2004 Bartlesville District Science Fair Winners Announced

The 51st annual Bartlesville District Science Fair was held March 5 and 6 at the ConocoPhillips Technology Centerπs Research Forum. 324 students participated in the Fair, representing the following schools: Bartlesville High, Prue High, Oolagah-Talala High, Bartlesville Mid-High, Madison Middle, Central Middle, Owasso 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Centers, American Christian, St. Johnπs Catholic, Home School, Ranch Heights Elementary, Wayside Elementary, Wilson Elementary, Hoover Elementary, Dewey Lincoln Elementary, Osage Hills Elementary, Owasso Bailey Elementary and Prue Elementary.

The elementary competition on Friday, March 5, was for students in grades 1-6. On Saturday, March 6, grades 7-9 competed in the Junior Division, and grades 10-12 in the Senior Division. Category awards were presented for the top projects in various science disciplines and engineering, and a number of special awards recognized excellence in specific areas of research.

Two students were selected to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held May 9-14 in Portland, Oregon. Daniel Parrot, a 10th grader from Bartlesville Mid-High School who is sponsored by Colleen Bennett, was chosen for his project, ≥Using Java to Communicate Across Multiple Platforms.≤ Katherine Vienot, a senior at Bartlesville High School and sponsored by Betty Henderson, will present her ≥Improved Early Detection of Driver Drowsiness≤ invention at the International Fair. Melissa Carvell, a seventh grader at Madison Middle School, was chosen to attend the International fair as a student observer. In addition, 33 students were selected to represent the Bartlesville District Science Fair at the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair to be held at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, April 1-3. A listing of these students will be included in a future article with the results of the state competition.

Several teachers were honored due to their significant support of students at the Bartlesville District Science Fair. Liz Swearingen of Owassoπs Bailey Elementary School received an award sponsored by the Society of Plastics Engineers for sponsoring the most students in the Elementary Division. Doug Boudreaux and Cheryl Fentress were also honored for significant sponsorship of students at this yearπs fair. BDSF Director Lee Carvell presented Directorπs Awards to Colleen Bennett of Bartlesville Mid-High School and Betty Henderson of Bartlesville High School for their sustained and commendable support of students in the Bartlesville District Science Fair for many years.

The Bartlesville District Science Fair is a cooperative project of the NE Oklahoma Section of the American Chemical Society, the Bartlesville Chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Bartlesville Chapter of the Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers, and the Bartlesville-Tulsa Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. Major sponsorship is provided by ConocoPhillips and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., LP.

Bartlesville District Science Fair Director Lee Carvell called the 2004 Fair a very smoothly run event. ≥The significant efforts of the Board of Directors and the many volunteers provided an outstanding educational opportunity for our area students in this premier scientific and engineering competition. I also want to commend the students on the quality of their projects, and the teachers and sponsors for the many hours of support helping these students pursue their experimental work.≤

The 2004 Bartlesville District Science Fair Award Winners are:

CATEGORY AWARDS:

Grades 1-3 Biological & Behavioral Sciences: Carly Peterson, ≥Got Water?≤, Tyler Coppick, ≥Who's The Light Weight? Sugar vs. Sugar Free Gum.≤

Grades 1-3 Physical Sciences: Blake Hamar, ≥The Penny Cleaner≤, Zane Fitch, ≥The Nail and Screw Test≤, Max Davis, ≥Hover Crafts≤, Garrett James, ≥Inka - Dinka - Do≤, Lauren Davidson, ≥Milk Magic,≤ Laurelyn Rubidoux, ≥Food: The Friendly Stain?≤

Grades 1-3 Teams: Hannah Simons & Alex Bailey & Zachary Simons, ≥The Electric Potato≤, Bailey Thompson & Katie Beth Poppell, ≥What Grows Mold Better, Wet Bread or Dry Bread.≤

Grades 4-6 Biological & Behavioral Sciences: Madison Pregler, ≥A Real Puzzler≤, Mike Manning, ≥Kids Quest≤, Meredith Horn, ≥Where's the Beef?≤, Lauren Heald, ≥Can I Watch TV While I Study?≤, Shivanandha Vasudevan, ≥Germs, Germs, Germs≤, Matt Petrik, ≥Why I Got Sick Over Christmas Break≤, Skye Singleton, ≥Looky, Looky! Is This a Good Cookie?≤, Stephanie Baillargeon, ≥Polish Party≤, Mackenzie Wright, ≥If You Smell, Can You Tell?≤, Amanda Elliott, ≥Family Fingerprint Types≤, Sean Hansen, ≥Recovery!≤

Grades 4-6 Physical Sciences: Caleb Williams, ≥The Nail vs. The Screw,≤ Dalton Reynolds, ≥Battery Power≤, Hance Henrie, ≥Hovercraft: A Study of Airflow≤, Craig Fentress, ≥Fin≤-tastic Fins≤, Derek Davidson, ≥Wheels or No Wheels?≤, Greg Brown, ≥Ready, Aim, Fire!≤, Erika Tresner, ≥To Be Dry, or Not to Be Dry?≤, Justin Yu, ≥Girth of the Earth≤, Riana Warden, ≥Insulation - Heat & Cold,≤ Tyler Carvell, ≥Does Resistance Weaken the Helicopter's Power?≤, Collin Brown, ≥Percent Water in Foods≤, Zach Wood, ≥Comparing the Thermal Conductivity of 4 Metals≤.

Grades 4-6 Teams: Mikayla Richardson & Sammi Grimes, ≥Sea Monkey Mania≤, Priya Patel & Megan Dobbs & Tayler Jensen, ≥The Best Candy Bar≤, Gabriel Carr & Tye Carver, ≥Steamboat Power≤, Rochelle Varnell & Taylor Terry, ≥Bacteria Mouth≤, Luke Shumaker & Brandon Gallamore, ≥Light Life,≤ Connie Mix & Natalie King, ≥Is Pop Good for Your Teeth?≤

Junior Behavioral & Social Sciences: 1^st-Chandler Hicks, ≥Left vs. Right Brain Hemispheres≤, 2^nd≠Melissa Morin, ≥Which One are You?≤, 3^rd≠Taylor Warren, ≥Brains and Birth Order.≤

Junior Biological Sciences: 1^st-Ryan Wooley, ≥DNA Extraction from an Onion≤, 1^st-Michael Harvey, ≥Quail Egg Turning and Development,≤ 2^nd-Maren Engel, ≥Goldenrod Gallfly Larvae: Larval Weight vs. Gall Volume,≤ 2^nd-Kayla Ewert, ≥Flower Power≤, 3^rd-Rebecca Rovenstine, ≥Roach Cuisine≤, 3^rd-Ellen Traylor, ≥Fingerprinting≤, 3^rd-Brandon Hawthorne, ≥The Affect of Varied Exposure Time to Light on Different Plants≤, Honorable Mention (HM)-Glen Cumings, ≥Water Based Substances and Plants≤, HM-Randi Dudley, ≥Flourish or Flounder.≤

Junior Chemistry: 1^st-Michelle Smith, ≥A Sticky Situation≤, 2^nd ≠Eric Schubert, ≥Zapping Food≤, 3^rd ≠Jonathan Hiatt, ≥Happy Feet are Dry Feet≤, HM-Isaac Jensen, ≥Dry Ice Experiment,≤ HM-Steven Littrell, ≥Tooth Decay.≤

Junior Earth & Space Sciences: 1^st-Kevin Rolfs, ≥Fenced Fury≤, 2^nd ≠Cassi Clay, ≥Space Analogy≤, 3^rd ≠Brianna Fox, ≥Coloring Crystals≤, HM-Bryan Rogers, ≥3-2-1 Blastoff.≤

Junior Engineering: 1^st-Melissa Carvell, ≥NASA Needs Zero≤, 2^nd-Steven Blake Self, ≥Tree Hauler≤, 3^rd-Andrew Vienot, ≥Energy Recovery from Water Distribution Systems.≤

Junior Environmental Sciences: 1^st-Josh Weatherly, ≥City Winds≤, 2^nd ≠Oliver Lai, ≥A Comparison of Airborne Particulates Around the House≤, 2^nd ≠Kristen Green, ≥How Climate Affects the Rate of Degradation of Malathion on Plants≤, 3^rd ≠Ryan Ropp, ≥Wilt and Wither: Water Pollution and Vegetation≤, 3^rd ≠Braven Wilsen, ≥Dark Side of the Spectrum.≤

Junior Medical and Health Sciences: 1^st-Katherine Swearingen, ≥Can Beauty be Beastly?≤, 2^nd ≠Shelby Doyle, ≥Caffeine and Memory≤, 3^rd ≠Taylor Beth Ellis, ≥Sugar for Breakfast≤,

Junior Physics: 1^st-Bethany McMartin, ≥To Charge or Not to Charge≤, 2^nd-Shannon Charles, ≥Kick Up the Pressure≤, 2^nd-Samuel Begemann, ≥Do You Hear What I See?≤, 3^rd-Brad Mester, ≥Rubber Band Elasticity≤, 3^rd -Tyler Rains, ≥Swing It!≤, 3^rd -Lisa Hasenberg, ≥Does Food Cool Faster When Cooked in the Microwave or on the Stove?≤

Junior Teams: 1^st-Kyle Kempf & Ryan Jenkinson, ≥To Float or Not to Float: The Truth About the Hovercraft≤, 2^nd -Nicole Bryant & Kayla Baker, ≥Dirty Money., 3^rd -Jason King & Bethany Kent, ≥How Does The Audio Environment of a Plant Affect Its Growth?≤, 3^rd -Caroline Courtney & Jamie Breaux, ≥How Does Car Pollution Affect Plants?≤, 3^rd -Abby Senn & Kayla Gerrish, ≥How Colored Light Affects Plants.≤

Senior Behavioral & Social Sciences: 1^st-April Enslinger, ≥Does the Type of Clothes a Teacher Wears Affect the Way Students Perceive Their Teacher?≤, 2^nd -Lauren Leach, ≥Day or Night?≤, 3^rd -Richard Caffey, ≥What Color of M&M's is the most Popular?≤

Senior Biological Sciences: 1^st-Steven Bradley, ≥The Effect of pH on Nitrogen Fixation in Fabaceae Plants≤, 2^nd-Alex McSpadden, ≥A Study of the Effects of pH on Festuca arundinacea.≤

Senior Chemistry: 1^st-Shweta Bagga, ≥Longlasting Nailpolish≤, 2^nd-Justin Hoskin, ≥Can Household Chemicals Preserve Food?≤, 3^rd-Wes Honeycutt, ≥Testing the Toxicity of Teflon.≤

Senior Engineering: 1^st-Katherine Vienot, ≥Improved Early Detection of Driver Drowsiness≤, 2^nd-Jacob Brazda, ≥Sizing and Placing Canards on the Aircraft≤, 3^rd-Sam DeFrees, ≥What's Cooking?≤, HM-Scott Schmidt, ≥The Theremin Revisited.≤

Senior Environmental Sciences: 1^st-Aaron Pruitt, ≥Hunting for Bears With a Microscope (The Story in the Lichen)≤, 2^nd-Natalie Reese, ≥Water Filter Made From Common Materials to Benefit Third World Countries≤, 3^rd-Hailey Deslauriers, ≥The Use of Hordeum vulgare (Barley Straw) and Phleum pratense (Timothy Hay) to Retard Algae Growth≤, HM-Greg Kimble, ≥Rock Climbing Chalk and its Effect on Plant Growth.≤

Senior Mathematical and Computer Sciences: 1^st -Daniel Parrott, ≥Using Java to Communicate Across Multiple Platforms≤, 2^nd-Michael Stayton, ≥Enhancement of the Liquid Cooling System on a Computer Using a Third-Party Endothermic Reaction≤, 3^rd-John Collins, ≥Can a Computer Program Model Real Life Mutations?≤

Senior Medical and Health Sciences: 1^st-Janaki Vasudevan, ≥Antibiotics: Friend or Foe?≤, 2^nd- Kristen Secora, ≥Study Time - Does Caffeine Improve Memory?≤, 3^rd-Audrey Eubank, ≥Effects of Humidity on Hair When Washed in Different Partner Shampoos and Conditioners≤, HM-Sarah Mitchell, ≥Some Like Hot, Some Like it Cold.≤

Senior Physics: 1^st-Joshua Hall, ≥I Can Run My Car Off Water. Can You?≤, 2^nd-Josh Myers, ≥Does Temperature Affect the Bounce (Kinetic Energy) of Golf Balls?≤, 3^rd-Elizabeth Stouffer, ≥How the Materials Affect Tone Quality in the Resonators of a Marimba≤, HM-Cody Papinchock, ≥Which is the Higher Flyer?≤

Senior Teams: 1^st-Jeremy Waugh & Brylynn Bewley, ≥Water: Health or Hazard?≤, 2^nd-Travis Legg & David Grismore, ≥How Many Legs are Best? A 3D Simulation of Evolved Walking Strategies≤, 3^rd-Doug Jones & William Fabry, ≥Encounters of the Worst Kind.≤

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Washington-Nowata County Medical Society: Kristen Secora, Janaki Vasudevan, Chandler Hicks, Amanda Elliott.

Arvest Asset Management: Daniel Parrott, Tim Welch & Ryan George, Tyler Carvell, Sydney Dryer.

American Chemical Society: Cody Kaufman & Randy Dalton, Shweta Bagga.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Natalie Reese, Melissa Carvell, Bethany McMartin, Dalton Reynolds, Casey Rollins, Blake Hamar.

Bartlesville Garden Center, Inc.: Hailey DesLauriers, Natalie Reese, Steven Bradley, Kristen Green, Maren Engel, Josh Wesneski, Elisha Mobley & Jillian Akers, Jessica Jones, Tessa Stark, Sean Harrison, Carly Peterson.

Hastings Special Awards: April Enslinger, Janaki Vasudevan, Skye Singleton, Meredith Horn, Carly Peterson, Blake Hamar.

Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers: Natalie Reese, Melissa Carvell, J. D. Pierce, Hance Henrie.

Rogers State University: Joshua Hall, Hailey Deslauriers, April Enslinger.

Safari Zoological Park (Caney, KS) Award: Sarah Mitchell, Sammi Grimes & Mikayla Richardson.

Society of Plastics Engineers: Wes Honeycutt, Amanda Cole.

American Meteorological Society: Eric Schubert, Josh Weatherly.

American Psychological Association: April Enslinger

The ASM (Materials) International Foundation: Melissa Carvell

Association of Women Geoscientists: Natalie Reese

Discovery Young Scientist Challenge: Kevin Rolfs, Michael Harvey, Bethany McMartin, Chandler Hicks, Melissa Carvell, Dalton Reynolds, Sean Harrison, Caleb Williams, Cara McIntire.

Eastman Kodak: Oliver Lai

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association: Katherine Vienot

Intel Excellence in Computer Science: John Collins.

Intel Excellence in Environmental, Health & Safety Award: Katherine Vienot.

The International Society for Optical Engineering: Brittany Schmidt

Mu Alpha Theta Math Club: Michael Stayton

National Association of Biology Teachers: Steven Bradley, Ryan Wooley.

National Association of Corrosion Engineers: Erikka Roberts & Kaitlyn Ritchie.

National Society of Professional Engineers: Natalie Reese

Oklahoma Corporation Commission: Scott Schmidt, Stephen Whiting, Seth Storie, Samuel Begemann.

Oklahoma Department of Commerce: Michael Stayton, Alex Henderson.

Promethium Chapter ≠ Iota Sigma Pi; National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry: Shweta Bagga

Scientific American: April Enslinger, Katherine Vienot, Janaki Vasudevan, Daniel Parrott, Melissa Carvell.

United States Air Force Science Awards: Katherine Vienot, Julie Hixon, Daniel Parrott, Janaki Vasudevan.

United States Army Science Awards: 1^st ≠Daniel Parrott, 2^nd ≠ Aaron Pruitt, Katherine Vienot, Joshua Hall, Steven Bradley, HM - Janaki Vasudevan, Josh Myers, Kristen Secora, Shweta Bagga, Justin Hoskin, April Enslinger, Lauren Leach, Alex McSpadden, Jacob Brazda, Natalie Reese.

United States Health and Human Services: Janaki Vasudevan

United States Metric Association: Eric Schubert

United States Navy ≠ Office of Naval Research: Katherine Vienot, Daniel Parrott, Michael Harvey, Melissa Carvell.

Water Environment Federation: Natalie Reese.

Yale Science and Engineering Association, Inc.: Katherine Vienot

SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS TEACHER AWARD:

For sponsoring the most category-winning entries at the Junior/Senior Fair:

Cheryl Fentress, Bartlesville Mid-High School

SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS TEACHER AWARD:

For sponsoring the most projects at the Elementary Fair:

Elizabeth Swearingen, Owasso Bailey Elementary School

DIRECTORSπ AWARDS

Two dedicated teachers received Directorπs awards this year for their many years of personal commitment, encouragement and support provided to students participating in the Bartlesville District Science and Engineering Fair.

∑ Colleen Bennett, Bartlesville Mid-High School

∑ Betty Henderson, Bartlesville High School

School award to recognize a school outside of Bartlesville that sponsored a significant number of projects at the Elementary Fair - Prue Elementary School.

Special Recognition Teacher Awards

For encouragement and support provided to students in the Bartlesville District Science and Engineering Fair:

Elementary Division - Doug Boudreaux, Ranch Heights Elementary School

Junior/Senior Division ≠ Cheryl Fentress, Bartlesville Mid-High School