And Judah? He was a FIRST PLACE winner in his grade level. He also won an award from Bonneville Power Authority and a Project of Merit award from the Pacific Science Center. We are proud of this kid!

And we're even prouder after we talked to him about his project. He totally knows his stuff.

His question: "What conducts electricity and what doesn't?"

We asked Judah how he decided on what his science fair project would be.

"Well, Mrs. Towne (Shari Towne, his teacher) recommended to my mom Snap Circuits. I played with them a lot and I really liked them. And I wanted to do my project on conductors."

Judah said his hypothesis was that every metal except for the tin can would conduct electricity.

He set the experiment up by building "a circuit with a battery, wires, a light bulb and a switch."

Who helped him? 

"I built it by myself. I remembered basic circuits from Book 1 of Snap Circuits, my first project. I built a circuit like that, but not totally like that."

Judah said his hypothesis was a little bit off. "I thought the tin can would be in the 'no' group, but it was actually in the 'yes' group."

"The materials I used that weren't metal, like cardboard, were in the 'no' group."

Some of the other metals that Judah used (also in the 'yes' group) were gold, silver, copper and zinc. "I got some of those from my mom's jewelry box."

He says he had fun going to both of the big science fairs and talking to people about his project.

Does he plan to continue on the science path when he grows up?

"I want to be an electrician. I love electricity."

First grade science star