Alwayne Uter, 17, a junior at Spruce Mountain High School in Livermore Falls, takes a picture of his sister, seventh-grader Alivia Uter, at Wednesday night's Spruce Mountain Middle School science fair in Jay, as their younger brother, Kaiden, 8, and another student look on. Alivia took four medals for her project "Milk into Plastic."
Megan Mercier of Livermore demonstrates how tapping a large nail with a magnet increases the magnetism. Her demonstration was part of the annual seventh-grade science fair at Spruce Mountain Middle School in Jay on Wednesday night. She won two medals in the physics category.
Isaak Hildebrand of Livermore Falls reviews the research paper he wrote on his Spruce Mountain Middle School seventh-grade science fair project. He tested the buoyancy of glass and plastic in several liquids. He said he got the idea from a YouTube video. He placed third with his artistry in the physics category at the fair in Jay.

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