Representatives from
Brookhaven National Lab and Suffolk County Legislator Steven J. Flotteron recognized
Bay Shore Middle School student, Fatema Rahman, as the 2018 Brookhaven National
Lab Science Fair (BNL) 6th grade winner. Legislator Flotteron (3rd from
left) with representatives from BNL, Fatema’s parents and sister.
Ms. Rahman’s project,
“Does Using Organic Ingredients Affect The Baking Time,” was chosen as the
winner in her grade. Her hypothesis for the experiment was, if a cake is baked
with organic ingredients, then the bake time will differ as compared to a cake
baked without organic ingredients because organic and synthetic fertilizers
have different effects on a plant, which could affect the ingredients made from
the plant.
In its 34th
competition, the winner of each grade level from over 100 Suffolk County
schools take part in BNL's Elementary School Science Fair. Some 470 projects,
created by over 500 Suffolk County children ranging from kindergarten to 6th
grade, compete.