Lynbrook HS Hosts Science Symposium

Visitors to Lynbrook High School's Science Symposium were once again impressed with the quality and complexity of the research projects presented by the grade 9-12 students in the Science Research program.

For their projects, students completed original research in the fields of molecular biology, behavioral sciences, environmental sciences, medicine and health. After many months of lab work and days of intense competition, the students were more than ready to celebrate their accomplishments.

The symposium began with classroom presentations, followed by senior research presentations in the auditorium. After the formal presentations, everyone met in the cafeteria for a viewing of the project boards.

Elementary students in the Voyager Program once again joined the high school students, presenting the projects they developed for the ExploraVision competition. High school students acted as mentors, sharing their knowledge and skills with the younger students as they developed their projects for this competition.

Among the most notable accomplishments in this year's research program, a total of 10 seniors submitted research papers to the Intel Science Talent Search.

Seniors Maggie Rouder and Laura Zweifler received honorable mention at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair.

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Casey Frankel, Harrison Ezratty, Joseph Cappadona, Matthew Schneider and Tyler Ambrico were selected as 2012 semifinalists in the Young Naturalist Awards competition. In addition, Ezratty’s research paper, entitled “Thermoelectricity and Compost: An Alternative Energy for the Future,” was accepted for presentation at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held at Stony Brook University.

At the New York Science and Engineering Fair, Alyssa Glanzer took home a second-place trophy in Behavioral Sciences and Laura Zweifler earned a second-place award in Medicine and Health Sciences.

Ilana Ajzenman and Casey Frankel captured third-place awards in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Medicine and Health Sciences, respectively.

In addition, two teams of elementary students from Waverly Park School, one team from Marion Street and three teams of high school students won honorable mention in the 2012 Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision competition.