Big Piney Middle School student overall winner of 2020 Southwest Regional Science Fair
William Hibbert takes Overall 1st Place
by Western Wyoming Community College
February 4, 2020
ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING –Western Wyoming Community College hosted Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) students, grades 6-12, who participated in the Southwest Regional Science Fair, Thursday, January 30th, 2020.
The Fair is an opportunity for students to apply their STEM knowledge, engage in scientific thought, and gain new ideas and knowledge from peers and educators. Local STEM teachers dedicate much of their time to prepare their students for this educational opportunity.
The Regional Science Fair is an affiliate of Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), which is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition. The categories, divisions, rules and judging criteria of the Fair are in line with the Intel ISEF requirements.
This year, there were 89 participants, and 71 projects from the following schools: Big Piney Middle School, Big Piney High School, Kemmerer Jr. High School, Pinedale Middle School, Star Valley Jr. High. The results are as follows:
Overall Winner:
1st place: William Hibbert from Big Piney Middle School. His project was on the presence of micro plastics in Fontenelle Reservoir. He was also awarded a scholarship to Western Wyoming Community College.
Animal Sciences: All won by Pinedale Middle School
1st place: Wyatt Griffin and Dustin Larsen - Do You Even Grow Bro?
2nd place: Kemmer Clause - Where are the Big Ones
3rd place: Melissa Layne and Dodge Normington - A Dog’s Life
Plant Sciences:
1st place: Shayla Frazier (Star Valley) - How Different Colored Lights Affect a Spider Plant’s Growth
2nd place: Delaney Day (Pinedale) - Battle of the Elements
3rd place: Damien Burgess (Star Valley) - Plants Grow under the Power of Different Colored Lights!
Behavioral and Social Sciences:
1st place: Ana Mika (Pinedale) - Moody Toons
2nd place: Sarah Helm (Pinedale) - Give Your Ear to Learning
3rd place tie:
Madisen Evans and Julia Hymas (Big Piney) - The Effect of Music on the Avian Heart Rate
Liam O’Connor and Mekiah Strom (Pinedale) - Cyantific Heart Rate
Biomedical & Health Sciences/Biomedical Engineering/Translational Medical Sciences:
1st place: Graham Harber and Bill Harber (Pinedale) - Can You Escape The Vape, Vol. 2
2nd place: Austin Ruvalcaba and Kelby Staley (Big Piney) - The Effect of Colloidal Silver Water on Escherichia coli, K-12
3rd place: Trista Covill and Seren Noble (Pinedale) - Water You Drinking
Chemistry/Energy:
1st place: Keston Johnson (Star Valley) - The Best Battery for the Buck
2nd place: Kailie Alcorn (Big Piney) - The Effect of Well Location on the Quantity of Sodium in Home Water Wells of Sublette County, Wyoming
3rd place: Isabella Allen and Kelsey Cooper (Pinedale) - Code Red
Biochemistry/Cellular & Molecular Biology/Bioinformatics/ & Computational Biology:
1st place: Charlotte Crook (Star Valley) - The Bacterial Content in Milk
2nd place: Maddie Strgar (Star Valley) - Gum Flavor Longevity
3rd place: Arianne Dearden and Gracee Painter (Kemmerer) - Strawberries
Earth & Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering:
1st place: William Hibbert (Big Piney) - The Presence of Micro Plastics in Fontenelle Reservoir
2nd place: KaLee Bohnet (Pinedale) - Phos-Chek or False-Chek
3rd place: Ashley Boulter and Kelcy Moffat (Pinedale) - I’ll be Growin’ Algae
Engineering Mechanics/Materials Science/Energy:
1st place: Elyn Bowers (Pinedale) - Need a Brake?
2nd place: Ashton Bennett (Big Piney) - Using the Seebeck Effect to Engineer a Heated Neck Warmer
3rd place: AJ Cunningham, Jackie Meador (Big Piney) - Electric Boogaloo
Mathematics Jr. Division:
1st place: AJ Hale (Star Valley) - Is Home Field Advantage a Real Thing
Mathematics Sr. Division:
1st place: Brandon David Jones (Big Piney) - Mathematics Magnet Madness
Microbiology:
1st place: Anna Lehr (Pinedale) - Not so Eggcellent
2nd place: Reagan Davis and Brookylnn Maxam (Pinedale) - A Sticky Situation
Physics & Astronomy:
1st place: Morgan Brown and Natalie Davis (Big Piney) - Measuring Velocity through Stroboscopic Photography
"It is always great to see all of the students who participate in the Southwest Regional Science Fair each year. I appreciate the dedication of the teachers and parents who encourage these students to develop projects throughout the year. When judging the projects, I can see the growth that has occurred in the students from the time they start as 6th graders and as they return from year to year. Both the projects and presentations are more polished and the students get experience in presenting and answering questions that will be invaluable to them as they go on in school and beyond. I encourage all schools in the Western district to give their students this opportunity to participate," stated Dr. Clifford Wittstruck, Dean of Academics at Western.
The regional science fair committee consists of the following dedicated Western educators and employees; Katrina Marcos, Randy Goff, Katey Ellis, Josh Holmes, and Cathy Ebert.
TATA Chemicals funded the Southwest Regional Science Fair in its entirety. In addition to this donation, TATA issued a $500 check to Big Piney Middle school, where the overall winner was from, to be used for promoting the STEM program at their educational facility. This is the fourth year TATA has sponsored the Fair.
Additionally, donations were made by Young and Professional (YAP), Western Wyoming Beverages, Walmart, and BOCES.
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