Judge Patrick Sobalvarro listens as Phoebe Clark describes her prosthetic hand project.
Mark Schwiegershausen’s and Jonathan Stadler’s project dealt with titration.
Eighth-grader Benjamin Buchovecky explains his project on the economics of snow melting to judge Bill Berthoud. (Photo by Andrea D’Eramo).
Junior Nick Steele explains his project, “Solving Our Water Problems at Home,” to judge Pablo Hopman.
Henry Anderson (left) and Will Thompson (right) explain to David Rowatt their experiment that tested how the bumps on whales’ fins affects the whales’ movement through water.
As their shirts reflect, Lucia Richards (left) and Kaitlyn Ostrowski experimented with the mold rate of fresh homemade bread versus store-bought, white Wonder Bread.
Seventh-graders Holden Lee (left) and Jack Hunnewell experimented with how well water and other liquids conduct electricity.
Above: From left, Bella Kehoe, Gia McCabe, Tim Clark, and Olivia Kehoe discuss the eyesight testing they did using Gia’s pet Russian tortoise, Nugget.
Seven-year-old Russian tortoise Nugget didn’t seem to mind taking part in the science fair, nor was he camera shy.
From left: Lions Club judges Chris Landry, Hank Fitek, Rick Veltri, and Robert Fernandez listen as Max Trabulsi explains how he conducted his experiment, “How does background font and color on a screen affect users’ information retention?”
Melissa Mazzu holds a tomato plant watered only with Market Basket lemon juice. She studied the effect of pH on the growth and development of tomato plants. Her finding? Tomatoes like acidic soil best. (Photo by Andrea D’Eramo).
Meenu Ramakrishan and Shrey Kumar used this model car to demonstrate hydrogen as a power source.
Marley Ferguson (left) and Dharma Cooper display their experiment on the effects of different kinds of flour on cookies.
Judge Beth Williams listens as freshman Sierra Gomez discusses her psychology experiment, “The Effects of Color and First Impressions.” Want to impress? Think blue and ditch the black!
