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From left, judges Guy Herman and Sarah Saleh learn about Anna Ivanov’s experiment on the efficiency of hybrid transportation for which she employed a remote-controlled Lego car.
Seniors Tim Khuu and Jack Knowles speak with judge Judy Ockene about their project on compostable straws. Their project won a prize from the Harvard Conservation Commission for explaining how the straws break down.
Sophmores Conor (left) and Liam (center) Glew discuss with judge Kim Manning their findings about how the amount of water affects the rise, and thus the crumb of homemade bread.
Ayden Hill and Josiah Laperriere trouble shoot a problem with their vacuum-powered car.
Kennedy Dylewicz and Sophia Rapinski deomonstrate how their homemade water wheel works.
Senior Darren Quek present results to judge Mark Goulet on the first-place project on the chemistry of smells that he completed with Margaret Reitman (not shown).
Junior Jack Dunn (left) answers questions on his experimental physiology porject, “Sleep Science: Scarce and Significant” to Lions Club judges (from let) Joerg Hermans, Sue Reedich, and Doug Williams.
Senior Leo Sullivan is the winner of the best-in-show blue rosette for his project on electrostatic ion propulsion. (Courtesy photo)
Eighth-grader Ibrahim ShaIbrahim Shabra, discusses his project “Is Small-Scale Desalination Viable?”
Juniors Maya Ivanov (left) and Nina Iverson pose by thier poster. They caught the fancy of the Harvard Climate Initiative Committee, winning that group’s award with their project on homemade solar cells.
Josh Clark listens as Conall Muñoz explains how he protected his family from his singing. Muñoz did lots of singing in the past month in preparation for his role as Fagin in last week’s production of “Oliver!”
What if we could pollinate plants without bees? Micelle Xu and Emma Nguyen explored pollinating blooms with a robot. From left, Nyguyen, Jim Wiilber, John Bielfeld, Xu, and Bill Principe.
Bringing the scientific method to the nation’s favorite pastime, a group of a juniors present results of a robotic umpire employing a camera to validate pitches. From left judges Travis Wade and Jen Arner Welsh, and students Andrew Brown, Isaac Xu, and Vance Petrossi.
Cate Foley (center) and her project partner Luisa Nurlat (right) looked at the practical challenge of creating a hand warmer that biodegrades.
