Floral Park-Bellerose sixth graders present at Inventors’ Fair

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Floral Park-Bellerose School sixth graders displayed their invention, “Brushy Bed.” (Photos courtesy of the Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District)

Sixth-graders at the Floral Park-Bellerose School and John Lewis Childs School presented their inventions and research during the districtwide Inventors’ Fair on Jan. 29.

The students were tasked with finding a problem and inventing something to solve it. Their projects included teeth-cleaning gum, a pet bed that reduces shedding, a gas-powered computer, and potato electricity. The inventions were on display in the schools’ gyms for younger peers and parents to see.

Submitted by Syntax and the Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District

Floral Park-Bellerose School sixth-graders displayed their invention, “Rakey Hands.”
This Floral Park-Bellerose School sixth-grader explained her invention to her younger peers.
John Lewis Childs sixth-grader displayed her invention, “Shin Guard Socks,” which are socks with shin guards attached.
John Lewis Childs sixth-grader displayed her invention to help stop plastic pollution.
John Lewis Childs School sixth-grader displayed his research on a gas-powered computer.

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