Three Students Standing in front of their project at the science fair

We are so proud of all our students who participated in the Science Fair this year. A special congratulations to the students below who will now advance to represent us and compete at the HCS District Science Fair on Thursday, December 11.

  • 1st – The Effect of Oxygen Exposure on Apples Browning – Daelan Griffith, Evelyn Riggs & Vivian Scarbrough (7th grade)

  • 2nd – The Sleepy Brain Project – Cooper Catlett & David von Herrmann (7th grade)

  • 3rd – Get a Grip – Lina Nelson & Juni Wall (8th grade)

  • 4th – Osmosis with Eggs – Hannah Wales (6th grade)

  • 5th – Aerodynamics of Paper Airplane Designs – Ben Caruso, Ewan McElhaney & Lucas Noletto (7th grade)

  • 6th – How does Alcohol Concentration Affect the Chromatography of a Black Ink? – Alma Cruz Cruz & Quyen Nguyen (8th grade)

  • 7th – The Water Bend Effect – Ollie Hearn & Mason Parish (8th grade)

  • 8th – What’s in Your Water? – Walter Brown, Bryce Painter & Benjamin Smeal (7th grade)

  • 9th – Speedy Slope – Jonah Kendrick, Ethan Polsgrove & Sawyer Stratton (7th grade)

  • 10th – The Effect of Varying Salinity Levels on Different Flower Types – Vivian Plotts (7th grade)

A special thank you also to our judges for their time and expertise:

  • Dr. Max Bonamente, Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, UAH, specialist in Astrophysics and Statistics.

  • Dr. Bhaskar Guar, Assistant Professor, UAH, Quantum Computing Researcher.

  • Dr. Martin Heimbeck, Ph.D., Supervisory Scientist U.S. Army, specialist in Optics and RF.

  • Mr. Krishna Myneni, former U.S. Army Research Scientist for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics.

  • Dr. Brian Smith, Ph.D., P.E., Principal Research Scientist, UAH, specialist in Radio Frequency Sensors.

Thank you to everyone who helped their student with their project and came and visited with the students about their projects. Thank you for supporting our students and helping to make this event a success!