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The
Research Association is a consortium of ten schools’ research
teachers dedicated to the importance of science as a verb.
Learning in science is the result of doing science, rather
than being lectured to. Three hundred students from ten different
schools have come together each year for the past ten years
to present their research experience to esteemed judges from
Universities and Hospitals across Long Island. The symposium
provides students with a goal as they spend many months
completing their research in preparation for the fair. The
projects are as varied as the students. Younger students may
study the effects of temperature on cricket sounds while
older students may have spent months or years in University
labs exploring for answers to cancer or inexpensive ways to
produce fuel alternatives. Everything under the sun seems
open to exploration; from Astronomy to Nanotechnology, from
practical to theoretical. But while the topics covered are
varied one aspect of the fair remains constant, the
importance of this activity in the development of tomorrow's
leaders. The teachers of the Research Association are delighted to provide this opportunity to
students each year. |
