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<\/span><\/p>\n By Eva Schiller<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n On April 27th, in the midst of remote learning and stay-at-home orders, a few STEM-oriented Pingry students staved off quarantine boredom by participating in the Delbarton Digital Science Fair. Complete with expert judges, including IRT mentor Dr. Sparrow, the remote fair allowed hundreds of students to show off their research for the year, attend a panel, and even win awards, all without leaving their homes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n William Li, a Delbarton junior who helped organize the event, explained its inspiration: \u201clast year, we organized our first Delbarton Science Fair,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen the whole state went into lockdown, we transitioned to a digital platform.\u201d However, Li realized that students at many other schools were unable to exhibit their research. \u201cWhen we learned that other schools were canceling their physical science fairs,\u201d he added, \u201cwe expanded that platform to include all NJ schools. I myself have done high school research, so I know the amount of work and passion that goes into it. We just couldn’t let that type of work go unexhibited and unrecognized.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to helping NJ students get recognition for their research, the fair had a positive impact on the broader community. \u201cAll the prize money and fair sponsorships have been given directly to charities or as credit to businesses impacted by COVID-19,\u201d Li said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With Pingry\u2019s annual Research Exhibit cancelled, the Delbarton Digital Science Fair represented a second chance for Pingry students to practice speaking about their projects and get expert advice. Although many IRT groups had to leave their experiments unfinished, some had collected enough data throughout the year to share their projects. Three IRT projects were presented at the fair: \u201cShallow Mind\u201d, \u201cDrone-Rover Communication for Pathfinding\u201d, and \u201cThe Effect of KIF11 Activity on YAP Localization.\u201d In addition, one Pingry student participated with individual research.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Overall, Pingry\u2019s experience at the event was overwhelmingly positive. \u201cI was impressed by the breadth and depth of science presented. A number of Pingry students were involved, which was great to see,\u201d Dr. Sparrow noted. Li agreed: \u201cI’m very happy that Pingry participated in the fair this year,\u201d he said. \u201cYou guys really have a renowned Research Program, and learning about its successes was a big reason why I decided to found the Research Club at Delbarton. It was really wonderful working with you all on this, and I look forward to more collaborations in the future!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Eva Schiller On April 27th, in the midst of remote learning and stay-at-home orders, a few STEM-oriented Pingry students staved off quarantine boredom by participating in the Delbarton Digital Science Fair. Complete with expert judges, including IRT mentor Dr. Sparrow, the remote fair allowed hundreds of students to show off their research for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"categories":[207,9,200],"tags":[222,225,223],"class_list":["post-3315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eva","category-school-news","category-breaking-news","tag-delbarton","tag-irt","tag-science-fair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3315"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3326,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315\/revisions\/3326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}