Melrose Science Fair
The Melrose School hosted its annual Science Fair on Monday, March 30. This year highlighted the hard work and ingenuity of students from fourth, sixth, and seventh grades who prepared reports, display boards, and presentations.
Evaluating the projects were Doug Bartel, a physics and earth science teacher at John Jay High School in Katonah, NY, for 30 years and manager of a science research program; Leslie Dick, a Melrose board member whose background includes research and biology; Marty Kochanov, Melrose’s eighth grade science teacher, who taught biology, chemistry, and physical science for 35 years at John Jay High School; and Aarti Thakur, a Melrose parent whose background is in mathematics and computers.
The judges selected eight students to enter their projects in the Tri-County Science and Technology Fair at White Plains High School on April 25. The students and their projects included:
Grade 4
Michael Ambrosio To Grow or Not to Grow
Jacob Engelbrecht Sink or Swim?
Grade 6
Alexandra Ambrosio Corrosiveness of Drinks
Grade 7
Jessica Cowle Halitosis Hotel
Michael Hudak Seeds on the Move
Rachel Lynch To Float or Not to Float?
Gaurav Thakur The Human Heart-Life
Asa Westerdale. The Tensile Strength of Common Household Items
Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester counties send students from kindergarten through grade 12 to participate in the Tri-County Science and Technology Fair. This year, professional scientists judged 225 exhibits. Categories included biology, chemistry, earth/space, environment, engineering/technology, health/medicine, math/computers, physics, and psychology.
The Melrose School is proud to announce the following Tri-County Science and Technology Fair winners:
Michael Ambrosio Outstanding Award/Blue Ribbon Biology
Jacob Engelbrecht Outstanding Award/Blue Ribbon Physics
Asa Westerdale Third Place, Middle School Physics
Congratulations to all the hard-working science students and their teachers at The Melrose School!
