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Grade Student Project Title School
Kindergarten
Winner John Carlisi Do All Spiders Spin the Same Web? Ridge Elementary School
Honorable Mention Andrew Calabria How Do You Eat an Oreo Cookie? Gatelot Ave. Elementary School
Honorable Mention Jessica Miano Different Kind of Apples have Different Kind of Seeds Grundy Ave. School
Honorable Mention Domenico Rastello How a Ball Bounces Sunrise Drive Elementary
Honorable Mention Gianna Rizzo Which Food Does a Bird Prefer in a LI Backyard? Frank J. Carasiti Elementary
Honorable Mention Garrett Schilling Organic vs. Non-Organic Bellerose Ave. Elementary
Honorable Mention Alexis Spense Pearly Whites Brookhaven Elementary
Honorable Mention Amanda Suchy Nail Polish St. James Elementary
Honorable Mention Mrs. Svercel's Class Is this Fruit Really Healthy? East Kindergarten Center
First Grade
Winner Bridget Pickford Whose Mouth is Cleaner - A Dog's or a Human's Fort Salonga Elementary
Honorable Mention Maxwell Aftell Do All Types of Water Freeze the Same? Pulaski Road Elementary
Honorable Mention Emma Albert Is Your Dog a Southpaw? East Quogue Elementary
Honorable Mention Aston Arbus Landscape Shape Verne W. Critz
Honorable Mention Dakota Di Tosti How Does a Microwave Affect Plant Growth? Tremont Elementary
Honorable Mention Ian Limjoco Get that Parachute in Shape Tremont Elementary
Honorable Mention Catherine Madden Do All Birds Eat the Same Food? Ocean Avenue Elementary
Honorable Mention Destiny Martin Bubble Trouble Prince of Peace Regional
Honorable Mention Darryl Ronald Porter, Jr. We All Scream for Ice Cream Grundy Avenue
Honorable Mention Megan Renosco Different Shape Ice - Which Will Last the Longest West Middle Island Elementary
Honorable Mention Ciara Tobin Which One of Three Birdfoods is Most Popular? Riley Avenue Elementary
Honorable Mention Emma Worthington Pocket Change Kreamer Street Elementary
Second Grade
Winner Cassie Rodichok Do Plants Breathe? St. James Elementary School
Honorable Mention Jacqueline Alongi Which Lotion Will Keep Your Skin Moist? Ft. Salonga
Honorable Mention Andrew Becvar The Wii Video Game Exercise Experiment Parliament Place
Honorable Mention Steven Kelly Can Guinea Pig Poop Help Plants Grow? Ridge Elementary
Honorable Mention Zoe Perles I Demand Faster Pasta Bellrose Avenue
Honorable Mention Alan Smith Jr. Magnetic Attraction Boyle Road
Honorable Mention Elyse Sutton Name Brands vs. Store Brands Lynwood Avenue
Honorable Mention Julia Talamini The Wet Dash Science Project South Street School
Honorable Mention Emily Zeblisky A Rising Question Pulaski Road
Third Grade
Winner Heather Jerome One Grain at a Time Norwood Avenue
Honorable Mention Sarah Connor Best Way to Clean Bird Feathers Ocean Avenue
Honorable Mention Jenna Haines Hot/Cold Worm Buffet Raynor Country
Honorable Mention Beth, Sarah, and Emma Hillman 3, 2, 1...Crash- Don't Talk and Drive Connetquot Elementary
Honorable Mention Christopher Kelly Which Battery Last Longer? Ridge Elementary
Honorable Mention Skyler & Sierra Lattuca What's the Dirt on Soap? West Middle Island Elementary
Honorable Mention Christy Sackett Salt of the Earth Emmanuel Lutheran
Honorable Mention Margaret Terry Dinning With Birds Our Lady of the Hamptons
Honorable Mention Vincent Uzzi Boomer-Angle Miller Avenue Elementary
Fourth Grade
Winner Ben Schorn Super Science Skateboard Trick Dickinson Avenue
Honorable Mention Ryan Brennan Is Your Horse Lefty or Righty? Sycamore Avenue
Honorable Mention Jarrett Dichter Can Martians Invade Earth? West Gates Avenue
Honorable Mention Aidan Dwyer Is there a Best Fin Design? Ocean Avenue
Honorable Mention Kevin Esposito Marshmallow Attack Sunrise Dr. Elementary
Honorable Mention Tyler Gaudet Ice Hockey Players Speed Shot Bretton Woods Elementary
Honorable Mention Jillian Lento Flickering Flames Frank P. Long
Honorable Mention Michael Mistretta The Effect of Temperature on Baseball Bounce Fifth Avenue Elementary
Honorable Mention Robert Moran The Wii and My Heart RJO Intermediate
Honorable Mention Michael Nyman Testing Fish Ladders for Anadromous Fish Cherry Avenue
Honorable Mention Jonathan Rizzi Magnetic Transportation Hiawatha Elementary
Honorable Mention Bobby Torres Carbon Dioxide Miller Avenue
Fifth Grade
Winner  Sott Massa Hit, Tilt and Roll Burr Intermediate
Honorable Mention Haley Alix Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover Boyle Road Elementary
Honorable Mention Emily Bellino This Sounds Fishy Cayuga Elementary
Honorable Mention Theresa Bender Are Right Handed or Left Handed People Better with Their Non-dominant Hand? Miller Avenue
Honorable Mention Jordan Gurian Magnetic Attraction RJO Intermediate
Honorable Mention Eric Harris Kicking Under Pressure Bayview School
Honorable Mention Andrea O'Brisky Up in Smoke Burr Intermediate
Honorable Mention Baron O'Callaham Planters Peanuts Challenge John F. Kennedy Elementary School
Honorable Mention Amy Methvan Squeaky Clean Pulaski Street
Sixth Grade
Winner Michael D'Agati Nanowire Bridges North Country Road Middle School
Honorable Mention Kory Cassara Can Undrinkable Water Be Made Drinkable? Dayton Ave.
Honorable Mention Benjamin Granger Lightening Ball- Does the Grip of a Baseball Effect the Speed? John F. Kennedy Elementary School
Honorable Mention Ryan Hennessy Finding Your Center of Gravity Elwood Middle School
Honorable Mention Katlyn McKissick Burn it Up Pulaski Street
Honorable Mention Shannon Reahl Take Your Heart on a Thrill Ride Heart Pumper West Babylon Junior High

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