science win
A look ahead propels team from Peck School to science win
MORRISTOWN --On April 1 The Peck School honored third-graders Sophie Cheng and Scarlette Liftin for being the regional winners of the 24th annual Toshiba and National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision program, a science competition for students in grades K to 12. Students compete in six regions broken down into four age groups. Sophie and Scarlette were the Region 2 winners in the grades K to 3 age group. To participate in the contest, students work in teams of 2 to 4 under the guidance of a teacher to research a current technology and try to imagine how it might be used in the future. Sophie and Scarlette worked with teacher Jennifer Garvey on their project, the personal Interactive Picture Frame. The project, which took its inspiration from the Harry Potter series, delves into the possibility of using artificial intelligence technology to make photographs come to life by enabling those pictured to speak and move.