糖心传媒 hosted the Central Regional Science Fair for the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) on March 13 in the Morrison-Reeves Science Center. The fair drew 178 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 66 junior projects and 83 senior projects, with six projects from each division being selected to move onto the state science fair competition April 19.
The top Senior Division projects from the state competition will qualify for the National Science Fair.
The 2018 Central Regional State Qualifiers include:
Junior Division
- Samantha Bonifas of Silver Lake School: 鈥淓ggcellent Eggs.鈥
- David Johnson of Central City School: 鈥淒anger Below: Radon Levels in Merrick and Knox County.鈥
- Delia Miles of Hastings Middle School: 鈥淒o you get what you pay for in a battery?鈥
- Elaina McHargue of Central City School: 鈥淚nhibiting Algae Growth in Bird Baths鈥
- Jenna Cecrle of Adams Central School: 鈥淒oes Prednisone Exposure Cause a Decrease in the Body Length of Fruit Flies?鈥
- Pauline Jonglertham of Hastings Middle School: 鈥淟otion Notion鈥
Senior Division
- Lexi Anderson and Jayna Stroh of Adams Central School: 鈥淓ffectiveness of different varroa destructor treatments on apis mellifera hives in South Central Nebraska.鈥
- Sydnie Reeves of Central City School: 鈥淭he prevalence of Baylisascaris procyonis in Merrick County, Nebraska.鈥
- Morgan Baker of Adams Central School: 鈥淓ffects of pharmaceutical waste on Daphnia Magna.鈥
- Grant Johnson and Evan Johnson of Adams Central School: 鈥淪hould you get the flu vaccine鈥
- Tyler Ferris of Central City School: 鈥淧erformance of Panicum virgatum cultivars at varying levels of competition with Bromus inermis and differing amounts of N. ferti.鈥
- Bailey Manhart of Central City School: 鈥淒etermining the function of glutamate receptors on root growth by exposing Arabidopsis thaliana to DNQX.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.