Budding Botanist Experiments With pea Plants

Name: Alexa Grazio

School: 8th grade student at Eyer Middle School

Accomplishment: First place winner at the Region 3 science fair of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science in the category of botany. This region includes Schuylkill, Berks, Lehigh, Carbon and Northampton counties 

Key to Awesomeness: Alexa’s project was “The Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) on Pea Plant Growth and Development.” She ran two trials and experimented with six trays of plants with different levels of EMFs. The results were that the EMFs definitely did have an adverse effect on the pea plants.

Alexa’s favorite subject in school is science. She plays on both the school’s volleyball team and a school club volleyball team. She plays lacrosse for the Lower Macungie Youth Association. She is also a member of the National Junior Honor Society and likes “hanging out with friends.”

Following graduation, Alexa plans to travel for a year, then study food science at Penn State University.