by Olive Pea
The TVE Knowledge Faire was a great opportunity for students in the TVE community to share things that they have learned about. It was very colorful, and absolutely packed with knowledge that ranged from farts to paper towels, and even rabbits!
The Knowledge Faire took place on a very windy Thursday, March 10th 2022, and was held at Athan Downs San Ramon park. It was so windy that the participants had to tape and weigh down their presentations so they wouldn’t be blown away!
Awards were given to the Best Of Show and Runner Ups for each age group.
Best Of Show for years 4-7 was Adelynn S., age 7,
Runner Up was Kaylee M., age 4.
Best Of Show for ages 8-18 was Ava S., age 14, and
the two Runner Ups were Lydia M., age 11,
and Olive P., age 11.
I managed to get a few interviews with some of the Knowledge Faire attendees!
ADELYNN S.
Q: WHAT’S YOUR NAME?
A: Adelynn.
Q: HOW OLD ARE YOU?
A: 7.
Q: WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO A PRESENTATION ON BOBCATS?
A: Because bobcats are my favorite big cat.
Q: CAN YOU SHARE SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT BOBCATS YOU HAVE
LEARNED?
A: Bobcats are smaller than Northern lynxes and they live in parts of Canada, the USA and Mexico.
EMMET M.
Q: WHAT’S YOUR NAME?
A: My name’s Emmet.
Q: HOW OLD ARE YOU?
A: I’m 9 years old.
Q: WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO A PRESENTATION ON FARTS?
A: Because I really like farts, I like pranking people with farts, and farts are actually really interesting.
Q: DO YOU HAVE ANY INTERESTING FACTS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT FARTS?
A: Termites fart the most out of anything, and birds actually don’t fart at all.
AVA S.
Q: WHAT’S YOUR NAME?
A: Ava S.
Q: HOW OLD ARE YOU?
A: I am 14.
Q: WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO A PRESENTATION ON BEES?
A: Because I’ve always been interested in bees, and I thought it was a problem that I kind of wanted to find out a solution for their decreasing population
Q: DID YOU LEARN ANY FUN FACTS ABOUT BEES WHILE DOING THIS PRESENTATION?
A: I did not know that 90% of bees were solitary, that was very surprising because when you think of bees you think of hives and honey, but there were a total different world of bees, so I thought that was really fun to learn about.
This year’s Knowledge Faire was very special, and we’ll just have to see if next year’s talented scholars can top this one! Hope you can join us at the next one. You won’t want to miss it!
If you missed the Knowledge Faire, you can check out this video brought to you by The Lighthouse photojournalism team.
Link to video: https://youtu.be/gqMn_rPOJZU
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