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36 students take part in 2008 science fair For more photos from the John Jay Middle School science fair, click here. All photos courtesy science teacher Zach Miller. The projects ranged from engineering to biology, exploring topics as diverse as the environmental effects of paintball to the life cycle of the monarch butterfly to violin-related injuries. Last Wednesday, March 5, about 36 students from the sixth, seventh and eighth grades gathered in the John Jay Middle School dining room to display the products of their work at the 25th Annual John Jay Middle School Science Fair. “The quality of the student work was exceptional,” said district Director of Science Vincent Bell in a release. “The effort and thoroughness of the research was impressive, and the oral presentations showed confidence and a depth of understanding of each topic.”
In the seventh and eighth grades, three students were honored as having “outstanding” projects, and three more were given honorable mention. In the seventh grade, the projects by Dennis Devey, Daniel Fulop and Nick Ross were named as outstanding, while Matthew Herman, Dan McLaughlin and Brandon Lee were given honorable mention. In the eighth grade, the outstanding projects were created by Peter Baron, Joyce Pogge and Brian Porco, with Tal Cohen-Weinberg, Michael Rosenthal and Brennan Spellacy received honorable mention. All of the students whose projects were named as outstanding will go on to the Tri-County Science Fair, which is scheduled for Saturday, April 12, at John F. Kennedy High School in Somers. In addition to the primary awards, two special awards were presented. The middle school PTO presented its annual three-year participation award to students that have taken part in the science fair for all three years of middle school. This year, the award went to Peter Baron, Elyssa Kohlhagen, Trevor Lovitz, Joyce Pogge and Brennan Spellacy. A new award for 2008, the environmental award, was presented by the Lewisboro Land Trust. This award, given to students “whose projects are outstanding and offer an appreciation for nature, beauty and the fragility of our planet,” was given to seventh grade students Daniel Fulop, Nick Ross and Spencer Schell, and eighth grade student Tal Cohen-Weinberg. This is a list of all of the projects presented at this year’s science fair:
Sixth grade Dylan Citron:
Why Does Clay Harden When It Is Heated?Erin Cryan: How Does An Airplane Fly? Seth Feder and Jason Fiammetta: Physics of Pitching Jacob Goldstein: Where Will the Gecko Go? Theo Kuhn and Will Jagels: Laptop Lab Philip Levens: You, Your Body and Drugs Katherine Lipinski: Which Liquid Will Freeze Faster: Coca Cola, Salt Water or Hydrogen Peroxide? Sarah Misiano: Colder Than Freezing Caroline Peterson and Elizabeth Brozski: Izzy, Fizzy, Flowers
Seventh grade Leah Colleluori:
A Round of Applause for PavlovElizabeth Cooper: When Faced with Taste Dennis Devey: Magnetic Levitation Trains Joseph Fong: Injuries Resulting from Playing the violin Daniel Fulop: Go Natural? Emma Harckham: The Effect of Global Warming on Polar Bears Matthew Herman: Water Purification Brandon Lee: Oil Crisis: Is There A Solution? Jonathan Martin-Rollins: Is What You Do Right for You? Dan McLaughlin: How Things Burn Andrew Moreau: Hi, Colonel Unpopped Nick Ross: Windmill Generator Experiment Spencer Schell: The Venom That Packs A Punch Rory Siegel: Does Tempo Have A Reflex? Sophia Wolbrom: The “Look”
Eighth grade Peter Baron:
Paintball, Sport Destroying the EnvironmentTal Cohen-Weinberg: The Life Cycle of A Monarch Butterfly Julia Dwight: Moving Plates Elyssa Kohlhagen: Something Fishy Trevor Lovitz: Color Mind Joyce Pogge: The Immediacy of Recording and Accuracy of Recall of Dreams Brian Porco: Wii-mote Smartboard Michael Rosenthal: The Homemade Battery Brennan Spellacy: Off Roading © Copyright 2008 by Hersam Acorn Newspapers |
