Superintendent Michael S. Nelson and Principal Lynn Dessert are proud to announce that Sippican Elementary School students pulled off a stellar Sippican Science Fair on Wednesday, March 26.
Enrichment Teacher Chelsey Lawrence organized Sippican’s 2025 Science Fair, which included work from 60 participants who entered about 40 projects.
“We had an amazing Science Fair this year,” said Lawrence. “It’s so fun to see what students are passionate about and choose to study.”
Students chose topics, created their projects at home, and presented them during the science fair.
“We had some incredibly high-quality projects this year, and students had fun while also learning a lot,” said Lawrence. “In addition to completing the project at home, they also presented what they learned to judges, peers, and parents.”
Students had the option to enter individually or as groups, and projects could be an experiment that followed the Scientific Method, an invention that followed the Engineering Design Process, or, for grades 5 and 6, an original coding project.
“Coding is a new category for the Science Fair, and some of the fifth and sixth graders worked incredibly hard to teach themselves and figure out bugs along the way,” said Lawrence. “I’m so proud of all of our student participants. We also had an activity station run by Mad Science, which was sponsored by our parent organization VASE, where students could make and fly airplane gliders.”
The following students took home Sippican Science Fair honors:
-First-grade student Jolee Woods won a blue ribbon for her project, “How do plant hormones affect plant growth?”
-Second-grade student Sagan Tomasik-Jones won a blue ribbon for her project, “Plants: Which solution is better?”
-Third-grade student Hailey Costa won a blue ribbon for her project, “The Dirt on Soil.”
-Fourth-grade students Amelia Whinnem, Zoe Callina, and Neriah Andrewski won a blue ribbon for their project, “Filtering Water.”
-Fifth-grade students Aidan Zhou, Matthew Oien, and Rowan Farquarson won a blue ribbon for their Coding project, “Tree Hugger AI.”
-Sixth-grade student Samuel Becker won a blue ribbon for his project, “Which growing medium helps plants grow best?”
“Our students demonstrated exceptional scientific rigor and creativity at the recent Science Fair,” said Assistant Principal Greg Thomas. “The projects showcased a depth of understanding and a commitment to inquiry that surpassed expectations. We are incredibly proud of the high caliber of work presented, and it reflects the dedication of both our students and their supportive teachers.”
“Congratulations to all the winners and participants of this year’s Sippican Science Fair,” said Superintendent Nelson. “Every year, I look forward to seeing our students display their creativity and scientific reasoning. This year’s submissions were impressive.”
“Our students work very hard on their science projects,” said Principal Dessert. “The results of their hard work did not disappoint. I’m already looking forward to next year’s Sippican Science Fair.”