Fayette students excel at regional science competition

Fayette students

excel at regional science competition

The results

of the Regional Educational Service Agency Regional Science Fair are in

and Fayette students walked away with many top awards across the board.

Out of the

17 projects sent to the regional competition, 15 of them placed in the

top three of their divisions and categories.

"This

was an exceptionally good competition for Fayette County schools. We succeeded

at a phenomenal rate in terms of percentages," said Sharon Boyer,

science/health coordinator for Fayette County schools.

The first place

winners will go on to compete in the state Science and Engineering Fair,

which will be at the University of Georgia April 5-7.

Fayette will

send five projects to the state competition. At the competition, the projects

will have a chance of being selected to compete in the International Science

and Engineering Fair, set for later this year.

The winners

are as follows:

Junior Division:

First place - Aaron Kirschner, Rotational Inertia of Wheels, Flat Rock

Middle; second - Lindsey Renee Gunter, Home Dry Cleaning Kits: Do they

work?, Fayette Middle; third - Jade Briggs, What Material Absorbs the

Most Water?, Flat Rock Middle; team second - Matt Alberts, Danny Giglio,

Model Rocketry, Flat Rock Middle; team third - Michael Sanders, Drew Johnson,

Phillip Sims, Homerun Derby, Flat Rock Middle.

Senior Division:

First, biochemistry - Tony Hung, Identifying DNA Photolesion Binding Proteins

in Lemna minor L., McIntosh High; first, botany - Melinda Murray, Is Cold

Hardiness Inherited in Abelia?, Starr's Mill High; first microbiology,

Jessica King, Does the Organism That Causes TB Have a Known DNA Plasmid?,

Fayette County High; second botany - Brian Johns, Growing Under Pressure,

Sandy Creek High; second, computers - Chad Cross, Cluster: A Peer to Peer

File Sharing Internet Application, Starr's Mill High; second engineering

- Joel Siegel, Batteries: Is There Truth to the Claims?, Fayette County

High; second, microbiology - Rebecca Timmis, WANTED: The Best Oral Disinfectant,

McIntosh High; third, physics - Daniel Jury, Which Louisville Baseball

Bat Will Hit a Ball the Farthest?, Sandy Creek High; team first - Daniel

Anderson, Natalie Amoroso, Fractal Music: Does It Really Exist?, Fayette

County High; team second - Brett Haynie, Phillip Strickland, Variegation:

Appeal or Effect?, Starr's Mill High;

Special Awards:

Chad Cross, Bell South Telecommunications Award, Starr's Mill High; Chad

Cross, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award, Starr's Mill High;

Joel Siegel, U. S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps Award, Fayette County High;

Chad Cross, U. S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps Award, Starr's Mill High; Jessica

King, United States Air Force Award, Fayette County High; Chad Cross,

United States Air Force Award, Starr's Mill High; Jessica King, United

States Army Award, Fayette County High; Melinda Murray, United, States

Army Award, Starr's Mill High; Daniel Anderson, Natalie Amoroso, United

States Army Award, Fayette County High.

*Each first

place project qualifies for the State Science and Engineering Fair, April

5-7 at UGA.