Students Excel at Regional and Statewide Science Fairs

Several BB&N Middle School and Upper School students have been hard at work this spring competing in and advancing to statewide Science Fairs.

Elizabeth Wang '10 competed in the recent statewide Science Fair MIT, presenting her project, “Chance and the Human Genome,” as a poster. She was one of a number of second place award recipients, garnering a significant monetary award and statewide recognition.

“The objective of her project was to find out if the occurrence of the four bases of DNA is random in regions of the genome that do not code for proteins, the so-called ‘junk' DNA,” said Upper School Science Chair Leah Cataldo. “If the distribution is nonrandom, then the ‘junk DNA' might be important due to its preservation throughout evolution.”

Eighth Graders Ariel Flotte '11 and Caroline Leahy '11 participated in the Northeast Regional Science Fair held at UMASS Lowell. Flotte's project, “The Effect of Various Materials on the Bottom of Skate Guards on Friction,” won a Grand Prize for best overall project and a first place prize. Leahy won a second place prize for her project, “The Effect of Flat Iron Straightening Versus Blow Drying on the Tensile Strength of Hair.” Flotte and Leahy will be joined by Isobel MacLeish '11 as they advance to the Middle School State Science Fair, held on June 2 at Quinsigimond Community College.

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