The W.T. Clarke Middle school seventh-grade Honors Science Research Program hosted a panel of residents, government officials, and local industry and non-profit representatives to discuss issues facing the Long Island community. Under the direction of English teacher Cindy Dale and science teachers Donna Delvecchio and Wendy Wansor, the panel provided the 65 honor students the opportunity to hear firsthand about health and safety problems and issues impacting the community and world at large. “The panelists opened up the students’ minds, demonstrating a variety of innovative work and problems their organizations deal with in our community each day,” Assistant Principal Linda Lynch commented.
Moving forward, the students will work in small teams to identify, test and propose a solution to a problem based on the panel discussion. The students will then enter their research projects in the Christopher Columbus Awards competition, a national STEM contest now in its 17th year. The program challenges students to identify a problem in their community and to apply the scientific method to create an innovative solution to the problem. Last school year, W.T. Clarke Middle School fielded three teams that reached the semifinal round.
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