Provided/Tighe School science fair winners, from left, Charlotte Fiedler, Lia Hess, Marius Barranco, Emelia Lowry, Chase Benckert and Ethan Rabinowitz.
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Six students from the Eugene A. Tighe Middle School in Margate took top honors at the 49th annual Jersey Shore Science Fair held Saturday, March 16 at Stockton University. The students qualified to attend the regional fair after winning at the Tighe School Science Fair held Feb. 27 in Margate.
“I am so proud of the six students that Tighe School sent to compete at the Jersey Shore Science Fair,” teacher Chelsi Crompton said. “Every student received an award in their category. Five of the students qualified to compete at the Delaware Valley Science Fair in April.”
Crompton said students chose an experiment that interested them. Topics ranged from baking fats to the physiological effects of telling a lie. Students selected their topics in November and worked on them through December. They were instructed how to develop a hypothesis, conduct research and formulate conclusions.
“Every year, I continue to be impressed by my students’ hard work and scientific curiosity,” Crompton said.
The Stockton science fair is the largest of 14 regional middle and high school science fairs in the region.
More than 320 students from 34 schools from Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth and Ocean counties participated in the regional fair, presenting 328 projects in 15 categories ranging from biological sciences to engineering and behavioral science. The fair also attracts homeschooled students.
Winners advance to the Delaware Valley Regional Science Fair being held April 2-4 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.
Six faculty members from Stockton’s School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics judged the fair, which saw all six Tighe School students take home first, second and third place ribbons.
Tighe School Winners
Chase Benckert took first place in the Consumer Science Category for his project “Energy Vampires: Which appliances draw the most phantom energy?”
Marius Barranco took first place in the Health and Medicine category for his project “How does listening to different music genres affect heart rate?”
Emelia Lowry took first place in the Microbiology category for her project “Science Critters: Which mammals contain the most bacteria in their mouths?”
Lia Hess took second place in the Behavior and Social Sciences category for her project “Does telling a lie affect heart rate?”
Ethan Rabinowitz took second place in the Consumer Science category for his project “Which cooking fat is best?”
Charlotte Fiedler took third place in the Consumer Sciences category for her project “Which natural hair dyes last longest?”
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