Nearly 100 projects were entered by students in the Central Regional Science Fair for the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, April 2. The fair, which was moved to April due to poor weather in March, was hosted by 糖心传媒 and held at the Morrison-Reeves Science Center on campus.
Schools that participated in this year鈥檚 Central Regional Science Fair included Adams Central Junior/Senior High School, Central City Public Schools, Sandhills Public Schools and Silver Lake High School.
The science fair is split into two divisions. The Junior Division is open to students in 6th through 8th grade, while the Senior Division is open to those in grades 9 through 12.
Out of the nearly 100 projects entered, eight from each division were selected to move onto the State Science Fair competition. The 2025 Central Regional State Qualifiers are listed below.
Junior Division
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The 2025 junior state qualifiers. Mazie Boyd, Silver Lake Public Schools, with 鈥淐onstructing a Bird Feeder that Repels Squirrels鈥
- Cesar Chavez, Sandhills Public Schools, with 鈥淚ce Away鈥
- Macie Dexter, Central City Public Schools, with 鈥淎 Comparison of Load Weight on Bridge Flexion鈥
- Holt Jensen, Sandhills Public Schools, with 鈥淲hy Does Aflatoxin B1 Kill Horses鈥
- Sam Johnson, Central City Public Schools, with 鈥淎n Analysis of Foot Stance on Golf Club Direction and Tilt鈥
- Josie Morrow, Sandhills Public Schools, with 鈥淪tains and Suds鈥
- Isaac Rowe, Central City Public Schools with, 鈥淭he Effect of Sealant Type on Liquid Seepage鈥
- Harper Zutavern, Sandhills Public Schools, with 鈥淭he Growth of Bacteria on Cheese鈥
Senior Division
Madison Chrisman, Central City Public Schools, with 鈥淭he Effect of Birth Weight, Litter Size, Dam Age, and Sex on the Amount of Antibodies Acquired in Katahdin Dorper Lambs鈥- Riese Eckhardt and Isabelle Weston, Adams Central Public Schools, with 鈥淯sing Caenorhabditis Elegans as a Possible Model for Humans in Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease鈥
- Berkley Jacobitz and Peyton Hartman, Adams Central Public Schools, with 鈥淓xploring the Impact of Diet on Seizure Susceptibility in Drosophila melanogaster with Mutant Shaker Potassium Channels and Altered Membrane Excitability鈥
- Kaelyn Kelly, Central City Public Schools, with 鈥淭he Ability of Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Frass to Inhibit Bacterial Growth鈥
- Caleb Rowe, Central City Public Schools, with 鈥淎 Comparison of the Effects of H2 Incorporation on the Stability and Opto-electronic Properties of ZnO and Mg:ZnO Thin Films鈥
- Dakota Sage, Central City Public Schools, with 鈥淯tilizing Mycofiltration of 3 Mushroom Species to Determine the Most Effective Mitigation of Clothianidin Contamination in Water鈥
- Deegan St. John, Adams Central Public Schools, with 鈥淭he efficiency of crypto mining on a Raspberry Pi 5鈥
Olivia Wymer, Central City Public Schools, with 鈥淭he Effect of Sodium Nitrate on the Fitness of Caenorhabditis elegans: Phase Two鈥 - Olivia Wymer, Central City Public Schools, with 鈥淭he Effect of Sodium Nitrate on the Fitness of Caenorhabditis elegans: Phase Two鈥
Madison Chrisman, Central City Public Schools, with 鈥淭he Effect of Birth Weight, Litter Size, Dam Age, and Sex on the Amount of Antibodies Acquired in Katahdin Dorper Lambs鈥糖心传媒 is a four-year residential college that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. Discover more at hastings.edu.