Greenwich Science Students Win Big
at
The Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair
On March 18th nineteen Greenwich Central School science students competed in the Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair at RPI. Grand Prize Awardees include Samuel Dixson (3rd) and Charlotte Collins (3rd Honorable Mention). Samuel Dixson took 3rd overall in the competition for his project, “Field of Streams: Creating a Floating Field” Dixson created a self-sustaining floating vertical garden to grow crops. Dixson will compete in June at the State competition sponsored by STANYS (Science Teachers Association of New York State) at the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, NY. Dixson also won the DoD STEM Leadership Prize, the US Air Force and Reserve Award, and the US Navy Award. Charlotte Collins took 3rd honorable mention overall for her project, “The Effect of Greywater on Radish Seed Germination”. Collins grew Radishes using greywater, pre used household waste water.
Other special awards winners include:
In the senior division, Honora LaRock won the Society for In Vitro Biology, for her research on Sexual Selective Behavior of Parhyale hawaiensis: A Study Comparing Mate Selection of Males Based on Mate Colouration.
In the junior division Noah Speanburg, Ella Celani won the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Eastern Branch, for their research: Cleanliness is Key! What Kind of Surface Cleaner Harbors the Least Bacteria?Claire Smith won the Jane Golub Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation for her research: The Effect of Food Preservatives on Microorganism Growth. Rogan Kelly, Mya Saunders won the Momentive Performance Materials Award for their research Blooming Algae: The Effect of Organic Fertilizer on Algae Growth. Michel Brennen won the National Grid Michel Brennen for his research on How Different Types of Foods Affect Foods the Productivity of Bio-digester. Claire Fowler won the Nuclear Society Claire Fowler for her research on The Effect of Pumped Hydroelectric Energy. Maxwell Aierstok won the SI Group Award Maxwell Aierstock for his research entitled, Plastic Paper with a Zero Net Carbon Footprint? A Study Evaluating the Quality and Possibilities of Reusable Hemp and Plastic Paper. Harper McCarthy won the STANYS Eleanor Miller Reed Science Research Award for her research on The Effect of Intensity of UV Radiation on the Rate of Bacterial Growth for Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and E. coli. Avery Timmins won the Association of Women Geoscientists Avery Timmins J-EAEV-001 Can Bedrock Fix it? A Study on Which Type of Bedrock Can Raise pH after Acid Rain Has Lowered It. Samuel Magowan won the US Metric Award for his research on The Effect of Styrofoam on Plant Growth.Lastly, Cameron Boardman won the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)for his project, Plan, Plant, Save.
All of these projects will be featured in the Greenwich Central School Science Symposium later this spring. The event is free and open to the public.
