Photos by Lisa Aciukewicz
Senior Meghan Rooney displays her project, "The Effects of Nicotine and Caffeine on Primrose."
From left: Nick George, Bin Han, and Lucas Hickok tell a judge about their water desalinization project. The group later won an award from the Parent Teacher Organization.
From left: Hannah Porter, Elizabeth Wilkey, and Olivia Maclean work on the dance floor.
Hannah Kline holds up a plant on which she tested the effects of pH levels on coloration and growth. She won an award from the Conservation Trust.
Jake Turchetta talks about the effect of temperature on chicken hatching to judges Carol Lee Tonge and Rebecca Rehm. Turchetta went on to take first place for the tenth grade.
Seniors Alison Ware (left) and Molly Papazian explain their project to Principal Jim O’Shea. The pair took home a prize from the Garden Club of Harvard.
Deirdre Kennedy shows judges Eric Broadbent, Jack Purdy, and Mike Mintz the shape of an airplane wing and how its shape affects lift. Her project, “Engineering Airplane Wings,” tied for first place in the eighth grade.
Sophomore Lena Karotkin displays her project.
Judges Charlene vandeVaart and Stu Sklar come up with a game plan before they start their job.
Sixth-graders Mathew Canning and David Shlimak show petri dishes from their experiment, “Whose Mouth is Cleaner? A Dog’s or a Human’s?"
Eighth-grader Katie Erdos wins a Blue Rosette, a Bare Hill Pond Watershed Management Committee prize, and takes second place in her grade for her study of “The Effects of Sunscreen on Aquatic Plants.”
Bacteria in these petri dishes will prove which Bromifled bathroom is the dirtiest.
From left: Mitch Williams speaks with judges Scott Pierce, Jim Adelson, and Asha Ramakrishna as classmate D’vonne Williams waits to jump in as the seniors discuss their project, “Testing the Longevity of DNA.”
Junior Charlie Friedrich explains his experiment “Reactivity of Metals,” to school committee member Kirsten Wright and her husband, Dan D’Amore. Friedrich took home a prize from the Lions Club.
Yes, you can power a light bulb with lemons!
From left: Mackenzie Grant and Stephanie Reeves explain their project, “Bacteria in Bromfield Bathrooms,” to Bill Canning and Linda Dwight. The dirtiest bathroom in the school? The Grade 6/7 Boys’ science bathroom, according to the data.