2020 Providence Virtual Science Symposium - Boston University School of Education
2020 Providence Virtual Science Symposium
A total of 21 student groups at 5 schools submitted projects for the 2020 Providence Virtual Science Symposium! Please navigate to the presentations by first clicking on the corresponding school below. Some groups also made a video, in addition to their project file, so please look for the video link where relevant. Additionally, the students would love your feedback on their presentation, so *please* fill out a Reviewer Form for each group!
Green Down Outdoor Classroom
Teacher: Soraya Santana
Protocols: Green-Up / Green-Down
Students: The Grade 4 Students of Room 8
Presentation Poster
Research Report
For our class project, we adopted trees. We tracked the leaf color or our leaves and the air temperature, and surface temperature on our trees, near our trees, and away from our trees from September until November 2019. We are a bilingual classroom and used both of our languages - English and Spanish - to present our project.
Seed Germination by Room 22
Teacher: Esther Andrea Aguirre
Protocols: Earth as a System
Students: Camila Pineda, Valery Secaida, Michael Blanco, Vidalia Hernandez, Oliver Rosales, Daniela Lopez, Bayron Lantigua, Keilyn Natareno
Presentation Poster
Presentation Video
Research Report
This is a presentation of Ms. Aguirre's 3rd grade class' project exploring seed germination and growth.
Earth's Protection
Teacher: Dena Núñez
Protocols: Earth as a System
Students: Hendy Cruz Joshua Zacarias Meylin Baches Brailyn Lantigua Katherin Quiroa
Presentation Poster
Research Report
We completed a 4 part project looking at Earth as a System. The 4 parts were Recycling in Rhode Island, Earth Day, the human impact on air pollution, and our overall reflection on how these things relate and what we can do to help decrease our negative impact on Earth's Systems.
Let's Save Tigers!!
Teacher: Daniel DeCesare
Protocols: Earth as a System
Students: Yazmin
Presentation Poster
Research Report
I reported about why tigers are important to the biosphere and to earth as a system. We need to save the tigers!
Hydrosphere: The Water on the Earth
Teacher: Daniel DeCesare
Protocols: Earth as a System
Students: Tiahna, Aajanae, Amanda and Yasmin
Presentation Poster
Research Report
We reported about what the hydrosphere is and how it connects with the other Earth spheres so they are all part of earth as a system.
Biosphere
Teacher: Daniel DeCesare
Protocols: Earth as a System
Students: Rithea, David, Albin, & Jayson
Presentation Poster
Research Report
We reported about what the biosphere is and how it connects with the other Earth spheres so they are all part of earth as a system.
Atmosphere
Teacher: Daniel DeCesare
Protocols: Earth as a System
Students: Isiah, Chris, Alex, and Jadrian
Presentation Poster
Research Report
We reported about what the atmosphere is and how it connects with the other Earth spheres so they are all part of earth as a system.
Green Up/Green Down at Anthony Carnevale!
Teacher: Richard Tramonti
Protocols: Green-Up / Green-Down
Students: Mr. Tramonti/Mrs. Tavares, 2nd Grade Inclusion Class, Room 201
Presentation Poster
Research Report
For this project, our class adopted trees and tracked changes in how their leaves looked during each season of the year.
Frog Life Cycle Photo Journal
Teacher: Michael Carline
Protocols: Green-Up / Green-Down
Students: The Students of Room 211 Anthony Carnevale Elementary
Presentation Poster
Research Report
This project followed the life cycle of a frog, raising frogs in our classroom (and home) from eggs to the day we released the frogs.
Conductivity in differing levels of nitrates and pH in waters
Teacher: Kathleen Johnson (inactive)
Protocols: Nitrates, pH, Conductivity
Students: Eli Yee and Jasper Hoefferle
Presentation Poster
Research Report
We investigated how water conductivity relates to nitrate and pH.
Are All Plants the Same?
Teacher: Kathleen Johnson (inactive)
Protocols: Phenological Gardens, Nitrates
Students: Aurora Belleau
Presentation Poster
Research Report
I researched the similarities and differences of different plants and their environments in order to answer the question - are all plants the same? I wanted to explore this specific query because during my class investigation - where we observed how different plants reacted to different nitrate levels in their water - it was more than apparent that the results varied depending on the plant species. I simply wanted to prove the point that plants definitely are not all the same.
Does one type of mustard tolerate nitrates better than the other?
Teacher: Kathleen Johnson (inactive)
Protocols: Phenological Gardens, Nitrates
Students: Rayya Frayn and Beulah Chike-Okeke
Presentation Video
Research Report
We did a class project investigating how nitrate levels affect plant germination and growth. For our project, we looked at how nitrate levels in water affected two different species of mustard plants.
The Bluewater
Teacher: Eileen Nugent
Protocols: Earth As a System, Air Temperature, Cloud
Students: Julian Sanchez
Presentation Poster
Research Report
This report describes what I liked about working with GLOBE.
Science and Plant Project
Teacher: Eileen Nugent
Protocols: Earth As a System, Phenological Gardens, Nitrates, pH
Students: Emma Gertrudes, Gelen Mercado Castro, Carter Nguyen, Becket DeShaw, Ida Cronin
Presentation Poster
Research Report
For our project, we planned to investigate how different types of water affected plant growth. We were not able to complete our project because we had to move to distance learning and all of our materials were left at school.
The Wind Tunnel Effect
Teacher: Eileen Nugent
Protocols: Wind
Students: Benjamin Cavanaugh
Presentation Poster
Research Report
For this project, I researched what the wind tunnel effect is and what causes it.
Providence Water Quality and Plant Growth
Teacher: Eileen Nugent
Protocols: Earth As a System, Nitrates
Students: Julia Yakirevich
Presentation Poster
Research Report
This project investigated the effects of the water quality of different water sources on plant germination and growth.
Ready, set, GROW!
Teacher: Kathleen Johnson (inactive)
Protocols: Water Temperature, Phenological Gardens
Students: Cormac Hughes and Lillian Rodenheizer
Presentation Poster
Research Report
This project investigated how water temperature affects plant germination and growth.
Urban Heat Islands
Teacher: Martha Lawson
Protocols: Air Temperature, Surface Temperature
Students: Keralys Roman Melendez Juan Crespo Genesis Linares
Presentation Poster
Research Report
This project investigated the contribution of Gilbert Stuart Middle School to the Heat Island Effect in Providence, RI
How does temperature affect the water quality in Mashapaug Pond? (Water temp and DO)
Teacher: Michelle Goewey
Protocols: Water Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen
Students: Yackelin Pinto
Presentation Poster
Research Report
The Mashapaug Pond is in Providence Rhode Island. It is surrounded by Alvarez High School and houses. There used to be a factory near the pond. Throughout the past centuries the pond was contaminated with dangerous chemicals, metals and disgusting things floating. It was unsafe for humans to be around and nobody could swim. This made the pond unsafe to be around. It was unhealthy for the environment and for the organisms living around it or in it. After a lot of years of people trying to get it clean and healthy for the environment it is better than how it used to be. There are no chemicals or any type of dangerous things floating or chemicals in the pond. It is safe for the humans to be around the Mashapaug Pond. The water temperature of the pond can affect the quality of the pond by holding less dissolved oxygen or holding a lot more oxygen than normal. This can cause the fishes and other living organisms in the pond to not survive a long time.
What effect does electrical conductivity have on dissolved oxygen in Mashapaug Pond?
Teacher: Michelle Goewey
Protocols: Dissolved Oxygen, Conductivity
Students: Yilani Marinez
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Research Report
The mashapaug pond has been around for hundreds of years. Over time the pond would go from a drinking source and swimming spot for local kids and families to being drastically changed to a toxic polluted inhabitable and unhealthy pond. The gorham company polluted that pond with so much toxic waste and other chemicals that today it's dangerous to go near. The pollution was so bad that the dissolved oxygen in the water would be around 2.9 to 4.5 which is terrible due to the fact that healthy water is usually from 6-8.5 ml of dissolved oxygen. This is inhabitable for animals and drinking wise, the pollution really altered the dissolved oxygen of mashapaug pond and to this day the water is still the same. Inhabitable.
How does dissolved oxygen affect the temperature of pond water in Mashapaug Pond?
Teacher: Michelle Goewey
Protocols: Dissolved Oxygen, Water Temperature
Students: Jolade Oshinkanlu
Presentation Poster
Research Report
What do you know about the Mashapaug pond site? The Mashapaug pond was once healthy and clean until people started dumping waste, garbage, industrial chemicals, animal waste and other pollutants which went into the soil and water and caused the pond to be very harmful and dirty. Because of this, not only human health were endangered but also animal health too. The Mashapaug Pond was not looked at until last century because people thought what they were doing won’t affect or cause harm. Now they are taking actions in filtering the air, building school, and making sure the conditions at the pond don't get worse. How does your variable affect the quality of the pond? My variable affects the quality of the pond and plays a big role in many ways for example, if the temperature is low, the dissolved oxygen is low which suffocates and kills animals in the pond like fish. Another example is that, when water temperature is cold, it holds more dissolved oxygen which leads to more oxygen and aquatic life needs less oxygen at this time.