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Deer Park Seventh Graders Explore Density Of Liquids Using Towers

LIMG March 1, 2023 0

Photos courtesy of Deer Park School District Seventh graders in Natalie Sabia’s class at Deer Park’s Robert Frost Middle School recently learned about density as a property that can be used to identify a sample of matter, and explored how an object’s density plays a role in whether it sinks or

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Accelerating Science Lessons In Port Jefferson

LIMG October 18, 2022

Photo courtesy of Port Jefferson School District Port Jefferson Middle School students took a science lesson outside to the school’s track to test a concept. Meg Ryan and Monica Consalvo’s science class is studying speed, velocity and acceleration. To determine an average speed, the students headed up to the school’s track to test their knowledge as […]

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Great Neck Road Elementary School Participate In Pumpkin Investigations

LIMG October 17, 2022

Photos courtesy of Copiague School District Combining their math and science skills, kindergarten students at Great Neck Road Elementary School in the Copiague School District learned all about pumpkins during different lessons held on Oct. 12. In Ms. Garofola’s class, students explored different types of pumpkins and observed the different sizes, shapes and textures. They

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South Country teacher named STANYS Science Teacher of Year

LIMG June 12, 2019

The South Country Central School District is pleased to announce that Kreamer Street Elementary School science teacher Gina Benzie has been named the 2019 recipient of the Suffolk Section of the Science Teachers Association of New York State Elementary Level Science Teacher of the Year Award. According to STANYS, Ms. Benzi received this prestigious recognition […]

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Brookhaven National Lab Science Fair winners

LIMG May 10, 2019

Two students from the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District were selected as first-place winners in Brookhaven National Lab’s 2019 Elementary School Science Fair on May 4. The fair received more than 400 science projects from 100 elementary schools across Suffolk County and was judged by Brookhaven scientists, engineers, staff and local teachers. Only one

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RCK Selects Superb Science Fair Winners

LIMG April 11, 2019

Young scientists at East Islip’s Ruth C. Kinney Elementary School put on their thinking caps to concoct an exciting array of projects for the school’s annual fourth-grade science fair.   Charlotte Galli was the winner for her project “My Dog Ate My Homework.” Jacob Crowell was the runner-up for his work on “Fortnite Brain Rot,” […]

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Seaford Science Students Ramp Up For Competition

LIMG January 29, 2019

More than two dozen students from the Seaford School District will have an opportunity to explore their curiosities about the world at upcoming Science Olympiad competitions. The Seaford High School team will take part in the regional competition on Feb. 2 at Division Avenue High School. Led by science teacher Mary Simons, students will take […]

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Sachem East Student Earns Regeneron Scholar Honors

LIMG January 18, 2019

Sachem High School East senior Vincent Zhang has been named a Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar by the Society for Science & the Public. Vincent was one of 300 esteemed young scientists selected from a group of 1,964 applicants spanning 601 high schools in 48 states, two U.S. territories and eligible students living in seven […]