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at Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair March 29, 2019 E Norwin High High School Students Excel at Pittsburgh Engineering Fair March Regional 29, 2019 ight Norwin School students were recognized Regional for their Science scientific and research at the Pittsburgh and Engineering Fair, were which was held for March 29, 2019, research at Heinz at Field. Eight Science Norwin High School students recognized their scientific the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair, was held March Mr. 29, Brian 2019, Nevi, at Heinz Field. in the Science Research Class participate in the Under the which direction of teacher students Pittsburgh Regional and Brian Engineering Fair held each spring. Students Class create their own hypothesis, Under the direction of Science teacher Mr. Nevi, students in the Science Research participate in the Pittsburgh conduct Science an experiment, and report by creating part of the science research class. Regional and Engineering Fair their held findings each spring. Students backboards create their as own hypothesis, conduct an experiment, and their Norwin findings students by creating backboards as part of the science research class. The following Norwin students were The report following were recognized at this year’s competition: recognized at this year’s competition: Student’s Name Cecilia Fidler Emily Conroy Maya Patterson Student’s Project “Polynomial Power: Application and Computational Efficiency of an Organic Multiplication Method” “Take a Listen” “Curb Appeal” Sidney Przybylski “Rooting for Bioplastics” Leia Farroux “Small System, Big Impact” Kendra Scheideman Dominic Spatolisano “Water in a Pinch (Pot)” “Pace Adjustment for Running in Respect to the Surface of the Ground” “’Round Up’ Pollution” Jillian Caswell Achievement Carlow University Scholarship ($8000), Carnegie Mellon University Scholarship ($8000), St. Francis University Scholarship ($4000), Thiel College Scholarship ($8000), Mu Alpha Theta Sponsor Award, Princeton Alumni Association of W. PA Sponsor Award. Mt. Aloysius College Scholarship ($10000) Penn State Greater Allegheny Scholarship ($8000), University of Pittsburgh Bradford Scholarship ($7500), Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association Sponsor Award, Certificate of Merit – Excellence in Scientific Method Penn State Greater Allegheny Scholarship ($8000), Michael Baker Corporation Sponsor Award, Certificate of Merit – Excellence in Creativity Penn State Greater Allegheny Scholarship ($8000), Slippery Rock University Scholarship ($8000), St. Vincent University Scholarship ($8000), Certificate of Excellence – Hatch, Certificate of Merit – Excellence in Presentation Thiel College ($8000) Certificate of Merit – Excellence in Creativity Certificate of Merit – Excellence in Presentation Months before the Science Fair, Fair, students develop a project by using scientific method. method. At the Science they Months before the Science students develop a project by the using the scientific At the Fair, Science exhibit their research on a presentation board and are interviewed by judges who consist of the area's most distinguished Fair, they exhibit their research on a presentation board and are interviewed by judges who consist of the area’s scientists and engineers. The next day, an award ceremony is held honoring the participants and winners of the Science most Additional distinguished scientists and engineers. The next Regional day, an award ceremony is held honoring the at participants Fair. background is available at the Pittsburgh Science and Engineering Fair Web site https://www.scitechfestival.org/mainsf_over.asp. and winners of the Science Fair. Additional background is available at the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair students Web site at https://www.scitechfestival.org/mainsf_over.asp. In all, 11 Norwin participated in the Science Fair this year with a wide range of projects. Congratulations to all! In all, 11 Norwin students participated in the Science Fair this year with a wide range of projects. Congratulations to all! STEM Day at Hahntown Elementary School H ahntown students enjoyed a STEM Day on May 9, 2019, during which local professionals in STEM-related careers visited Hahntown and spoke about their work, offering hands-on learning experiences. This year, 14 there were local presenters. At left is a photo of Dr. Steven Gribar’s presentation. Dr. Gribar is a General Surgeon at Excela Health. For STEM Day, he shared a broad overview of what he does at work and gave the students the opportunity to perform some “skills” with a few types of surgical instrumentation. NORWIN ❘ SUMMER 2019 33