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Memorial Science wows visitors
By Elizabeth Prata

New Gloucester--The Memorial School Science Fair was abuzz last Thursday evening in anticipation of a great KFC dinner, stupendous projects, high student participation, and the Mad Science show.

Above, Clara Phillips from Grade 1 reads from her journal. As a true scientist, she had kept track of her plantings to see which were the "Fast Growing Plants." She said, "I loved it when they sprouted. I thought that was amazing."

Gabrielle Martineau from grade 1 demonstrates how the sun rises and sets. "I learned that the sun doesn't move. It's the earth that moves. Really."

Michael Gilligan, above left, from second grade wandered over to Colton Vogeler's project on "Static Electricity." Colton had experimented with how static electricity affects balloons. What was the best thing Colton found out? "Not much." His mom explained that he had accidentally put a wool scarf in the static box with the balloon and now the balloon wasn't sticking.

Michael did a project on "The Solar System." What was the best thing he found out? "The galaxy is called The Monkey Way." Pardon? "The Milky Way."

Justin Gavett from kindergarten carefully unearths "Fossils" and explains how they are made. He even discovered which fossils are likely to be found in New Gloucester.

Nathaniel Rubenstein, right, and Benjamin Garcia, adorned in super safari hats, talk about Paleontology

Zachary Laskey from Kindergarten did a "Diagram of the Human Body" but had wandered over to the volcano project across the aisle. Here, he waits patiently for the moment when the volcano will explode. The coonskin hat? It has nothing to do with his project, his mom said. "We bought it for him this weekend and he hasn't taken it off since."