Young Scientists Excel at Science & Engineering Fair
The fourth annual event featured a total of 99 projects presented by 141 students from Lawrence Intermediate School and Lawrence Middle School.
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Editor's Note: The following news brief was contributed by Lawrence Township Public Schools.
Held Feb. 23 at Lawrence Intermediate School (LIS), the 4th annual Lawrence Science & Engineering Fair hosted 99 projects presented by 141 LIS and Lawrence Middle School (LMS) students.
Awards were presented for each grade level.
Lawrence High School (LHS) STEM students mentored fair participants and provided hands-on demonstrations. Resources and financial support for the fair were provided by Lawrence Township Public Schools; PTOs from LIS, LMS, and LHS; and Rider University.
Demonstrations inspired students to explore ecology, chemistry, biology, engineering and electronics. The scientific principles covered included magnetism, micronutrients, thermoelectric cooling, hydrophobic/hydrophilic effects, strength of geometric designs and pollution.
A key fair component was a personal interview between the judge and the student. During the interview students were asked to relate their project’s inspiration and design and to highlight the scientific method.
You might say it takes a village to pull off such a big event.
Jessica Heller, LTPS enrichment teacher, coordinated things internally while dozens of parent volunteers organized and staffed the fair. LHS transition students designed and manufactured buttons that were distributed to all students.
Demonstrations were a true community partnership with tables from Rider University, The College of New Jersey, the LIS Robotics program, the LHS STEM Academy, NJ AmeriCorps Ambassadors from the Delaware River Basin and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association.
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Fourth Grade Winners |
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First Place |
Shiamak Kalwachwala & Adam Levinsky |
Cookie Wars: Butter vs. Applesauce and Butter vs. Greek Yogurt |
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Second Place |
Nicole Cadieu & Katherine Dorfman |
Can you Speed Up the Composting of Kitchen Scraps? |
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Third Place |
Eric Maest |
Which Evaporates Water Faster: High or Low Watt Bulbs? |
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Honorable Mention |
Daniel Lonarker |
Effect of Hull Form on Boat Speed |
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Honorable Mention |
Kaia Dyckman |
Petri Dish Death Match: Soap vs. Hand Sanitizer |
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Honorable Mention |
Manit Niwas |
Effect of Seed Size on Germination |
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Fifth Grade Winners |
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First Place |
Simon Cull |
Fat, Salt or Sweet? What Do Dogs Like to Eat? |
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Second Place |
Kiran Hiremath & Saloni Sharma |
Keep it Cool |
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Third Place |
Andrew Tziarriz-Over |
Electromagnets: What Effects Their Strength |
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Honorable Mention |
Aluen Tomat-Kelly |
Ghost Plant |
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Honorable Mention |
Disha Bharj & Riddhi Bharj |
Plant Growth in Different Environments |
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Honorable Mention |
Matthew Joseph |
Water Race |
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Sixth Grade Winners |
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First Place |
Matthew McChesney |
Underwater Adventure |
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Second Place |
Abhyan Jaikishen |
Seeing is Believing |
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Third Place |
Charlotte Bohra & Grace Dismukes |
Why Do Our Cookies Burn? |
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Honorable Mention |
Harshil Bhullar & Faraz Khan |
What is the Bacterial Content of Milk? |
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Honorable Mention |
Adeline Ripberger |
The Big Squeeze |
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Honorable Mention |
Teddy Masterson |
Pulling with Pulleys |
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Honorable Mention |
Anusha Aggarwal |
Battle of the Screens |
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Seventh Grade Winners |
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First Place |
Natasha Kalwachwala |
How Permanent are Permanent Markers? |
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Second Place |
Ryan & Dylan Morris |
Bridges Falling Down |
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Third Place |
Roja Vanaparthi |
Can you Taste the Difference? |
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Honorable Mention |
Catherine Chen & Sarah Chu |
Surface Tension and Salt Water |
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Honorable Mention |
Mrs. Zapata’s Class |
Get Your Heart Pumping |
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Eighth Grade Winners |
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First Place |
James Gow & Rohan Pahwa |
Intercellar and Intracellar = Cellular Communication |
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Second Place |
Anjali Agarwal |
Soiled Soil |
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Third Place |
Ritesh Dash & Kiran Aiyar |
SoundWaves |
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Honorable Mention |
Gwenyth Lavery |
Measuring Surface Tension of Water with a Penny |
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