Division winners announces for Glassboro School's District Science Fair
GLASSBORO - Glassboro School District announced the winners of its 2015-16 Science Fair on April 21.
Division 1 (Grades Kindergarten - 1)
An interest in playing with circuits and reading about electricity led first-grader Jason Lund to experiment with energy sources that did not use fossil fuels. Lund captured 1st place in Division 1 with his project, Fruit Power, which produced power using fruit and potatoes and analyzed the charges produced by using multiple fruits connected by wire.
Other Division 1 winners included:
- 2nd place - Christopher Johnson, Absorbing the Rainbow
- 3rd place - Karla Jardine, How Does a Cut Stop Bleeding?
- Honorable Mention - Ellie Whitaker, Can Plants Find Light?
Division II (Grades 2 - 3)
The team of third-graders Danny Adams, Ryan Madgey, and Colin Riley and kindergartener Dylan Adams won 1st place in Division II with their project, Great Egg-Spectations. The experiment tested which "packaging" kept an egg from cracking when it was dropped. They found that various light weight, cushiony packing materials worked better than heavy or non-cushiony materials.
Other Division II winners included:
- 2nd place - Megan Tamburello, Lights, Colors, Plants
- 3rd place - Adam Fitzgerald, Mercury Rising
- Honorable Mention - Andrew Taylor, Plants vs. Pets: How to Defend Your Home Naturally
Division III (Grades 4 - 6)
Sixth-grader Anna Holland separated the colored dye in candy for her 1st place, Division III project, Color Chromatography with Candy.
Other Division III winners included:
- 2nd place - Julissa Diaz and Bella Profico, Strawberries: Hot or Not?
- 3dr place - Elijah Whitaker, Does It Matter How Long You Wash Your Hands?
- Honorable Mention - Sophia Lund and Alyssa Riley, Think Fast.
Division IV (Grades 7 - 8)
Division IV winner, seventh-grader Mayooran Mohanakanthan experimented with regrowing food from kitchen scraps of his project, What Plants Regrow from Kitchen Scraps? He was particularly successful at regrowing romaine lettuce.
Other Division IV winners included:
- 2nd place - Alyiscia Henry and Ruby Kelly Keifer, Rube Goldberg Machine - Buttons and Bells
- 3rd place - Quadir Roland and Brandon Stahl, How Much Iron Can We Extract from Food?
- Honorable Mention - Mason Fiedler and Matthew Pajak, The Effects of Videogames on the Body.
Division V (Grades 9 - 12)
Erin Finley, a 10th grader, captured 1st place in Division with her "crime-scene" analysis, A Bloody Mess. Finley soaked sponges in a fake blood solution and placed them on a paper background. She then analyzed whether the splatter caused by the impact of objects (a hammer, an axe, etc.) on the sponge could identify the site of impact.
Other Division V winners included:
- 2nd place - Busra Gocmez, Joey Heaton, Alizsa Johnson and Savannah Markert, Water to Fuel to Water
- 3rd place - JaZahn Hicks, Optical Illusions
- Honorable Mention - Jessica Burke, Brianna Fiorentino and Treron McBride, How Fast Can You Talk with Accuracy?
Science fair sponsors: Pete Calvo, Glassboro Board of Education president; Glassboro School District superintendent Mark Silverstein; Liscio's and Zallie's ShopRite.
Judges: George A. Armstrong, Dottie Clay, Joseph Herrschaft, Janet Holdcraft, Leo McCabe, Mayor of Glassboro, Barbara Moore, Barbara Morella, Alan Norton, Walter Quint and Harry Walker.
Science Fair Committee:
Denise Barr, co-facilitator and Glassboro Intermediate School teacher; James Moore, co-facilitator and Glassboro High School teacher; Shannon Batten, Glassboro Intermediate School teacher; Kara Belmonte Thomas E. Bowe School teacher; Stephanie Bernstiel, Dorothy L. Bullock School teacher; Jennifer DiLorenzo, Thomas E. Bowe School teacher; Steve Hempel, Glassboro School District literacy coach; Lacy Lupi, Thomas E. Bowe School teacher; Patricia Kately, J. Harvey Rodgers School teacher; Lisa Montana, Glassboro Intermediate School teacher; Susan Powers, Glassboro High School teacher; Dennis Scheuer, Glassboro High School teacher; Reiner Schmidt, Glassboro High School teacher; Danielle Sochor, Glassboro School District chief academic officer.
This item submitted by the Glassboro School District.