Future Scientists Show Off Their Skills at Recent District Science Fairs
During the month of November, Iredell-Statesville Schools hosted their annual district-wide science fair. The Iredell-Statesville Schools Science Fair is an opportunity to showcase all the winning school-level fair projects. The fair provides a place for innovative ideas to be shared in areas across Biology, Chemistry, Technology, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, and Environmental Sciences. Students represented their schools in the competition through board presentation and interview. Their science board provides a display that outlines the area of research, problem, hypothesis, procedures, results, and conclusions. Every student also interviews with a judge to answer more in-depth questions regarding their project, results, and overall conclusions.
The science fair is a great way for students to enhance their learning outside the classroom.
“The science fair is a great way to add rigor to a student’s classroom instruction and build communication skills,” Kelly Hinson, Director of AIG, IB and Online Programs explained. “Through this learning opportunity students are allowed a chance to often investigate a problem that interests them and see what they learn in the classroom work in a real-world situation,” she added.
This year, Iredell-Statesville Schools congratulates the following students and wish them all the best as they move to the regional competition at UNC-Charlotte on February 2, 2019.
2018 Elementary Science Fair Winners
Student's Name | Project Name | School | Place |
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Cool Spring Elementary | Jack Taylor | Which type of free and clear laundry detergent cleans towels the best? | Gold |
EIES | Riley Taylor & Tatum Fortner | WASH THOSE HANDS | Gold |
Lake Norman Elementary | Tarun Duraipandi | Is your drink harming your body? | Gold |
Scotts Elementary | Gavin Barnette | Rethink Your Drink | Gold |
Woodland Heights | Athrun Saake | Paper Airplanes | Gold |
Cloverleaf | Carter Pearsall | Catching Stardust | Silver |
Harmony Elementary School | Reilly Smith,Dylan Morrison | The Toothpaste Test | Silver |
Lake Norman Elementary | Nicholas Moore, Briley Smith, Ethan Nance | MagnetTropism | Silver |
Third Creek Elementary School | Elizabeth Jenkins | Can a Magnet and a Battery Make a Piece of Copper Wire Rotate? | Silver |
Union Grove Elem | Gage Goodnight | Citrus Clock | Silver |
Woodland Heights | Carli Dixon | Effects of salt water on plant growth | Silver |
Cloverleaf | Pari Patel | Solar Oven | Bronze |
Coddle Creek Elementary | Ridley Miller | Do Dogs Have a Favorite Color? | Bronze |
Cool Elementary School | Kaitlin Winkley | Candy Rocks! What type of sugars grow the best crystals for rock candy? | Bronze |
Lakeshore Elementary School | Sarah McCluskey | Look on the Green Side of Things | Bronze |
Lakeshore Elementary School | Laila Wigginton | An Apple A Day, the Freshest Way | Bronze |
Scotts Elementary | Mason Todd/Koah Fernandez | S.B.F. (Slowest Burning Fabrics) | Bronze |
2018 Secondary Science Fair Winners
Student's Name | Category | Project Name | School | Place |
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Milo Goodrich/Wesley Timm | Bio A | How fertillizer effects plant growth | East Iredell Middle | 2nd |
Amberlynn VanHouten | Bio A | Farm Fresh Vs Store bought eggs | East Iredell Middle | 3rd |
Jocelyn Mills | Bio B | What Drinks Stain Your Teeth? | Mount Mourne | 1st |
Esha Shah | Bio B | Watch Your Sleep | Lake Norman High | 2nd |
Alana Driver | Bio B | Moisture Madness | Mount Mourne | 3rd |
Brandon Moore | Chemistry | Catching Fire | Mount Mourne | 1st |
Aida Saake | Chemistry | Putting the "Bubble" in Bubblegum | Mount Mourne | 2nd |
John Driver | Chemistry | Best Electrode Combination for Maximum Voltage of Galvanic Cell at Different Temperatures | South Iredell High | 3rd |
Dexton Howell Davis | Earth and Environmental | A Pop of ECO | Brawley Middle | 1st |
Carson Campbell | Earth and Environmental | What is the best method for limiting the effects of eutrophication? | South Iredell High | 2nd |
Noyonika Parui & Niharika Parui | Earth and Environmental | Hurricane Shields | Mount Mourne | 3rd |
Lacie Evans | Engineering | Paper Again and Again | East Iredell Middle | 1st |
Maggie Martin (Katie), Lily Goforth | Engineering | The Effect of Temperature on Magnets | Northview | 2nd |
Adason Buoniconti & Aubrey Eberfield | Engineering | All Net | Brawley Middle | 3rd |
Harrison Nance | Physics | Will It Float? | Mount Mourne | 1st |
Tayshon Harris/Zachary Church | Physics | Sir Isaac's Lego | West Iredell Middle | 2nd |
Chloris Wong | Physics | Flying Helicopter | Brawley Middle | 3rd |
Arjun Saminathan | Technology | Do Screens Really Damage Your Eyes? | Mount Mourne | 1st |
Peyton Woods/Skyler Bolin | Technology | What is Draining your cellphone battery | East Iredell Middle | 2nd |