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March 7, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MFS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EXPO—FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Students at Moorestown Friends School will participate in the school’s ninth annual Science and Engineering Exposition (SEE) on Friday, March 9, in the school’s gymnasiums. Students in grades 5 – 12 will display science projects and posters, engage in competitions, and play games with a wide variety of science themes including: Water Pollution; Alternative Energy Homes; Genetic Disorders Slot Cars, Robotics & Rockets; History of Medicine; Biology; Anatomy and Physiology; Micronutrients; Ecology; Environmental Science; Bottle Rocketry; and Physics. Paleontologist Randy Lyons will make three presentations in the auditorium about his excavations of fossils from the late Cretaceous period in the Badlands of western Canada. Lyons has excavated fossils from dinosaurs, sharks, crocodiles, turtles, and other creatures. The presentation will cover topics such as how dinosaurs evolved, why they became extinct, how fossils are formed, the link between birds and dinosaurs, and how evolution shapes the natural world today. Sixth and seventh grade students will view astronomy presentations throughout the day in a portable planetarium from Raritan Valley Community College in Somerville, NJ. The planetarium is made of canvas, and inflates into a dome 12 feet high and 20 feet wide. The stars and planets of the night sky are projected onto the inner surface.
### For additional information, please contact Director of Marketing and Communications Mike Schlotterbeck at 856-914-4434 or mschlotterbeck@mfriends.org. Moorestown Friends School is a day school founded by the Religious Society of Friends (also known as Quakers) in 1785. Today the school enrolls 724 students from Preschool through Grade 12. Moorestown Friends School is a community dedicated to the pursuit of educational excellence for a diverse student body within an academically rigorous and balanced program emphasizing personal, ethical and spiritual growth.
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