District 58 congratulates the five middle school students whose four Science Fair projects were honored at the State Science Expo this month. Projects competing at the state level each first earned awards and advanced through a competitive judging process at the local and regional levels. The State Science Expo awarded students with a Gold, Silver or Bronze award.
Gold:
- Caralyn Fleming, Herrick seventh grader: “How does the angle of a solar panel affect the amount of power produced?”
- Zaara Haque, Herrick eighth grader: “Initiating global cooling: Could dissolved salts modify the freezing point of water?”
- Taran Sooranahalli, O’Neill eighth grader: “How does the shape of a water turbine affect its ability to produce hydroelectric power?”
Silver:
- Justin Martinets and Ellis Sioukas, Herrick eighth graders: “How does the type of cleaning product affect the amount of DNA extracted from a strawberry?”