The reverse science fair

A school invited physicists from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory to present their science for judgment by elementary students. On January 23, students at J.B. Nelson Elementary gathered in the school's library for their first ever reverse science fair. Rather than being graded on their own projects and experiments, first- through fifth-grade students had the chance to judge Fermilab physicists on the quality and "coolness" of their displays and demonstrations. "I was inspired to have a par...