Winners Named in SMS Science Fair

Congratulations to our students in grades 6-8 who recently participated in the 2016 St. Mary’s Science Fair on February 18th.  Fifteen of those students received awards for their projects. The winners from each category of Physical and Biological science will attend the Southern Appalachian Science & Engineering Fair (SASEF) at the University of Tennessee in April. We are so proud of the efforts of all of our young scientists!

Physical Sciences: 1st Sydney Mesmer, “Earth Lovin’ Oven”; 2nd Amelia Van Berkel, “Water, Water Everywhere, but not a Single Drop to Drink”; 3rd Sarah Tackett, “Pearly Whites”;  4th Ryan Rearden, “Do you hear what I hear?”; 5th Mateo Gorrondona,  “You Keep It a Little Warmer in Here” Honorable Mention:  Anna Kasemir, “World Wide Whisper”; Ryan Audet, “Ball Bearing and Magnets”
Biological Sciences: 1st Catelyn Krings, “All the Buzz”; 2nd Elizabeth Waltman, “Denature or Die: The Importance of Protein Denaturation for OAS sufferers”;  3rd Joseph Duhamel, “And the Eye Color Is?” ; 4th Ashlyn Riikola, “A Stomach’s Worst Enemy”;  5th Jacqueline Audet, “Is that cat fat?”;   Honorable Mention: Elliot Barnes, “Hot or Cold: Left or Right”; Paige Halcrow, “Bacteria Counts”; Emmett Brown, “Acid Rain Hurts”