The local middle school science fair took place on Monday, February 6th. Students in 7th & 8th grade displayed and presented their projects for judges in the morning and then in the afternoon to elementary students, families, and community members.
A special thank you to our judges: Woody Gnadt, Ruth Sarar, Brad Farrell, Cory Buchholz, Ed Mueller, Julie Mueller, Chris McGregor, Keara Beck, Drew Pederson and Zach Uhl. There were 38 projects displayed and 14 projects qualified to move on to the regional science fair at SDSU in Brookings on March 28th.
Local Science Fair Award Winners:
Overall Grand Champion:
Emma Wolf.
Reserve Champions:
Autumn Genzlinger & Alyssa Garcia.
Honorable Mention:
Whisper Apple.
Alexis Christensen & Jordyn Kuphal.
Ella Frerk & Chloe Hermanson.
Qualifiers for the regional science fair:
Autumn Genzler & Alyssa Garcia- “Get a Pulse".
Isaiah Coburn & Collin Olson- “Orange Juice vs. Sport Drinks".
Natalie Brazee- “Garbage Bag Strength".
Anna Ebbing- “Soccer Shooting Angles".
Aiden Johnson, Ben Wastell, Caiden Maack- “Hot Wheels Cars Aerodynamics".
Casen Smith & Cooper Smith- “Going, Going, Gone"
Emma Wolf- “Match vs. Hunting Bullet".
Wyatt Potter- “Do Chickens Like Music".
Whisper Apple- “Succulent Propagation".
Austin Graff, Carter Siemonsma, Michael Hanisch- “Organic vs. Non-Organic".
Ella Frerk, Chloe Hermanson- “Flour Power".
Liz Houg & Talon Miller- “Rubber Eggs".
Meiah Olson & Mackenzie Sanders- “The Candle Race"
Jordyn Kuphal & Alexis Christensen- “Professional vs. Box Dye”.