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TCS Math/Science Fair 2015
BREVARD, NC (January 20, 2015) — The best young minds in Transylvania County routinely work out hypotheses and analyze mounds of data to arrive at scientific conclusions. On January 13, the tables were turned and students’ own findings went under the microscope during the 27th Annual Dr. A. Mickey Church Math/Science Fair.
Board of Education Chair Tawny McCoy served as master of ceremonies in the Rogow Room at the Transylvania County Library. McCoy thanked school personnel and parents who make the annual science fair possible at their schools, and on the county level. She said, “I know that many extra hours are needed to have such an event, and I appreciate your efforts.”
Superintendent Jeff McDaris, with board members Marty Griffin and Betty Scruggs, helped hand out awards to winning students. Curriculum Directors Audrey Reneau and Brian Weaver served as Administrators for the jointly held Junior and Senior Science Fair, with coordinators Sheila Byrd and Marilyn Whitmire.
Fifty-two students submitted individual or team projects for the countywide competition. Eight judges spent the previous day reviewing a combined total of 30 projects to determine winners based on fitness for competition at the regional fair.
McCoy noted that the math/science fair would not be possible without significant community support. She thanked the volunteer judges and added, “Our appreciation goes to Ms. Stella Trapp, owner of the Transylvania Times, whose generous donation twenty seven years ago started our countywide fair.”
Medals were then awarded to the following students, who also invited to compete at regionals in February:
Junior Science Fair Winners
Biological Science A
3rd Place: John Nguyen and Bain Brown, BMS – “Shrimp: Brine...or Brawn”
2nd Place: Bobby Brown, BMS – “Assessing the Water Quality of Davidson River During Different Seasons”
1st Place: Emma Dauster, BMS – “The Impact of Controlled Burns on Terrestrial Tardigrade Populations in Dupont State Recreational Forest”
Biological Science B
3rd Place: Kailyn McCall, BMS – “What Time Is It?”
2nd Place: Aubree Williamson, BMS – “Guinea Pig Maze”
1st Place: Clare Kennerly, BMS – “Spoonerisms: A Study of Language”
Chemistry
1st Place: Carly Tabor, BMS – “I'm Melting...Which Building Material Holds up for the Effects of Acid Rain?”
Earth and Environmental Science
1st Place: Fritz Ruppert, BMS – “Are Our Water Woes Caused by Fertilizer Foes?”
Physics
3rd Place: Christian Heath and Gabriel Buenrostro, BMS – “How Does Air Pressure of a Soccer Ball Affect How Far it Goes?”
2nd Place: Kylie Worley and Eda Royer, BMS – “Which Cereal Will Absorb the Most Milk?”
1st Place: Caroline Jones, BMS – “Spinderella”
Technology and Engineering
1st Place: Frank Parsons, BMS – “Better Wi-Fi In Your House”
Senior Science Fair Winners
Biological Science A
3rd Place: Aaron Neumann, Ingrid Findlay, and Hannah Lemel, BHS – “Evaluation of Honey Bee Health in Transylvania County: An Assessment of Varroa destructor and Nosema Levels”
2nd Place: Sam Farrar, Erin Smith, and Cameron McCathern, BHS -- “The Evaluation of Stevia rebaudiana for the Presence of Estrogen-like Compounds”
1st Place: Abby Williams and Carly Onnink, BHS – “Electrantennogram Assays to Determine Megacopta cribraria Response to (E)-2- hexenal, tridecane, and (E)-2-decenal”
Biological Science B
3rd Place: Carver Nichols, BHS – “Agrobacterium-Mediated Stable Transformation of Coleus X Hybridus In Planta Using the Floral Dip Method”
2nd Place: Hannah Field and Ryan Holland, BHS – “Screening Local Lignicolous Fungi for Lignin-Degrading Enzymes”
1st Place: Crista Cali and Sarah Branagan, BHS – “The Search for Pityophthorus juglandis and Associated Geosmithia morbida in Transylvania County, NC”
Chemistry
1st Place: Joseph Roberts, Eliza Witherspoon and Lauren Tooley, BHS – “Evaluation of VOC-producing Diaporthe species for enzyme production”
Earth and Environmental Science
2nd Place: Allison Reece and Lauren DuBreuil, BHS – “The Effect of Antibiotics on the Mortality of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae)”
1st Place: Ryulee Park and Aidan Spradlin, BHS – “Identification and Heavy Metal Remediation Potential of Fungi Isolated from Duke Energy's 1964 Asheville Coal Ash Pond”
Physics
No projects submitted
Technology and Engineering
1st Place: Sam Lemel and Bryce Spradlin, BHS – “Adapting LAMP Assay and Culturing Methods for Use in Detecting Pseudoperonospora humuli in Hops and Pseudoperonospora cubensis in Cucumbers”
The Western North Carolina Regional Science Fair at Western Carolina University will be held on February 10th and 11th. The Regional Math Fair will be held on March 21nd at Appalachian State University.
The North Carolina Science Fair for the entire state will be held March 27th and 28th, at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC.
© 2015, Transylvania County Schools. All rights reserved.
TCS Math/Science Fair 2015
BREVARD, NC (January 20, 2015) — The best young minds in Transylvania County routinely work out hypotheses and analyze mounds of data to arrive at scientific conclusions. On January 13, the tables were turned and students’ own findings went under the microscope during the 27th Annual Dr. A. Mickey Church Math/Science Fair.
Board of Education Chair Tawny McCoy served as master of ceremonies in the Rogow Room at the Transylvania County Library. McCoy thanked school personnel and parents who make the annual science fair possible at their schools, and on the county level. She said, “I know that many extra hours are needed to have such an event, and I appreciate your efforts.”
Superintendent Jeff McDaris, with board members Marty Griffin and Betty Scruggs, helped hand out awards to winning students. Curriculum Directors Audrey Reneau and Brian Weaver served as Administrators for the jointly held Junior and Senior Science Fair, with coordinators Sheila Byrd and Marilyn Whitmire.
Fifty-two students submitted individual or team projects for the countywide competition. Eight judges spent the previous day reviewing a combined total of 30 projects to determine winners based on fitness for competition at the regional fair.
McCoy noted that the math/science fair would not be possible without significant community support. She thanked the volunteer judges and added, “Our appreciation goes to Ms. Stella Trapp, owner of the Transylvania Times, whose generous donation twenty seven years ago started our countywide fair.”
Medals were then awarded to the following students, who also invited to compete at regionals in February:
Junior Science Fair Winners
Biological Science A
3rd Place: John Nguyen and Bain Brown, BMS – “Shrimp: Brine...or Brawn”
2nd Place: Bobby Brown, BMS – “Assessing the Water Quality of Davidson River During Different Seasons”
1st Place: Emma Dauster, BMS – “The Impact of Controlled Burns on Terrestrial Tardigrade Populations in Dupont State Recreational Forest”
Biological Science B
3rd Place: Kailyn McCall, BMS – “What Time Is It?”
2nd Place: Aubree Williamson, BMS – “Guinea Pig Maze”
1st Place: Clare Kennerly, BMS – “Spoonerisms: A Study of Language”
Chemistry
1st Place: Carly Tabor, BMS – “I'm Melting...Which Building Material Holds up for the Effects of Acid Rain?”
Earth and Environmental Science
1st Place: Fritz Ruppert, BMS – “Are Our Water Woes Caused by Fertilizer Foes?”
Physics
3rd Place: Christian Heath and Gabriel Buenrostro, BMS – “How Does Air Pressure of a Soccer Ball Affect How Far it Goes?”
2nd Place: Kylie Worley and Eda Royer, BMS – “Which Cereal Will Absorb the Most Milk?”
1st Place: Caroline Jones, BMS – “Spinderella”
Technology and Engineering
1st Place: Frank Parsons, BMS – “Better Wi-Fi In Your House”
Senior Science Fair Winners
Biological Science A
3rd Place: Aaron Neumann, Ingrid Findlay, and Hannah Lemel, BHS – “Evaluation of Honey Bee Health in Transylvania County: An Assessment of Varroa destructor and Nosema Levels”
2nd Place: Sam Farrar, Erin Smith, and Cameron McCathern, BHS -- “The Evaluation of Stevia rebaudiana for the Presence of Estrogen-like Compounds”
1st Place: Abby Williams and Carly Onnink, BHS – “Electrantennogram Assays to Determine Megacopta cribraria Response to (E)-2- hexenal, tridecane, and (E)-2-decenal”
Biological Science B
3rd Place: Carver Nichols, BHS – “Agrobacterium-Mediated Stable Transformation of Coleus X Hybridus In Planta Using the Floral Dip Method”
2nd Place: Hannah Field and Ryan Holland, BHS – “Screening Local Lignicolous Fungi for Lignin-Degrading Enzymes”
1st Place: Crista Cali and Sarah Branagan, BHS – “The Search for Pityophthorus juglandis and Associated Geosmithia morbida in Transylvania County, NC”
Chemistry
1st Place: Joseph Roberts, Eliza Witherspoon and Lauren Tooley, BHS – “Evaluation of VOC-producing Diaporthe species for enzyme production”
Earth and Environmental Science
2nd Place: Allison Reece and Lauren DuBreuil, BHS – “The Effect of Antibiotics on the Mortality of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae)”
1st Place: Ryulee Park and Aidan Spradlin, BHS – “Identification and Heavy Metal Remediation Potential of Fungi Isolated from Duke Energy's 1964 Asheville Coal Ash Pond”
Physics
No projects submitted
Technology and Engineering
1st Place: Sam Lemel and Bryce Spradlin, BHS – “Adapting LAMP Assay and Culturing Methods for Use in Detecting Pseudoperonospora humuli in Hops and Pseudoperonospora cubensis in Cucumbers”
The Western North Carolina Regional Science Fair at Western Carolina University will be held on February 10th and 11th. The Regional Math Fair will be held on March 21nd at Appalachian State University.
The North Carolina Science Fair for the entire state will be held March 27th and 28th, at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC.
© 2015, Transylvania County Schools. All rights reserved.