Flower Hill Science Fair is Wonderful
The Flower Hill Primary School Science Fair drew dozens of entries and a large turnout of parents and families members to an evening display of the projects. Principal Marlon Small beamed as visitors to the fair went from project-to-project to view the students' work, which took many hours to research and create.
"Our students learned more about the scientific process and how to conduct research," Mr. Small said. "The projects were wonderful." The first place finishers at each respective grade level are eligible to advance to the Brookhaven National Lab's spring science fair.
Each class in the school completed a joint project for the fair and many individual students also submitted projects. A panel of judges reviewed all entries and awarded first, second and third place to projects on each grade level.
Parents were intrigued with the projects and proud, too. "They were all quite impressive," one mom said.
This year's honorees include:
Kindergarten
1st place - Tesss Markotsis: How high can I drop an egg?;
Ethan Mortensen: Raw egg and vinegar.
2nd place - Andrea Wilson
3rd place - Zoe Sakellaropoulos
First grade
1st place - Keira Coulter: What causes erosion?
2nd place - Thomas Girimonti
3rd place - Kornel Toth
Second grade
1st place - Riley Ackerman: Wool you wash me?
2nd place - Jaden Argaman
3rd place - Kayla Fives
Third grade
1st place - Ryan Porzio: Will a ball bounce higher when dropped from a greater height?
2nd place - Theadora Carnesi
3rd place - Sabeena Ali
4th grade
1st Place - Devlin Starr: Which lubricant when placed on a wood block will go the fastest?
2nd place - Kyle Dunn
3rd place- Danielle Brite