All 45 JCHS Science Fair Projects Place at Region
Jasper County High School (JCHS) students competed in the Regional Science and Engineering Fair on February 7 at Georgia College.
JCHS Science Fair awards included 14 first place projects, 12 second place projects, and nine third place projects with all entered earning a placement. In total, 15 projects qualified to compete at the State Science Fair in Athens next month.
Top award winners included Charles Gorlich and Kyle Brewer who were selected as observers to attend the International Science and Engineering Fair in Anaheim, California. Tony Vargas-Miguel was awarded the U.S. Navy Award and Cole Smith was granted $500 for Community Innovation.
Science fair coaches were Elizabeth Proctor and Caleb Fontaine. Winners included:
First Place
Is Shell Swap Based on Aesthetics or Functionality? by Maya Clay, Daylan Norwood, and Yakirea Campbell; The Immortality of Hydra Virisissima by Kyle Brewer, Charles Gorlisch, and Landyn Harris; Testing Stentor response to Negative Stimuli by La’Diamond Freeman, Emily Shope, and Shakahi Thomas; Fingerprinting at its Finest: What Removes them the Best by Jenna Parrish, Jackson Taylor, and Ethan Lynch; Chromatic Density Quantified by Jacoby Banks, Leslie Lopez, and Reginald Fambrough; Qualitative Identification of VOC’s in e-cig vapor and e-juice by Tony Vargas-Miguel; Identification of Violatile Organic Compounds in Strawberries by Cole Smith; The Effects of Nitrates on Algae in the Ecosystem by Itzel Torres, Yenita Bautista, and Lisbeth Garcia; How Common Enzymes in Detergent Affect Stains by Giovanny Alday, Tyler Cole, and Ethan Lewis; The Invasion of Microbes on Neighborhood Shopping Carts by Antoine Urquiza, Jacob Bishop, and Clay Presley; IncuCounting Vending Machine Colonies by Angelique Bell and Estevan Vera; Implementing Safeguards for Reducing Microbes on Game Day by Austin Cumbess, Mekedric Maddox, and Layla Griffin; Reducing Pathogens at the Alley with Benzalkonium Chloride by Abby Whittle, Tristen Light, and Arianna Wynn; and Genetic Sequencing of Endangered Rudbeckia Heliopsidis by Gavin Jacobs.’
Second Place
Worms and Starbucks by Silas Bell, Morgan Rowe and Anderson Reid; Wings on Worms by Samyah Harris, Gracie Clendenin, and Jasmine Stone; Distractions and Its Effect on Reaction Time by Josephine Fowler and Reese Wood; Prunis dulcis! Milk by Jamalious Wise, Alex Lam, and Justin Jenkins; Is it Really Sunblock: Measuring the Effectiveness of Sunscreen by Ashton Whitener, and Allie Alexander; Butter vs Margarine…A Question of Density by Jake Tingler, and Lucy Johnston; Fizzy Water Wars by Lauren Hicks and Gabby Alvarado; Hidden Colours by Maya Tarin and Hannah Lewis; Global Warming is Knocking and Gators are Coming In by Kate Schilling and Aubrey Crowe; Water Preference Base on pH levels in Water by Jennifer Bennington and Noah Pitts; Momma’s Nutrition vs. Uncle Sam’s by George Smith and Jacob Baker; and The Effect of Music on Episodic Memory by Emily Cavender and Claire Taylor.
Third Place
Rotifer Mastax Contraction Rate in Response to Nicotine by Dalton Franklin, Sarah Bobbitt, and Caleb Thompson; Visual vs. Auditory Memory by Jordan VanHouter and Kaitlyn Harvey; Gaming with Incentive Boost Your Pulse Rate by Austin Link, Jackson Tomlin, and Kyler Younge; Blind Study: Leghemoglobin vs. Hemoglobin? by Christopher Bostwick and Vederrius Heard; Distribution and Water Equality: Let’s Chat up the Hooch by Tionna Clowers, Nykeria Greene, and Kedarius Hill; Checking Ripeness of Vegetables and Fruits with a Circuit by Tamra Beatenbaugh, Sarah Wilcox, and Darian Reid; Engineering Economical Biofilm Traps in Aquatic Environments by Jake Smith and Rodney Pilgrim; Timeout for the Hidden Dangers on Playgrounds by Francisco Arellanes, Taylor Moore, and Abbey Williamson; and What’s On Your ATM? by Jayla Stanford and Kyla Thomas.