By Tim Gorta
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
UPPER WEST SIDE - This is not your average science fair.
Around 800 students presented projects on Sunday during the seventh annual Urban Advantage Science Expo.
The event was held under the blue whale display in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History, according to the museum.
The expo even had a special guest, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, who reviewed a few of the 300 projects on display.
One of the projects, by a student named Divine, from the Secondary School of Journalism in Brooklyn, explored how smell affects taste.
Another, by Daniel Monteagudo, looked at a better design for windmill blades.
The expo is part of the Urban Advantage Middle School Science Initiative, which is a program designed to improve students' scientific knowledge through partnerships with city scientific institutions, according to Urban Advantage.
The projects on display represent the students' science exit projects, which are required for graduation, according to the museum.
