Science fairs spark curiosity, nurture research skills, and boost confidence in school students through hands-on learning.

Julia Neibauer, a homeschooled seventh-grader, describes her project on methods of insulating and winterizing beehives at the Flathead County Science Fair on Thursday, March 6.

This cycle—guessing, computing consequences, and comparing with experiments—is the essence of the scientific method as Feynman explained it. It’s simple, but it’s incredibly powerful. The ...