Fresno County students prepare for the annual science fair

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Middle and precocious schoolhouse students from crossed Fresno County are gearing up for this year's yearly subject fair.

More than 250 students spent their Monday mounting up their projects astatine the Fresno Fairgrounds.

Organizers accidental they are excited and arrogant to spot pupil involvement and cognition successful science, mathematics and engineering.

"It's truthful important that down us, these kids are our aboriginal doctors, engineers, each of the subject fields, truthful them coming to the subject just contiguous means enactment for subject successful our Valley, eventually," said Jason Horsman, manager of STEM for the Fresno County superintendent of schools. "I truly can't hold to spot these kids turn and travel backmost to the Valley and enactment us, and really, the subject being done present is incredible."

On Tuesday, students volition beryllium interviewed by judges astir their task and the months of experimentation they conducted passim the schoolhouse year.

Awards volition beryllium announced connected Thursday, including thousands of dollars successful scholarships and a accidental to vie astatine the authorities and determination level.

This is the 74th twelvemonth of the Fresno County Science Fair.