A Rubik's Cube mosaic depicting John F. Kennedy, rocket launching, a Tour de CARE, art made from trash, and furniture made from wood.

Wareham students had a lot to show off at the CARE Fair, held at Wareham Middle School on Friday.

The fair was the culmination of a six-week summer program that had students in grades 3 through 12 honing their science, technology, engineering, and math skills through projects and hands-on activities.

CARE, which stands for "Community, Academic, Recreation, and Enrichment," is entirely grant-funded. During the annual fair, students displayed their hard work and sold handmade goods to raise money for the National Marine Life Center in Bourne.

Nancy Hanson, a science teacher, had her students "up-cycling" during the program. They made flowers out of plastic bottles, and animals and picture frames out of seashells.

"The kids were so thrilled to do it and take something home," she said. "They loved the shell animals."

The flowers were placed in colorful bunches in one of the hallways, where many other projects — including paper mache fish, stories about the lima beans that students were growing, and a display of photos from the various field trips students took — were showcased.

In a nearby computer lab, students showed off projects made in Scratch, computer-programming software created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

"These flowers were made out of glass," says Erica Cormier, who is heading into 6th grade in the fall, as she points to a slideshow of the students' field trip to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. "They don't even look like glass though."

Of the museum, Erica noted: "It was really fun. You should go there!"

She then scrolls to a maze game that she programmed.

"If you collect the good stuff, your score goes up," she says as she makes a cat collect fruit in the maze. "If you collect the bad stuff, your score goes down."

So don't eat the muffins in Erica's maze!

Marcus Fiori created a game that prompts a player to collect Earth icons. If you touch the suns, you lose points.

"It's really easy," Marcus said of programming in Scratch. "I'm really into computer tech."

Outside, despite rain that delayed some of the fun, students in "Fit Math," which combines fitness and math activities, were hosting events such as the Tour de CARE, in which students hopped on a tricycle to wheel around a course and compete for the fastest time.

Back inside, you couldn't miss Morgan Gifford's booming entrepreneurial voice.

"Shell necklaces! Buy two get one free," she exclaimed. "Have a very shelly day, everybody! Remember, we don't take credit cards!"

Morgan and fellow student Emma Winchell created the coveted shell necklaces.

"We made these by hand," Morgan says with a smile before taking a bite out of a chocolate-covered pretzel.

"What?" she asks. "We need to eat!"

Check out the photo galleries for a look at the students' activities and projects! Later in the day, the students performed music and plays as part of the drama program. Check back for video as soon as we get it from our friends at Wareham Community Television!