Sunday, October 7, 2012

The Science Fair Award Show at The El Capitan Theatre

At The El Capitan Theatre to see Frankenweenie again! But this time it was to see the Science Fair Awards hosted by the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana!

Here were the rules to enter this contest:

The first 50 participating students will receive a ticket to see Frankenweenie at the historic El Capitan Theatre, and a pair of tickets to visit Discovery Science Center. The exciting first round of judging to determine the finalists will happen the week of September 10, 2012, and then finalists will be judged by VIP judges the week of September 27. Of all participating students, six finalists will be selected to have their projects on display at El Capitan Theatre from October 5 to November 1, 2012. In addition, the six finalists will each receive Disneyland tickets for them and three guests for reaching this distinguished level.
The Science Fair competition concludes at the El Capitan Theatre on October 5th when three Grand Prize winners will accept their awards at a special ceremony, on the El Capitan stage prior to the showing of Frankenweenie. Grand Prize winners will receive all prizes listed previously plus a behind-the-scenes tour of Walt Disney Studios.
Interested participants must be entering the 2012-2013 school year as a 5th – 12th grade student. All projects must present an experimentally based research design; illustrating scientific methodology or a demonstration/exhibition of a science or engineering concept based on themes from the movie Frankenweenie.

So, with that being said, let's head into the theatre!

Downstairs they have an exhibit featuring some of the props and sets from the movie though the bulk of these items are in the Animation Building at Disney California Adventure for their Frankenweenie exhibit!








Besides the props, this is where the six finalists for the Science Fair have their experiments.

This one was actually pretty cool! The showed a video of it in action inside the theatre! It really did cook a hot dog!

This was one of the winners of the Best Traditional Science Fair Award!
Daniel's project looked at the influence that tides had on the behavior of the light-tailed clapper rail.
Information about the Science Fair Exhibit!
Another great exhibit brought to us by the great folks at the Discovery Science Center!
The winner of the Grand Science Award!
Colin took hamburger meat and dead flies to generate electricity.
The winner of the Grand Prize for Creativity!
Delaney was the only girl out of the six finalists. She wants to be an imagineer one day. Her project brings Disney films to life.
One of the winners for the Best Traditional Science Fair Entry.
Tre mixed different percentages of reclaimed, aquifer and Colorado River waters to find which mixture encourages little to no algae growth so that businesses such as golf courses can maintain their lawns with depleting natural resources. Two golf courses in Palm Springs are currently using his research to better maintain their courses without doing harm to the environment.
Victor's house!
The backyard where Sparky roams!
The Pet Cemetery!
The movie house!
Just a great contest to encourage our children to learn more about science! Thank you to Disney, The El Capitan Theatre and the Discovery Science Center for putting this together! You can see the exhibits of the six finalists at The El Capitan Theatre until November 1, 2012!

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