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BAY HEAD — Bay Head School was a hub for science and discovery last week, as the annual science fair took over the gym of the school.
Dozens of students were tasked with creating an experiment, solving a problem or studying something they found interesting and compiling an informative display for students, staff and community members to see.
Lauren Galarza, math and science teacher, told The Ocean Star, “We have started a new tradition where we try to do a science fair for sixth, seventh and eighth grades. The students get to pick any investigation that inspires or interests them.”
She said all projects are geared toward the scientific method, where students have to design, analyze and measure the data they collected either in a group or individually.
After seeing what the students brought to the table this year, Galarza could not be more proud of what each and every student brought to the table.
“We have a lot of different things, even students who have similar topics have different perspectives,” said Galarza.
This year also ended up being bigger and better with three judges alongside Galarza judging the projects. These judges were Grace Coyle, a Bay Head School alumna currently enrolled at MATES; Sky Epstein, currently enrolled at Bronx Science, and Lisa Gonzales, environmentalist.
Prizes were awarded to the top five student projects, with judges’ picks awards also distributed. Some of these prizes came from another new addition to this year’s science fair sponsors. Some of the sponsors included Jersey Shore BlueClaws, Ocean County College Planetarium and the Liberty Science Center.
Galarza further said, “This gives the students the independence to get to do their own project. Also, they have to do some public speaking. They presented these during school to some of the younger students in fifth, fourth and kindergarten, and now they are going to present them to judges and their parents so they can see what are some of the things we do in class, the questions we ask and how we analyze things.”
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