part in annual science fair on campus
Nearly 900 New Haven students will showcase their scientific knowledge via projects they've created at the 13th annual Olin-Yale-Bayer-New Haven Public Schools Science Fair being held Tuesday-Wednesday, March 13-14, in Yale Commons dining hall.
This year's fair has attracted more students than ever before, say the event's organizers, along with an unprecedented level of support from the community.
Forty Yale students and faculty were among the 65 mentors who have been advising the young scientists, and 48 of the 120 judges who will evaluate the projects are Yale affiliates.
Mentors go into the public schools to work with students at least once a week -- more frequently nearer the time of the fair. This year's Yale mentors include 25 graduate students, three undergraduates, five postdoctoral fellows, five faculty members and two research scientists.
Jenica Nelan, a postdoctoral associate in astronomy, has been assisting Edwin Pabon of Hyde Leadership School in his study of solar flares, using a solar scope set up in the parking lot of the high school. Chemistry graduate student Danielle Guarracino is mentoring Danielle Struble of Career High School, and helping her with a study of the bacteria found on organic lettuce. Justin Cotney, an experimental pathology graduate student at the School of Medicine, is working with Sully Colon and Katherine Nichols Botto, students at High School in the Community, to explore the effect of spices on the growth of bacteria.
Other projects being shaped under the guidance of Yale mentors include a study of how the saltiness of water impacts the survival of mosquitoes, and research on the effect of mass on the velocity of a hovercraft powered by a leaf blower. Students will demonstrate the latter device at the fair.
More than 8,000 students, from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, participated in preliminary competitions at their schools, and the winners of those contests were invited to exhibit at Yale.
The exhibits will be judged on the morning of March 13. Parents and friends can visit noon-6 p.m. on Tuesday, and 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. There will be an awards ceremony, which is open to the public, 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday in Woolsey Hall, corner of College and Grove streets.
The New Haven Science Fair, which began in 1995 with participation by seven schools, has expanded to include almost all of the schools in the New Haven Public Schools. The goal of the Science Fair is to work with children and teachers at all grade levels, helping them carry out investigative, hands-on projects in order to promote skills in critical thinking, the scientific process, technology and communication.
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