Congratulations to the Maine Science Fair competitors Chelsea Gaiero, Jonah Lovejoy, and Grace Hall! The competition had over 200 competitors throughout the state and covered a broad range of categories. Chelsea’s project investigates the possibility of using invasive green crabs for lobster bait. Jonah’s project is designing and implementing tidal sensors to accurately record sea-level rise in Belfast Bay, a contribution to data for Maine. Chelsea and Jonah presented at the Science Fair even though they are still gathering data for their investigations and will continue to work this summer toward completion. Grace’s project looked at small changes in temperature on the development of zebrafish embryos. The concern being as our ocean temperatures are slowly increasing, what are the ramifications of developing fish embryos even with small temperature changes. She completed her investigation and has ideas to continue working with zebrafish in the next year. Although a junior, Grace decided to challenge herself with scholarship interviews to prepare for next year's competition, and she was thrilled she did. Grace won scholarships at 5 colleges with her completed project and interviews.
USM- A partial scholarship
UNE- $5,000 for four years
Saint Joseph's- $2,500 for 4 years
Husson- $1,000 can be used to take classes there without being enrolled
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FULL 4-YEAR TUITION SCHOLARSHIP AT UMaine.