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Poughkeepsie Day School Seventh and Eighth Grade Science Symposium March 19, 2004 Dining Room, Gilkeson Center 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Project Topics

Adamo, Juliet. The Effects of Runoff on Plant Germination and Growth.

Albinder, Marcus. The Effects of Miracle Gro and Tap Water on Plants.

Arnoff, Craig. Comparing Water Sources for Hardness.

Bottini, Race. Testing Drinking Water for Nitates, Chlorine, Lead, and E. coli.

Bottini, Brandon. The Effects of Miracle Gro and Tap Water on Bean Germination.

Bouchard-Gordon, Ilan. A Comparison of Different Sugars Dissolving in Water.

Buccelli, Kathryn and Alyssa Rinaldi. Residential Water Use Amongst the Population of Seventh and Eighth
Grade Students who attend Poughkeepsie Day School.

Burns, Martin. Evaporation Factors.

Churchill-Seder, Clare and Ella Davidson. Comparing Natural Filtration and Man-Made Filtration Systems.

Daub. Ariana. The Effects of Water Geology on the pH of a Pond, a Stream and a River.

Fabrico, Hillary and Sally Zak. The Effects of Nutrients and Salt on Elodea canadensis and Lemna minor.

FitzPatrick, Sean. Filtering Water with Sand, Charcoal and Pebbles.

Fordin Quesada, Hannah. The Effects of Three Cleaning Methods on Oiled Feathers.

Friedman, Ben. The Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Water Evaporation.

Greenspan, Trevor. The Effect of Salt Water on Erosion.

Guse, Matt. Water Retention of Different Soils.

Hasenflue, Larry. Comparison of pH, Conductivity, and Dissolved Oxygen in the Hudson River and Rondout Creek.

Heptinstall, Mimi and Talia Steiman. The Effects of Temperature on Catalase Enzymes. Hersey, Joncarl. The Difference Between Dry and Wet Deposition and Well and Snow Water. Hersey, Katina. Influence of Acid Rain on the Freezing Points of Water. Johnson, Haley. The Effects of Liquid Acid on Corroded Metal.

Kalish, Jordan. Influence of Acid Rain on the Freezing Points of Water.

Kasofsky, Lucy. Dissolved Oxygen and pH Tests in a Rhinebeck, NY Pond Ecosystem.

Klein, Benjamin. Electrosysis of Water at Various Voltages.

Klein, Joshua. Variable Effects on Surface Tension.

Kuras, Zak. A Comparison of the Inlet and Outlet to a Pond.

LaRossa, Sophia. The Chemical Nature of Hard Water and its Treatments.

Manger-Weil, Samara. The Effect of Acid Rain on Early Plant Growth.

Markay, Griffin. Distillation vs. Freezing for Desalinization.

McKeon, Isabella and Stephanie Milton. The Effects Tivoli North Bay has on Water from Stony Creek
Emptying into the Hudson River.

Moore. Luke. The Effects of Acid Rain on Germinating Plants.

Moss, Alex. Testing for Coliform Bacteria in Local Hudson Valley Water Samples.

Moulic, Elizabeth. The Effects of Hard and Soft Water on Plant Growth.

Murphy, Olivia. Effects of Pollution on Two Watersheds.

Murray, Lola. The Effect that Temperature has on the Formation of Snowflakes.

Novick-Finder, Jake. The pH and Conductivity Levels of Precipitation in Rhinebeck.

Palmer, Joy. A Comparison of Copper and Iron Levels in Filtered and Non Filtered Water.

Reynolds, Eliza. The Development of Freshwater Ponds over Time.

Roth-Katz, Jesse. Factors Affecting the Evaporation of Water.

Santner, Gabe and Bo Strauss. The Effects of Seasonal Change on Conductivity in Water from the Fallkill.

Santner, Isaac and Nathaniel Shelley-Reade. Conductivity and pH Testing North and South along the Hudson. Saxon, Tyler. Water Changes at Freezing Point. Scileppi, Luke. The Effect of Speed on the Falling Rate of Water while in Adhesion with a Newly Waxed Surface. Silliman, Lizzie. Comparison of pH and Alkalinity for the Hudson River and a Small Tributary.

Storyk, Corbett. The Effect of Different Volumes of Water on Freezing.

Suttles, Jared. Conductivity in Different Liquids.

Sweeney, Miles. Changing Freezing Point Depression by Adding Salt.

Taranto, Yolanda. The Effects of Salt on Plant Germination.

Te, Kimberley. Effects of Fertilization on the Growth of Wheat Grass.

Thomas, Emma. The Effects of Color on the Water Evaporation Rate.

Trimboli, David. A pH Comparison from Four Local Sites.

Weinstein, Emma. Testing for Chlorine in Tap Water.

Zenie, Rachel. Varying Salt Concentrations and How They Change the Density of Salt Solutions.

Zimmermann, Peter. The Absorption Properties of Grains.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Steve Mallet for set-up help.

Many thanks to Kerrie Bark for communication help.

Thank you to the parents who bought, drove, nagged and offered advice to their students.

Many thanks to out visiting scientists from Vassar College::

Marshall Pregnall, associate professor of biology and Mark Schlessman, professor of biology

And to the students:

We hope this is an experience you will remember all your lives. You worked hard and it shows. We are proud of you.

Laura Graceffa and Fred Shaw
7-8 Science Faculty