Future scientists, engineers and inventors from Transfiguration Academy’s middle school campus in New Milford recently held a science and engineering fair to show off their projects.

Sixth- through eighth-grade students have worked independently or in teams for the past month on a variety of projects ranging from simple science experiments, like using citrus juice to create battery power to elaborate engineering projects resulting in the creation of a hover craft utilizing a vacuum cleaner.

 Each project involved asking a question, developing a hypothesis, following a procedure to test it, analyzing the results and drawing a conclusion with recommendations.

Students created tri-fold boards illustrating the steps they followed and set-up dioramas and displays so they could demonstrate their hypothesis to an audience of peers, family and faculty. Many students conducted their experiments off-site, videotaped them and presented them as PowerPoints on laptop computers.

At the end of the evening, a group of judges awarded prizes to the top exhibitors.