The Florida Today – J.D. Gallop
“As a child, Hannah Berry was fascinated by the mysteries of the world’s oceans and watching scientists talk on television about the teeming life beneath the waves. Today, the 16-year-old Palm Bay High School student is one of several participants in the South Brevard NAACP’s 2nd Annual ACT-SO UMOJA Science Fair. She dreams of becoming a marine biologist to help find a solution to ridding the waterways of the manmade chemicals that are linked to harmful algae blooms. “I want to make a difference, and I want to stop these algae blooms,” said Berry, standing in front of her display at the event held Sunday at Greater Allen Chapel AME Church in Melbourne. She was one of about 16 students participating in UMOJA — a Swahili word that means ‘unity’ — science fair geared toward developing young African-American minds in engineering, technology, humanities and business. Students from elementary to high school put together science-based projects that ranged from a hand-crafted metal detector to experiments with crystals.”(more)