Science college students with their mission boards crammed the Expo Middle at the Flathead County Fairgrounds Thursday as college students from faculties throughout the county gathered for the annual countywide science fair.
Glacier Gateway fifth grader Barrett Maiden mentioned he’s by no means had a speaker to play music, which prompted his thought for his science fair mission — a paper plate speaker that projects sound.
Edgerton Elementary fifh grader Raelynn Keller’s mission in contrast which family cleansing spray would kill micro organism essentially the most successfully. Pledge Multi-Floor Cleaner beat out all different cleaners and disproved her unique idea.
Edgerton Elementary fourth grader Avery Lacey received the fourth grade organic class with her mission “Can Train Make Our Our bodies Work Higher?” She additionally received a well being science award from Logan Well being. She mentioned she received at her college final 12 months however wasn’t capable of attend the county science fair, however returned this 12 months due to her love for science.
“I’m doing it once more subsequent 12 months as a result of I really like science and I really like making projects,” Lacey mentioned.
Linden from Flathead Excessive College was considered one of two excessive schoolers at the fair. Linden mentioned his mission, “Spaced Out Music: The Impact of Distance on Sound Delay,” was created to show his band trainer that being exterior doesn’t have an effect on how a performer hears their instrument (to a noticeable diploma). His mission received grand in his class.
Seventh grader Josie Olszewski from St. Matthew’s Catholic College received grand within the seventh grade bodily class together with her mission “Sizzling Potato” that examined which sort of potato would make the most effective potato battery— sure metals expertise a chemical response with the acids within the potato and creates {the electrical} vitality. She mentioned she enjoys science and probably desires to pursue it when she is older.
“My brother is an enormous inspiration for me, he goes to varsity in Florida however he’s actually into science and I feel I might go someplace with science,” Olszewski mentioned.
Students are eligible to win prize cash that will increase as they transfer by way of the ranks, which means in the event that they made it to the nationwide science fair they may win as much as $250,000.
Flathead County Science Fair Outcomes:
third Grade Mannequin or Demonstration:
Grand: Abigail Andrasko, Edgerton Elementary “How Waves Type”
Grand: Leise Conner, Edgerton Elementary “How Do Sizzling Air Balloons Rise”
Grand: Harseerat Sohi, Edgerton Elementary, “Waste Water Remedy Plant”
Reserve: Roy Dettweiler, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “Geologic Rocks”
Reserve: Ryland Lennick, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “M&M Survival”
third Grade Organic:
Grand: Howard Fullerton, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “Results of Totally different Meals Varieties on Crayfish Development and Weight”
Reserve: Nash Schaeffer, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “Wrestlers and Micro organism”
third Grade Bodily:
Grand: Owen Grace, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “King of the Wooden”
Grand: Mia Lengacher & Wyllis Myer, Kalispell Montessori, “Meals Magic”
Reserve: Masen Reithmeier, Edgerton Elementary, “When Science is Candy”
Reserve: Clinton Dabb, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “Wooden Power for Bridges”
Reserve: Phoenix Nelson, Lacey Sieler, & Ingrid Aiken, Kalispell Montessori, “The Warmth of Colours”
4th Grade Mannequin or Demonstration:
Grand: Lily Dotter, Edgerton Elementary, “How has Local weather Change affected the Flathead Valley”
Reserve: Kyla Raymond, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “How Snowflakes are Fashioned”
4th Grade Organic:
Grand: Avery Lacy, Edgerton Elementary, “Can Train Make Our Our bodies Work Higher”
Reserve: Josephine Hackethorn, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “Which Manner Grows Finest?”
4th Grade Bodily:
Grand: Sadie Berkram, Edgerton Elementary, “Citric Acid and Baking Soda”
Reserve: Addison Holloway & Landon Travis, Kalispell Montessori, “Fruit Battery”
fifth Grade Organic:
Grand: Margaret Fullerton, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “The Results of Roadside Mud on Tree Development”
Reserve: Ayla Mosher & Vayda Kauffman, Kalispell Montessori, “Colourful Vegetation”
fifth Grade Bodily:
Grand: Kaden Grant, Ruder Elementary, “Potato Energy”
Grand: Cadence McMullin, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “Humpty Dumpty”
Reserve: Charlotte Brents, Glacier Gateway Elementary, “Burning Energy”
sixth Grade Organic
Grand: Jacob Linden, Kalispell Center College, A Story of Two Teas: Meillisa
Reserve: Matthew Bliven, St. Matthew’s Catholic College, “Filter Away”
Reserve: Harper Holloway and Nevé Travis, Kalispell Montessori, “Micro organism Buster”
sixth Grade Bodily:
Grand: Meah Koppes, St. Matthew’s Catholic College, “The Science Behind Cookies”
Grand: Lander Heino, St. Matthew’s Catholic College, “Caught on You”
Reserve: Sylvia Blair, Kalispell Montessori, “Fly Birdy!”
Reserve: Kellan Manning, St. Matthew’s Catholic College, “Mouse Lure Missiles”
seventh Grade Organic:
Grand: Asher Stanfield, Kalispell Center College, “Winter Birds and Their Feed Preferences”
Reserve: Lilyanna Hutcheson, Madeline Neumann, Trinity Lutheran, “Micro organism Be Gone
seventh Grade Bodily:
Grand: Josie Olszewski, St. Matthew’s Catholic College, “Sizzling Potato”
Grand: Noah Elliot, Trinity Lutheran, “The Nice Dishwasher Cleaning soap Debate”
Grand: Maxx Desjarlais, Trinity Lutheran, “Chocolate Manufacturing unit”
Grand: Logan Schwartz, Trinity Lutheran, “What Fuels the Hearth”
Reserve: Charlotte Younger, Trinity Lutheran, “The Neverending Battery”
Reserve: Nicholas Follmuth, Homeschool, “The Hammering Drive”
Reserve: Madeline Edlund & Chloe Wirth, Trinity Lutheran, “Mineral Mayhem”
Reserve: Audrey Dartez, Trinity Lutheran, “The Deflated Distance”
eighth Grade Organic:
Grand: Lahna Thom, Trinity Lutheran, “Be Sensible Don’t Begin”
Grand: Teagen Flint, Deer Park, “Do Totally different Dilutions of Disinfectants Have an effect on Bacterial Resistance?
Reserve: Selah Piedemonte, Trinity Lutheran, “The Finest Water for Vegetation”
Reserve: Tim Zundel, Evergreen Jr. Excessive College, “Fontative Pondering”
eighth Grade Bodily:
Grand: Madison Corman-Berg, Smith Valley, “Levitating Orb”
Grand: Bella Maestas, Trinity Lutheran, “Lyte Ranges”
Grand: Emily Lockhart, Trinity Lutheran, “Zap That Wire”
Reserve: Olivia Hagemeier, Trinity Lutheran, “Pitch Excellent”
Reserve: Owen Thiel, Trinity Lutheran, “Fly By”
Reserve: Rachel Eberhart, Trinity Lutheran, “Image Excellent”
Reserve: Emily Higgs, Evergreen Jr. Excessive, “Sketch and Shade”
Center College Engineering
Grand: Hailey Fiala, Kalispell Center College, “The Zebra Mussel Exterminator”
Reserve: Ruby Hadley, Smith Valley, “Electrical Motors”
Excessive College
Grand: Dyson Linden, Flathead Excessive College, “Spaced Out Music: The Impact of Distance on Sound Delay”
Reserve: Keanu Ng, Flathead Excessive College, “The Impact of Wildfire Ash on the Development of Algae”
Particular Awards
Out of doors Ecology Awards:
Sportsman Ski Haus: Anna Pickering, seventh grade, Trinity Lutheran
Audubon Wildlife Conservation: Asher Stanfield, seventh grade, Kalispell Center College
Flathead Lake Bio Station: Hailey Fiala, sixth grade, Kalispell Center College; Logan Schwartz, seventh grade, Trinity Lutheran; Sela Piedmonte, eighth grade, Trinity Lutheran.
Most Creative Board
Stumptown: Emily Higgs, eighth grade, Evergreen Jr. Excessive
Montana Trendy Positive Artwork: Josephine Hackethorne, 4th grade, Glacier Gateway Elementary
Kalico: Kyla Raymond, 4th grade, Edgerton
Well being Science Award
Logan Well being: Avery Lacy, 4th grade, Edgerton
Logan Well being: Harper Holloway and Nevé Travis, sixth grade, Kalispell Montessori
Out of doors Programs:
Glacier Institute 3-8: Margaret Fullerton, fifth grade, Glacier Gateway Elementary
Glacier Institute HS: Keanu Ng, 10th grade, Flathead Excessive College
FVCC: Kaden Grant, fifth grade, Ruder Elementary
Finest Vitality Associated
Flathead Electrical: Emily Lockhart, eighth grade, Trinity Lutheran
Creativeness Award
Creativeness Station: Abigail Andresko, third grade, Edgerton
Flathead STEAM Alliance- Throughout STEAM awards:
3-5: Margaret Fullerton, fifth grade, Glacier Gateway Elementary
6-8: Hailey Fiala, eighth grade, Kalispell Center College
HS: Keanu Ng, 10th grade, Flathead Excessive College
