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Science Fair Is Alive (It's Alive!) With Bright Young Minds

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 21, 2008

A rotting banana called the Yeast Beast. Saltwater in a freezer. Semiconductors.

If you think it's the plotline for the sequel to "Cloverfield," your conclusion is wrong.

More than 1,000 potential scientists from more than 100 public and private schools matched wits Wednesday at the Hillsborough Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

Exhibits lined the second floor concourse around the University of South Florida's cavernous Sun Dome. Screeners and judges shuffled up and down the rows of cardboard stands along with students and teachers.

Students in all grades set up their projects Wednesday, and judges set about to separate the best from the rest. The show continues today.

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•"It's about if yeast grows on a banana, will it affect the mass temperature of the banana," explains 9-year-old Sascha Kline, about her Yeast Beast experiment.

•Screeners ensured that all the exhibits met all requirements - including basic safety - before they were judged.

•The fair opens to the public at 8 a.m. today and remains open until 6 p.m.

• Awards will be handed out afterward.

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