillow" (Best Indoor Invention), Jon Holley's "Ready Mitts" (Most Marketable), Laisha Cheno's "Laisha's Cure Room" (Most Beneficial to Humanity), Uliana Willingham's "The Hot Spot B.M." (Most Technologically Advanced), Jacquelynn Escobedo's "Pocket Tie 4000" (Male Choice), Mariah Ortiz "The Travel Case" (Female Choice), and Hannah Payne's "Kid Keeper" (Best Display Board).
Honorable mentions went to Carlee Peterson, Derly Martinez, Zeke Hamby, Melissa Lopez, Jaeden Hill, Cora Quick, McKenzie Lemaire, Rebecca Nelson, Lilly Condor and Chyann Corthell.[[In-content Ad]]
