Jenna Fitzgerald has just one favorite moment about Science Day at Jonesburg Elementary School.

“My favorite part is 3:30 p.m., when everybody has told me everything they learned,” the fifth-grade teacher said.

For seven hours, students from first through fifth grade got to work with some science experiments at the gymnasium, playing with remote controlled robotic vehicles at the library, learning about insects with the Montgomery County High School FFA group and building LEGO projects. The event was sponsored by New Florence Wood Products, the Ben Oden Memorial and CertainTeed.

“I liked it because there are different opportunities for you to do and you also get to learn a lot of different things, like static electricity and the pet tornado,” fifth-grade student Mylee Hans said.

JBE librarian Angel Davis said Science Day, which completed its fifth year, teaches students to get more excited about science.

“It’s about the fun part of science,” she said. “They get to do experiments in their classroom. We invite people in to talk and present cool things. We invite high schoolers to come down and talk about their type of science they do. So they get exposed to a wide variety of projects. It’s a lot more of a fun environment than learning.”

Mad Science of St. Louis attended this year’s Science Day. One teacher from the company instructed the students how to make a pet tornado. Another one gave the students an opportunity to touch an electrostatic generator, which makes one’s hair stand up.

Third-grade student Emily Biter said she liked touching the electrostatic generator.

“It made my hair messy,” she said. “It worked really good for my hair.”

Montgomery County juniors Destani Eversmeyer, Ray Poston and Lexy Veach and sophomore Avery Ridgley were the school’s FFA members who attended Science Day. Montgomery County Project Lead The Way teacher Joe Klekamp was also at Science Day, demonstrating the students on how to operate the remote-controlled robotic vehicles at the library.

Fitzgerald, who is in her seventh year as teacher, said she always looks forward to Science Day every year.

“I like seeing kids learn through science,” she said. “That’s the basics of it.”

Fifth-grade student Kinzey Ebker said she enjoyed going to Science Day in her final year at JBE.

“I liked it because it’s really fun,” she said. “There are a bunch of different things you can do. They are different from what we do during school.”