Sixty-one students entered their projects into the annual DeKalb West School Science Fair. Held March 12 and 13, students in Kindergarten through 8th grade participated in one of three categories– research, experiment or model.
There were several intriguing entries. For the experiments students tested their hypothesis. Jaxon Humphrey investigated the practical question of “Which Carpet Cleaner Works Best?” while Dawson Bandy wanted to find out how two different candies, Skittles and Mentos, would perform in Diet Coke. Aniston Farler made a sharp point with her bed of nails experiment that demonstrated the importance of weight distribution. Students researched volcanoes, where electricity is derived, stinging insects, and whether Atlantis was fact or fiction, and numerous other topics. Mileena Rodriguez decided to compete in the model category with her “Earth Layers.” Mariah Mofield had a model of “Organs of the Digestive System” and Hailey Bogle explored the solar system. While there were many excellent entries, judges picked the following students as the official winners.
Here are the results from K-2 grades (Research): 1st place, Michael Justice with “Rocks of Tennessee” and 2nd place, Caitlin Shoemake with “Trees”; K-2 (Experiment) tied for 1st place, Kenson Moss with “Inside Out Easter Egg” and Thomas Damron with “The Science of Hot Wheels”, and tied for 2nd place, Chaylea Lunsford with “Rainbow Water” and Conner Talley with “The Super Magnet.” There were no model entries in the K-2 grade band.
Here are the results from 3-5 grades (Research): 1st place, Isaac Brown with “Stinging Insects,” 2nd place, Luke Driver with “Gardening in New Ground,” and 3rd place: Devon Maxwell with “Life Cycle of a Butterfly”; 3-5 (Model): 1st place, Gavin Conger with “Two Ideas for Setting a Single Circuit,” 2nd place, Izzy Haugh with “Volcanoes,” and 3rd place, Jarrod Smith with “Life Cycle of a Tadpole”; 3-5 (Experiment): 1st place, Zoi Hale with “Tooth or Dare,” 2nd place, Matt Nokes with Gears: Torque vs. Speed, and 3rd place, Madison Martin with “Rocket Car.”
Here are the results from 6-8th grades (Research), 1st place, Holly Evans with “How Do Some Body Noises Occur,” 2nd place tied between Callie Mulloy with “Mercaptopurine and You” and Grayson Redmon with “Sea Frogs,” and 3rd place, Haley Dies with “The Heart”; 6-8 (Model): 1st place, Garrett Driver with “Electricity,” 2nd place, Janelle Rodriguez with “Organization of Life,” and 3rd place, “Hailey Bogle” with “Our Solar System”; 6-8 (Experiment): 1st place, Christian Trail with “Heart Health,” 2nd place tied between Emma Damron with “Walking on Water” and Peyton Harris with “Re-evaluate Your Drinks,” and 3rd place, Elijah Aucoin with “Glowing Water.”
Receiving Honorable Mention from all grades were Mariah Mofield, Cody Woodham, Jaxon Humphrey, John Ellis, Brayden Antoniak, Kortnee Skeen, Aly Griffith, Noah Evans, Aniston Farler, Jake Christian, Bonnie Hale, Ellie Vaughn, Cameron Bailey, and Bralin Moss.
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