Students show their science work

Lake Roosevelt students presented projects at a science fair held by the Parent Teacher Association on Thursday.

Students from grades 1 through 10 presented projects to a dozen judges, community members with various scientific backgrounds.

Projects and experiments presented at the event involved Morse code, the effect petting a dog has on blood pressure, projecting lights onto the inside of a cardboard box - a camera obscura, decomposing vegetables, dissolving bath bombs, the interaction of different liquids, the effect of an electric field on a fluid, and more.

"Science is really crucial because it helps them develop their sense of curiosity, their thinking patterns," said Cathy LaPlace, a PTA member who helped organize the event. "It really gives them something they can carry all their lives, and is really indispensable if they want to succeed in life. They choose their own project, come up with the idea and the way it is presented. They have to follow the scientific method, which is taught in class, and this is a good way to reinforce that."

Jamie Dobson took first place, and Trevor Johnson second place, in the first- through third-grade category. In fourth through sixth, Noah Hunt took first and Connor Johnson second. In seventh and eighth grades, Celeste LaPlace and Kailah Leadingham took first. Brenna Morrill and Arayah Picard took second. Lillie LaPlace took first in the ninth- to 12th-grade category.