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VIDEO: Lincoln Students Get Testy at the School’s First Science Fair
Over 100 students were involved in the Leap Day event, making the school's science fair experiment a success.
The inaugural Lincoln School Science Fair was one of five fairs to be held throughout the district in the past weeks. The Feb. 29 event featured 58 projects put together by over 100 students in grades K-5. Students tested catapults, airplanes, fire and water (and much, much, more), working independently or in teams to answer some of life’s most compelling questions.
Projects were scored on the students’ use of the scientific method, their grasp of the science behind the experiments, their artistic displays and their knowledgeable presentations.
The following students were recognized for their outstanding work:
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1st Place
Mackenzie Moreschi (5th Grade), “What peanut butter has the most oil?”
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2nd Place
Eamonn Burke (5th Grade), “What are the ideal conditions for cloning cabbages?”
Mia Catalini and Ann Sofie Nilsson (5th Grade), “Why and how does mold grow?”
3rd Place
Aidan Sullivan (2nd Grade), “How can a paper airplane’s wing span affect how far it can fly?”
Owen and Maxwell Hurlbut-Lesk (3rd, 1st Grades), “Team Plant Science”
Ally and Zach Maguire (2nd, 5th Grades), “Which fruit has the most vitamin C?”
Honorable Mention
Abigail Clarke, Clara Martin, Lydia Steger-Wilson (4th Grade), “Bubble Wizards”
Liam Maher and Matthew Schwarze (2nd Grade), “Does a hockey puck travel farther or faster at different temperatures?”
Eli Champoux and Noah Meade-Kelly (3rd Grade), “What happens if you leave a carrot in different household liquids over time?”
Erin Doherty, Yasmeen Fuentes, and Elizabeth Grave (2nd Grade), “Do balls with different air pressure bounce higher or lower?”
Watch the video above to view a slideshow of the event.
