The Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair was held on March 18th and 19th at the BYU Conference Center. Nebo had over 150 students participate int he elementary, junior, and senior divisions.
ELEMENTARY AWARDS (5th & 6th GRADE)
Grand Awards
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovator Challenge Award:
-Maple Grove Middle School: Ryler Butterfield, What Material best Protects Soft Tissue?
-Maple Grove Middle School: Judson Haderlie, Influencing Brain Power
- Valley View Middle School: Ayla Campbell, Eco Friendly Insulation
Category Grand Awards
Product Testing & Consumer Science:
-Park View Elementary: Leah Harper, Suncreen Standoff
Category Awards 1st Place
Chemistry:
-Sage Creek Elementary: Rosie Corie, Which Liquid Dissolves A Jolly Rancher Quickest?
Earth & Environmental Science:
-East Meadows Elementary: Harper Harris & Isabel Collins, Fantastic Bioplastic
- Sage Creek Elementary: Kinley Peery, From Scraps to Food
Engineering:
- Canyon Elementary: Calli Agbayani, Archimedes Wind Turbine
Life Science:
- Riverview Elementary: Jaxon Sovine & Paul Lontine,
Product Testing & Consumer Science:
- Maple Grove Middle: Ryler Butterfield, What Material Best Protects Soft Tissue?
- Sierra Bonita Elementary: Grayson Fowles, Fabric vs. Flame: What Fabric Protects Best?
- Maple Grove Middle: Judson Haderlie, Influencing Brain Power
Category Awards 2nd Place
Chemistry:
- Park View Elementary: Chloe Curia, Which Toothpaste Works Best?
Earth & Environmental Science:
- Park View Elementary: Ledger Troy, Which Material Retains Heat The Longest?
- Riverview Elementary: Shelby Sherratt, The Effects of Auditory Stimuli on Peperomia Plants
Life Science:
- Maple Ridge Elementary: Coco Lamb & Nicholas Porter, Cute Faces, Dirty Faces
- Rees Elementary: Jack Garcia, Reaction Time: Righties vs Lefties
Physics, Astronomy, & Mathematics
-Park View Elementary: Brenner Holloway, Take Flight
- Sierra Bonita Elementary: Hadley Camp & Zoie Smith, How Does Temperature Affect How High a Basketball Bounces?
Product Testing & Consumer Science
- Sierra Bonita Elementary: Elijah West & Isaac Adams, Which Cell Phone Screen Time Activities Expose You to the Most Microwave Radiation?
- Maple Ridge Elementary: Tyson Butler, Battery Battle
Category Awards 3rd Place
Chemistry:
- East Meadows Elementary: Riley Salas, Dissolvents
- Spanish Oaks Elementary: Calidan Carter; What Utah County Cities Have the Purest Water?
Earth & Environmental Science
- Maple Ridge Elementary: Vivian Hess, Soil Washout Prevention
- Park View Elementary: Grace Broadbent, What Filters Oil Best?
Life Science
- Maple Grove Middle: Berkley Kunzler & Madelyn Moody, AI or Not?
- East Meadows Elementary: Katie Field, Do Dogs Have a Paw Preference?
- Maple Ridge Elementary: Clara Samuelson, Sweeteners vs. Teeth
Physics, Astronomy, & Mathematics
Valley View Middle: Ailana Naumu, Knowledge is Winning
Product Testing & Consumer Science
- Rees Elementary: Ellie Ziebarth, Get a Grip! The Effects of Climbing Chalk Blends
- Sierra Bonita Elementary: Poppi Garns & Summer James, Ice Ice Maybe
- Sierra Bonita Elementary: Caleb Cardon & Gavin Cardon, Got Teeth?
- East Meadows Elementary: Tate Loreen, Sip or Skip: The Tooth Truth About Drinks
Special Awards
-World Food Production Award: Rees Elementary: Jemma Lapin, What is the Best Method for Preserving Apple Slices?
-Microscopy: Maple Ridge Elementary: Rachel Zaugg, Water Showdown
- Presentation: Sierra Bonita Elementary: Bostyn Beck & Maylee Sumsion, Roses are Red, Wilting Makes You Blue. Flower Hacks Work, it's True
- Fossil: Salem Elementary: Daxton Talbot & Max Guerra, Can Wood Petrify Faster in Different Soils?
JUNIOR DIVISION AWARDS (7th & 8th GRADE)
Category Awards 3rd Place
Behavioral & Social Science:
- Valley View Middle: Isla Udall, Does Rhyme Improve Memory Retention
Earth & Environmental Science
- Maple Grove Middle: Lexie Heier, Hot Rocks: Analyzing Natural Radioactivity in Rock Specimens
Engineering: Electrical & Computer Science
- Mapleton Junior High: Haylee Johnson, Measuring the Radar Cross Section of Children
Special Awards
- U.S. Naval/Marine Corps: Mapleton Junior High: Haylee Johnson, Measuring the Radar Cross Section of Children
SENIOR DIVISION AWARDS (9th-12th GRADE)
Grand Awards
Deans Award: BYU David O McKay School of Education:
- Springville High: Clara Allen, Manufacturing with Moon Dust
Brigham Young University Scholarship: College of Geological Sciences:
- Springville High: Michael Leck, Signal Recovery in High- Noise Environments: Quantifying the Effectiveness of Alternative-Receive Antennas, Active Phasing, and Common-Mode Suppression
Grand Champion-Qualified for the International Science and Engineering Fair:
- Springville High: Clara Allen, Manufacturing with Moon Dust
- Spanish Fork High: Bentley Day, Cold Plasma: Sterilizing Dairy Biofilms
Category Awards 1st Place
Biomedical, Medicine, & Health Science:
- Spanish Fork High: Bentley Day, Cold Plasma: Sterilizing Dairy Biofilms
Engineering: Electrical & Computer Science:
- Springville High: Michael Leck, Signal Recovery in High- Noise Environments: Quantifying the Effectiveness of Alternative-Receive Antennas, Active Phasing, and Common-Mode Suppression
Engineering: Materials & Mechanical:
- Springville High: Clara Allen, Manufacturing with Mood Dust
Category Awards 2nd Place
Chemistry:
- Spanish Fork Junior High: Stephen Petersen, How Electrode Size Affects Hydrogen Gas Production
Category Awards 3rd Place
Behavioral & Social Science:
- Springville High: Brightyn Langholf & Tanner Tyson, Facial Expressions vs. Bias
Chemistry
- Springville High: Andalynn Tracy & Juliet Avery, Soda Flavors on a Molecular Level
Engineering: Materials & Mechanical
- Springville High: Keira Jones, Enhancing Ship Efficiency Through Air Lubrication
Special Awards
- U.S. Naval/Marine Corps: Springville High, Keira Jones, Enhancing Ship Efficiency Through Air Lubrication
- Office of Airforce- U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps: Springville High: Clara Allen, Manufacturing with Mood Dust
- Office of Airforce- U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps: Springville High, Keira Jones, Enhancing Ship Efficiency Through Air Lubrication
- Yale Science & Engineering Association Award: Springville High: Yurim Kim, Once Upon AI
- Yale Science & Engineering Association Award: Springville High: Zach Broderick, Not All Knots are Created Equal
- Fossilogic Meteor: Springville High: Clara Allen, Manufacturing with Moon Dust
Images of Nebo Students at the Elementary Division CUSF STEM Fair
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