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Grade Student Project Title School
Kindergarten
Winner Olivia Paquet Do Different Apples Have the Same Number of Seeds? Pulaski Road Elementary School
Honorable Mention Jennifer Atkins Flour Power Waverly Avenue School
Honorable Mention Kayla DePaoli How Many Dunks Can You Get Out Of A Chocolate Chip Cookie? Grundy Avenue School
Honorable Mention Mrs Gallagher’s Class Do Plants Like Breakfast? Charles E. Walters Elementary School
Honorable Mention Jacob Hug How Long Do Bananas Last? Bretton Woods Elementary School
Honorable Mention Marielle Jankowski Sweet Lick Kreamer Street Elementary School
Honorable Mention Steven Kelly Which Sunlight is Best? Ridge Elementary School
Honorable Mention Christopher Reel What is the best way to melt winter ice? Bellerose Avenue Elementary School
Honorable Mention Shannon Roder The Color Challenge Norwood Avenue Elementary School
First Grade
Winner Julia Tuohy 3, 2, 1... Lift Off Terryville School
Honorable Mention Cullen Armstrong Magnets... the Hot and Cold of It Bretton Woods
Honorable Mention Sarin Baldante and Leigh Ann Gensch Right Side / Left Side Lincoln Avenue
Honorable Mention Eve Calabria Crazy Cookies Gatelot Avenue
Honorable Mention Jenna Haines Water and Worms at Work Raynor Country Day School
Honorable Mention Sarah, Emma, and Beth Hillman How Many Balloons Will Lift Up a Person Connetquot Avenue
Honorable Mention Emara McLaughlin Are you Left Footed or Right Footed? Fort Salonga Elementary School
Honorable Mention Tyler Machado How About Some Ice Cream? Waverly Avenue Elementary School
Honorable Mention Madison Moran The Fastest Way to Evaporate Water Out of Playdough Grundy Avenue School
Honorable Mention Peter and Joseph Recchia Pinewood Derby Challenge Fifth Avenue Elementary School
Second Grade
Winner Aidan Dwyer Best Parachute Ocean Avenue
Honorable Mention Matthew Grace Can You Protect My Egg? Nokomis Elementary School
Honorable Mention Joseph Leun What is the Best Material to Put Under a Jungle Gym? Bretton Woods
Honorable Mention Fiona Miles Which Material Absorbs the Most Water? Riverhead Charter School
Honorable Mention Dylan Perles Wearing Your Food Bellerose Avenue Elementary School
Honorable Mention Caleb Richters Do You Weight for Speed? Coram Elementary School
Honorable Mention Tyler Ruggerio Friction, an Invisible Force Pines Elementary
Honorable Mention Samantha Santorelli How Soccer Ball Pressure Effects Distance Tamarac Elementary School
Honorable Mention Robert Stosch Asteroid Hitter 3000 Marion G. Vedder Elementary School
Third Grade
Winner Timothy Tan Colors Recognized Faith Academy
Honorable Mention Amy Methven Leaves Changing Colors Aquebogue School
Honorable Mention Christina Pedra How Do Growing Plants in Different Liquids Affect the Growing Rate? Verne W. Critz
Honorable Mention Casey Lepkowsky Flammability of Various Fabrics Pines Elementary
Honorable Mention Danielle Vitale What Material Works Best in a Sand Bag for Blocking Flood Waters The Laurel Hill School
Honorable Mention Matthew Naeher Safety "Eggspert" Parkview Elementary
Honorable Mention Sara Lenihan Who Has a Better Memory? Ridge Elementary
Honorable Mention Scott Massa Drag Racing Burr Intermediate
Honorable Mention Samantha Frosch, Alissa Glander, and Samantha Rifice Soccer Science Sycamore Avenue
Honorable Mention K-3 Special Educaton Group The Effect of Different Scents and Foods on Caterpillars Massera Learning Center
Fourth Grade
Winner Lilah Doris Bounce or No Bounce Dickinson Avenue Elementary School
Honorable Mention Tara Smith Don't Throw Your Money Out the Window JFK Elementary
Honorable Mention John Cahill Material that Affect Wireless Router Ranges Harbor Country Day School
Honorable Mention Steven Callis Watch Out! Lincoln Avenue
Honorable Mention Rebecca Schnell Come Here, Spot Tamarac Elementary School
Honorable Mention Noshin Khan Powerful Produce A.T. Morrow Elementary School
Honorable Mention Spenser Ochs Growing Bean Seeds into Amazing Bean Plants St. James Elementary School
Honorable Mention Sabrina Rose Mason How Is a Suspension Bridge Supported? East Quogue Elementary School
Honorable Mention Jayda Allen Effects of pH Levels in the Soil on Plant and Animal Life Lynwood Avenue Elementary School
Honorable Mention Angela Rocchio What Makes Bones Deteriorate Faster Tooker Avenue Elementary School
Fifth Grade
Winner  Peter Bruschi When I'm Winded Clinton Avenue Elementary School
Honorable Mention Jake Merhige Spoiled Soil Experiment Bretton Woods School
Honorable Mention Ryan Lupo Hot Spots Wenonah Elementary School
Honorable Mention Devin Dwyer What Makes Them Antsy? Ocean Avenue Elementary School
Honorable Mention Jamie Fink Measuring Wind Speed Using an Anemometer JFK School
Honorable Mention Timothy Wangenstein How Air Pressure Affects a Soccer Ball Helen B. Duffield Elementary School
Honorable Mention Joseph Ferriso Measuring Wind Deauville Gardens Elementary School
Honorable Mention Samuel Ross Can a Rhododendron Bush Tell the Temperature? Babylon Grade School
Honorable Mention Brenna Hyland Can Sun's Energy be Used to Purify Dirty Water? St. James Elementary School
Honorable Mention Brett Gehnrich How Does Your Garden Grow? West Side Elementary School
Sixth Grade
Winner Matthew Barnes The Effects of Black and White and Color Images on Short-Term Memory Dayton Avenue Elementary School
Honorable Mention Kaarina Hanington Pixelation Interpretation West Babylon Junior High School
Honorable Mention Brianna Fitzpatrick Do You Remember Our Savior New American School
Honorable Mention William Landman Does Yeast Cause a Banana to Decompose? John F. Kennedy Middle Schol
Honorable Mention Nora Goodman Does the Color of Roofing Shingles Affect the Air Temperature Inside a House? Homeschool Ed-Ventures
Honorable Mention Isabella Sanders Probability the Name, Yahtzee the Game Port Jefferson Middle School

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