Seventh- and eighth-grade students at Lincoln Orens Middle School in Island Park participated in the school's 14th Annual Science Fair last Wednesday. Students created close to 100 experiments, ranging from testing different types of fertilizer to analyzing the diet of an earthworm. Students, led by seventh-grade science teacher Sheryl Waxberg and eighth-grade science teacher Phillip DeSantis, welcomed family and friends to the Lincoln Orens gym to view their experiments.
Twenty projects — ten by seventh graders and ten by eighth graders — were selected as 2009 Science Fair Award Winners.
2009 Science Fair Award Winners
GRADE 7
Mrs. Sheryl Waxberg
1. Andrew Feminella
What Works Better:
Hand Sanitizer or Soap?
2. Jessica Skripko
Is a Homemade Red Cabbage Indicator as Accurate as Litmus Paper?
3. Emily Wirtz and Colleen Cody
Color Chromatography: Which Color Moves the Quickest on Filter Paper?
4. Salvatore Giorlando and
Michael Finn
Which is More Accurate a Catapult or a Trebuchet?
5. George Coronel
The Effect of Air and Surface Medium on the Hovercraft
6. Angelique Maselli and
Jamie Davies
Feeding Earthworms: How do Different Diets Affect Earthworms?
7. Jonathan Kappel and
John Langdon
Which Ball Will Go the Farthest When Launched From a Catapult?
8. Richard Mauritsen and
John Aleman
Which Light Bulb Will Evaporate the Most Water?
9. Nicholas Freund and
Brendan Elefante
Does Temperature Affect Crystal Growth?
10. Dylan Ziminski
Determining the Strength of Van der Waal’s Forces.
GRADE 8
Mr. Phillip DeSantis
1. Daniel Sarnelli and
Regina Gonzalez
Which Painkiller Dissolves Fastest in Simulated Gastric Fluid?
2. Meg O’ Brien
What Kills Bacteria More Effectively?
3. Nicole Cody and Jessica Amiel
The Stroop Effect
4. David Coronel and
Marcos Castano
Knee Bending and Patellar Tendon Strain
5. Lawrence Balsamo and
Damian Weber
Does Dog Saliva Kill Bacteria?
6. Danielle Cibrano and
Kristi Elefante
Which Substance is a Better
Fertilizer for Plants?
7. Alexander Lebedev
Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions - What Affects Their Rates?
8. Brandon May
Making an Energy Source from Fruits and Vegetables.
9. Aimen Matmati
Which Type of Plastic Makes a Hovercraft Work Better?
10. Michael Saggio and Nicholas Savarese
Which Household Electric Device Uses the Most Energy and Costs the Most Money?