By Ian Thompson

The diabolical Dr. Brainy McSmartypants had captured all of Orchard Elementary School’s owl mascots and it was up to the students to get them back.

It was up to about three dozen students such as J.C. Martinez, with the help of their parents, to pass a series of science-oriented challenges Thursday night to collect the points needed to get the fictional villain to release the school’s mascot.

Martinez felt the evening was pretty cool with challenges that ranged from forensic science where the youngsters had to identify the right fingerprint from six candidates to testing their reaction time by seeing how fast they could catch a falling yardstick.

via Orchard Elementary takes on science challenge Daily Republic.