(From Southern News Service)
The 29th annual Missouri Southern Regional Science Fair was held Tuesday, March 27, at Missouri Southern State University.
The 29th annual Missouri Southern Regional Science Fair was held Tuesday, March 27, at Missouri Southern State University.
The competition for high-school and middle-school students is affiliated with the Society for Science and the Public. Individual or team (middle-school only) projects were accepted from: Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Barry, Lawrence, Cedar and Dade counties in Missouri, and Neosho, Crawford, Montgomery, Labette, Bourbon and Cherokee counties in Kansas.
This year’s fair included entries from 72 students in the junior category (grades 5-8) and 23 in the senior category (grades 9-12) from Carthage, College Heights, Galena, Joplin South, Hume R-8, Seneca Intermediate, Sheldon R-8, and St. Peter’s Middle Schools, and Joplin, Lamar, Monett and Seneca High Schools.
First-place winners will receive a scholarship to Missouri Southern (graduating high-school seniors in the senior division), or a cash prize (for the junior division and all others in the senior division). Grand prize winners (two senior division and two junior) will also receive cash prizes. The senior grand prize winner will also receive an all-expense paid trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, to be held May 14-18 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Senior Division Winners
Behavioral & Social Sciences
2nd Place Keaton Campbell Joplin “The Impact of Shared Characteristics on Empathy Towards
Perpetrators”
1st Place John Schupbach Monett “The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Neuroplasticity: A Skill Based
Approach”
Cellular, Molecular & Biochemistry
3rd Place Savannah Smith Joplin “The Effect of Different Antibiotic Treatments on Urinary Tract Infections”
2nd Place Phoebe Watson Joplin “Effect of Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Malassezia globosa in Atopic Dermatitis
1st Place Lauren Fogarty Joplin “Effect of Olive Leaf and Grapefruit Seed Extracts on Four Species of Beneficial Intestinal Bacteria”
Chemistry & Biochemistry
3rd Place Harirson Wepener Hume R-8 “Octane vs. Temperature”
2nd Place Kiper Moore Hume R-8 “Reinforcement Metal vs. Strength of Cement”
1st Place Savannah Huff Joplin “Neutralizing Free Radical Peroxynitrate Using Antioxidants”
Computer Science, Engineering, & Mathematics/ Physics & Astronomy
2nd Place Braxton Wifoff Hume R-8 “Size of band vs. flying time”
1st Place Grace Carter College Heights “What’s in your water?”
Earth & Environmental Sciences/Plants Sciences
3rd Place Adrianna Garrison Seneca “Plants Have Feelings”
2nd Place Carley Short Joplin “On the effects of ammonium nitrate on Brassica rapa growth in stem and roots”
1st Place Laura Anderson Joplin “Effects of soil nitrogen levels on action potential duration of Dionaea muscipula”
Human & Animal Sciences
3rd Place Cassandra Chandler Joplin “Effect of eating organic and processed foods on Coenbita clypeatus”
2nd Place Samuel Peterson Joplin “The effect of diet on murine vaginal microbiota”
1st Place Taylor Yuhas Joplin “Effect of artificial sweetners on Daphnia magna survival and heart rate”
Junior Division Winners
Behavioral & Social Sciences
3rd place Benjamin Thomas College Heights “Does multitasking with music affect test scores?”
2nd place Marina Crouch South Middle “Child’s grade vs. activity choice-which will they choose?”
1st place Wyatt Honeycutt South Middle “Caffeine’s effect on problem solving”
Cellular, Molecular, & Microbiology
3rd place Connor Stockham South Middle “Egg type vs. Salmonella”
2nd place Christopher Smith South Middle “Effect of antibiotics on bacterial growth”
1st place Jayden Lioubinsky-Olson South Middle “Is the 5 second rule really safe?”
Chemistry & Biochemistry
3rd place Caden Champagne Carthage “Diaper science”
3rd place Jenny Archer St. Peter’s “Water vs the pH of stomach acid”
3rd place John Wheeler St. Peter’s “Splitting molecules”
2nd place Nikolas Breuggemann College Heights “What drinks replenish electrolytes better”
2nd place Caroline Hunter St. Peter’s “The effect of sugars on the concentration of ethanol during fermentation”
1st place Arya Palmer Carthage “Hypotonic saline effect on mucus”
Computer Science, Engineering, & Mathematics
2nd place Rambler Moriss Seneca “24 inches under the sea”
1st place Cole Quade Carthage “Electromagnetic attraction”
Earth & Environmental Sciences
3rd Place Logan Bever College Heights “Blades of electricity”
2nd place Sophia Hauser/Zachary Webb Seneca “Evaporating unwanted liquids”
1st place Olivia Spencer/Erin Williams South Middle “Problem solving by dissolving”
Human & Animal Sciences
3rd place Jeana Compton/Hadley Anselm South Middle “Does age and gender effect how people see illusions”
2nd place Jensen Vowels/Jalee Arnold South Middle “Caffeine to blood pressure”
1st place Gadge Adams College Heights “Young vs. old on stroop effect”
Physics & Astronomy
3rd place Chase Shockley Carthage “How Color Affects Stealthy an object is”
2nd place Tommy Sutcliffe Hume R-8 “Keep the heat”
1st place Joe Jasper/Evan Overstreet South Middle “Angle vs. distance”
Plant Sciences
3rd place Erin Jones/Laney Reaves South Middle “The effect of major or minor key music on plants”
2nd place Abbey Cahalan St. Peter’s “Light and herb germination”
1st place Rebekah Yarick Hume R-8 “Amount of seeds vs. diameter of pumpkin”
Outstanding Sponsor Karisa Boyer Joplin High School
Grand Prize Winners
Jr Grand Prize 2nd place Jayden Lioubinsky-Olson South Middle
Jr Grand Prize 1st place Arya Palmer Carthage
Alternate 3rd place Laura Anderson Joplin “Effects of soil nitrogen levels on action potential duration of Dionaea muscipula”
Alternate 2nd place Lauren Fogerty Joplin “Effect of Olive Leaf and Grapefruit Seed Extracts on Four Species of Beneficial Intestinal Bacteria”
Alternate 1st place John Schupbach Monett “The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Neuroplasticity: A Skill Based Approach”
Sr Grand Prize 1st place Savannah Huff Joplin “Neutralizing Free Radical Peroxynitrate Using Antioxidants
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