Long Beach Holds Science Symposium

Long Beach Middle School held its annual Science Symposium where students shared the outcomes of their research discoveries with members of their families, school district and community.

The sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade scientists spent months exploring topics of interest They summarized their work through visual displays and explained the projects to their guests.

Sixth-graders in Ms. Chimienti’s and Ms. Callahan’s classes worked together on projects such as, “The Effect of Paper Type on Distance of Paper Airplanes,” and “The Effect of Salt on the Melting Rate of Ice.” Those completed by Ms. Kalner’s seventh-grade students included, “The Effect that Cell Phone Radiation has on the Popping of Popcorn,” and “The Effect that Mass has on the Fall Time of a Parachute,” while eighth-graders in Ms. Joseph’s Earth Science classes featured findings about “The Effect of Music on Plant Growth,” “The Effect that Different Color Water Has on the Melting Rate of an Iceberg,” and a number of other subjects.