Should have gotten a creativity award  

Wow, I applaud the school for allowing them the freedom to do the science experiments in the way they chose. I think the school should get a creativity award. I always had, and so did my kids, a list of appropriate topics and you could not stray from that list in any way, shape or form. I am impressed, completely.

hi dawnald I remember going to school when my son was about
Dearra's age and seeing the different science experiments
and getting amused at some of them, too. I wonder if the
one who watched and kept statics on whether the boys or girls
were better at picking up their trash well go on to be a writer,
or maybe a statistician while the one with the graph about
zombie attack will surely grow up to a writer,wow. You are right, he should have won an award for the most creative. he he he.

May be the judges have a favorite? Whoever heard of teachers favorites or class first rankers being anywhere in top position? Not me. So dont worry, that boy will make it a grade anyway. :) He has it in him.

I could understand the fascination with zombies! My kids have been playing this online game called 'plants vs. zombies', and it has actually gotten into a lot of things that they do. They would run around the house pretending one was a zombie, when they ate they pretended eating limbs because they were zombies, and they've been singing a song with a line that says 'there's a zombie in your lawn'.
But making it into a science experiment, that is taking it to another level. And that does deserve a creativity award.

There are quite a lot of kids who have that creative streak when they're given the opportunity to explore. Many of them build really complex structure with the construction toys available now and they can tell you in great detail what their 'machine' is and how it works and 'eavesdropping' on the role-play areas is a real eye (or should that be ear)-opener! Its great to see children coming up with these ideas but,oh so sad when it is blatantly obvious that the parents have given them the ideas and 'taken over'. I reckon the zombie kids work was his own!

School sure has changed!
Nothing like that happened when I was at school.