**2008 Elementary Science Fair Results**

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  **Grade**          **Student**       **Project**           **School**

  **Kindergarten**                                           

  Winner             John Carlisi      Do All Spiders Spin   Ridge Elementary
                                       the Same Web?         

  Honorable Mention  Andrew Calabria   How Do You Eat an     Gatelot Ave.
                                       Oreo Cookie?          Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Jessica Miano     Different Kind of     Grundy Ave.
                                       Apples have Different School
                                       Kind of Seeds         

  Honorable Mention  Domenico Rastello How a Ball Bounces?   Sunrise Drive
                                                             Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Gianna Rizzo      Which Food Does a     Frank J. Carasiti
                                       Bird Prefer in a LI   Elementary
                                       Backyard?             

  Honorable Mention  Garrett Schilling Organic vs.           Bellerose Ave.
                                       Non-Organic           Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Alexis Spense     Pearly Whites         Brookhaven
                                                             Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Amanda Suchy      Nail Polish           St. James
                                                             Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Mrs. Svercel's    Is this Fruit Really  East Kindergarten
                     Class             Healthy?              Center

                                                             

                                                             

                                                             

  **1^st^ grade**                                            

  Winner             Bridget Pickford  Whose Mouth is        Fort Salonga
                                       Cleaner -- A Dog's or Elementary
                                       a Human's?            

  Honorable Mention  Maxwell Aftell    Do All Types of Water Pulaski Road
                                       Freeze the Same?      Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Emma Albert       Is Your Dog a         East Quogue
                                       Southpaw?             Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Ashton Arbus      Landscape Shape       Verne W. Critz

  Honorable Mention  Dakota Di Tosti   How Does a Microwave  Tremont
                                       Affect Plant Growth?  Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Ian Limjoco       Get that Parachute in Tremont
                                       Shape                 Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Catherine Madden  Do All Birds Eat the  Ocean Avenue
                                       Same Food?            

  Honorable Mention  Destiny Martin    Bubble Trouble        Prince of Peace
                                                             Regional

  Honorable Mention  Darryl Ronald     We All Scream For Ice Grundy Avenue
                     Porter, Jr.       Cream                 

  Honorable Mention  Megan Renosco     Different Shape       West Middle
                                       Ice-Which Will Last   Island
                                       the Longest?          

  Honorable Mention  Ciara Tobin       Which One of Three    Riley Avenue
                                       Birdfoods is Most     
                                       Popular?              

  Honorable Mention  Emma Worthington  Pocket Change         Kreamer Street

                                                             

                                                             

  **2^nd^ Grade**                                            

  Winner             Cassie Rodichok   Do Plants Breathe?    St. James
                                                             Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Jacqueline Alongi Which Lotion Will     Ft. Salonga
                                       Keep Your Skin Moist? 

  Honorable Mention  Andrew Becvar     The Wii Video Game    Parliament Place
                                       Exercise Experiment   

  Honorable Mention  Steven Kelly      Can Guinea Pig Poop   Ridge Elementary
                                       Help Plants Grow?     

  Honorable Mention  Zoe Perles        I Demand Faster Pasta Bellerose Avenue

  Honorable Mention  Alan Smith Jr.    Magnetic Attraction   Boyle Road

  Honorable Mention  Elyse Sutton      Name Brands vs. Store Lynwood Avenue
                                       Brands                

  Honorable Mention  Julia Talamini    The Wet Dash Science  South Street
                                       Project               School

  Honorable Mention  Emily Zeblisky    A Rising Question     Pulaski Road

                                                             

  **3^rd^ Grade**                                            

  Winner             Heather Jerome    One Grain at a Time   Norwood Avenue

  Honorable Mention  Sarah Connor      Best Way to Clean     Ocean Avenue
                                       Bird Feathers         

  Honorable Mention  Jenna Haines      Hot/Cold Worm Buffet  Raynor Country

  Honorable Mention  Beth ,Sarah, and  3,2,1...Crash-Don't   Connetquot
                     Emma Hillman      Talk and Drive        Elementary

                                                             

  Honorable Mention  Christopher Kelly Which Battery Last    Ridge Elementary
                                       Longer?               

  Honorable Mention  Skyler & Sierra   What's the Dirt on    West Middle
                     Lattuca           Soap?                 Island

  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

                                                             

  **4^th^ Grade**                                            

  Winner             Ben Schorn        Super Science         Dickinson Avenue
                                       Skateboard Trick      

  Honorable Mention  Ryan Brennan      Is Your Horse Lefty   Sycamore Avenue
                                       or Righty?            

  Honorable Mention  Jarrett Dichter   Can Martians Invade   West Gates Avenue
                                       Earth?                

  Honorable Mention  Aidan Dwyer       Is there a Best Fin   Ocean Avenue
                                       Design?               

  Honorable Mention  Kevin Esposito    Marshmallow Attack    Sunrise Dr.
                                                             Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Tyler Gaudet      Ice Hockey Players    Bretton Woods
                                       Speed Shot            Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Jillian Lento     Flickering Flames     Frank P. Long

  Honorable Mention  Michael Mistretta The Effect of         Fifth Avenue
                                       Temperature on        Elementary
                                       Baseball Bounce       

  Honorable Mention  Robert Moran      The Wii and My Heart  RJO Intermediate

  Honorable Mention  Michael Nyman     Testing Fish Ladders  Cherry Avenue
                                       for Anadromous Fish   

  Honorable Mention  Jonathan Rizzi    Magnetic              Hiawatha
                                       Transportation        Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Bobbie Torres     Carbon Dioxide        Miller Avenue

                                                             

  **5^th^ Grade**                                            

  Winner             Scott Massa       Hit, Tilt and Roll    Burr Intermediate

  Honorable Mention  Haley Alix        Don't Judge a Book By Boyle Road
                                       its Cover             

  Honorable Mention  Emily Bellino     This Sounds Fishy     Cayuga Elementary

  Honorable Mention  Theresa Bender    Are Right Handed or   Miller Avenue
                                       Left Handed People    
                                       Better with Their     
                                       Non-dominant Hand?    

  Honorable Mention  Jordan Gurian     Magnetic Attraction   RJO Intermediate

  Honorable Mention  Eric Harris       Kicking Under         Bayview School
                                       Pressure              

  Honorable Mention  Andrea O'Brisky   Up in Smoke           Burr Intermediate

  Honorable Mention  Baron O'Callaham  Planters Peanuts      JFK Elementary
                                       Challenge             

  Honorable Mention  Amy Methvan       Squeaky Clean         Pulaski Street

                                                             

  **6^th^ Grade**                                            

  Winner             Michael D'Agati   Nanowire Bridges      Laddie A. Decker

  Honorable Mention  Kory Cassara      Can Undrinkable Water Dayton Ave.
                                       be Made Drinkable?    

  Honorable Mention  Benjamin Granger  Lightening Ball-Does  John F. Kennedy
                                       the Grip of a         Elementary
                                       Baseball Effect the   
                                       Speed?                

  Honorable Mention  Ryan Hennessy     Finding Your Center   Elwood Middle
                                       of Gravity            School

  Honorable Mention  Katlyn McKissick  Burn it Up            Pulaski Street

  Honorable Mention  Shannon Reahl     Take Your Heart on a  West Babylon
                                       Thrill Ride Heart     Junior High
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