increase the students level of critical thinking.

Students filled the auditorium with science projects about reflex action, the affects of acid and acid rain on Bermuda rock, the best place to find lug worms, which are used as bait in fishing, electricity and crystal growing.

There was also a number of projects on weather and weather phenomenons as this is hurricane and tornado season.

Middle two Science Resource Leader, Linda Casimir explained that the Exhibition was a non-competitive event in keeping with the schools belief of being non-competitive.

"Students were encouraged to produce their best work,'' she said. Students were asked to create projects in which they had to collect and analyse data.

They were then asked to look at their project and find ways that things could be improved.

"You can see the progression in the students work from Middle One, Two and Three,'' Ms Casimir said. "I'm really proud of them.'' How does it work?: Khandi Weller, 14, was able to prove her hypothesis on how a tornado moves, during Spice Valley Middle Schools Exhibition 2000, a non-competitive science fair.