Sumner school science fair a winner
Every student was allowed to give their presentation to a panel of judges
SUMNER – Did you ever wonder how to get the teacher to see your raised hand in class?
Isaac Smith decided to invent something to make it easier for that to happen. He invented an automatic hand raiser for his science project this year.
Hartford-Sumner Elementary School teacher, Sue Tifft, went along with the project as he kept his chart on how many seconds it would take for her to recognize his hand. It became much quicker with the flashing light on top of a raised mechanical arm.
Isaac won first place in the sixth grade for his invention, but the school was full of winners. Every student was given a certificate of participation and every student was allowed to give their presentation to a panel of judges.
For the 14th year, Bob Runes organized the science fair for grades five through eight. Lower grades could and did participate on a non-judging level and the rooms reflected creativity on the way. Electricity and magnetism were big in the lower grades and topics ran from environmental to steps of mummification in grades seven and eight.
Susanna Cooper’s optical illusions took first place in eighth grade while I Love Rock and Roll by the team of Megan Dyke and Kayla Belanger took first place in the seventh grade. Fifth grade first-place winner was Zack Vayda for his study on Morse code.
The top five winners in grades five through eight will have the opportunity to go to the regionals at University of Maine in Farmington on April 15 and on to states on May 1. Those eligible to go listed in order of placing from grade five are: Zack Vayda, C.J. Myles, Sammy Jones, Rebecca Kennison and Shelby Downs. From sixth grade they are: Isaac Smith, Moriah Boutin, Norman Parks, Jedidiah Allen and Jacob Chicoine. From seventh grade are: Team of Megan Dyke and Kayla Belanger, Lee Ann Abbott, Grace Barker, Shannon Pichel and Allan Holster. Eighth grade winners are: Susanna Cooper, team of Sarah Busch and Amy Reuter, team of Marji Swanson and Shelly Mumau, Christie Brocher and Zachary Buck.
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