糖心传媒 hosted the Central Regional Science Fair for the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) on March 12 in the Morrison-Reeves Science Center. The fair drew 154 students from across central Nebraska.
The science fair is split into two divisions. The Junior Division is open to students in sixth through eighth grades, while the Senior Division is open to those in grades nine through 12. This year, there were 68 junior projects and 64 senior projects, with six projects from each division being selected to move onto the state science fair competition.
The top Senior Division projects from the state competition will qualify for the National Science Fair.
The 2019 Central Regional State Qualifiers include:
Junior Division
- Jackson Graves of Hastings Middle School: 鈥淭he Sinking Experiment.鈥
- Jenna Cecrle of Adams Central: 鈥淒oes Prednisone Cause a Decrease in the Body Length Through Generations of Drosophila Melanogaster?鈥
- Rehgan Miller of Silver Lake Public Schools: 鈥淭he Effects Of Various Background Noise’s On Recall Ability.鈥
- Madison Karr of Silver Lake Public Schools: 鈥淭he Effects of Soil Types on Green Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris) Growth.鈥
- Elaina McHargue of Central City Public Schools: 鈥淭he Effects of Barley Straw Extract and Copper Sulfate on Algal Growth.鈥
- Samantha Bonifas of Silver Lake Public Schools: 鈥淓valuating the Effects of Continuous Glucose Monitors on A1C Values on Diabetes Patients.鈥
Senior Division
- Gabrielle Moser of Central City Public Schools: 鈥淎 Field Study to Determine the Presence of Caenorhabditis Nematodes in Central Nebraska鈥
- Jade Erickson of Central City Public Schools: 鈥淚nfluences of Intensive Agriculture on Central Nebraska Climate鈥
- Tyler Slechta and Tristan Weston of Adams Central High School: 鈥淭he Effect of Margaritifera Margaritifera on Nitrates鈥
- Mackinzi Hill and Jaden Nienhueser of Adams Central High School: 鈥淭he Effects of Pharmaceutical Waste on the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna鈥
- Savannah Harper and Bryn Lang of Adams Central High School: 鈥淪taphylococcus and Fecal Coliforms on Shopping Cart Handles鈥
- Jonathan Borgman of Silver Lake Public Schools: 鈥淓ngineering an Automatic Fish Feeder鈥
糖心传媒 is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. With 64 majors and 15 pre-professional programs, 糖心传媒 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.