The 52nd annual Bartlesville District Science Fair was held March 4 and 5, 2005 at the ConocoPhillips Technology Center’s Research Forum. 

330 students participated in the Fair, representing the following schools:  Bartlesville High, Bartlesville Mid-High, Madison Middle, Central Middle, Owasso 7th and 8th Grade Centers, St. John’s Catholic, Home School, Ranch Heights Elementary, Wayside Elementary, Hoover Elementary, Dewey Lincoln Elementary, Osage Hills Elementary, Owasso Bailey Elementary, Prue Elementary, and Barnsdall Elementary.

The elementary competition on Friday, March 4, was for students in grades 1-6.  On Saturday, March 5, 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 and engineering disciplines, and a number of special awards recognized excellence in specific areas of research.

Two students were selected to compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held May 8-14 in Phoenix, Arizona.  Janaki Vasudevan, an 11th grader from Bartlesville High School who was sponsored by Betty Henderson, was chosen for her project, “The Effects of a Daily Diet on Antibiotic Resistance in Human Beings.”  Daniel Parrot, an 11th grader from Bartlesville High School who was also sponsored by Betty Henderson, was chosen for his project, “Screen Navigation for the Visually Impaired.”  Dani Perlingiere, a seventh grader at Owasso 7th Grade Center who was sponsored by Jill Henrie, was chosen to attend the International fair as a student observer.  In addition, 34 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, on March 31, April 1 and 2.  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.  Elizabeth Swearingen of Owasso’s Bailey Elementary School received an award sponsored by the Society of Plastics Engineers for sponsoring the most students in the Elementary Division.  Cheryl Fentress received an award sponsored by the Society of Plastics Engineers for sponsoring the most category award winning projects in the Junior/Senior Division.  BDSF Director Lee Carvell presented Director’s Awards to Jill Henrie of Owasso 7th Grade Center and Daisy Rogers of Madison Middle School for their sustained and commendable support of students in the Bartlesville District Science Fair for many years.  Directors awards were also presented to Barnsdall Elementary School for support of their students at the Elementary BDSF, and to Pete Slater, for his many years of support to the BDSF as a board member while organizing the database and computerized awards presentations.

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.

 

Grades 1-3 Biological & Behavioral Sciences: 
Spencer Heald “Glowing Hands”, Synde Dryer “Could My Blood Glucose Levels Affect My Thinking?”

Grades 1-3 Physical Sciences: 
Hannah Garroutte “Cheer for Your Detergent”, Chase Carver “Roll, Roll, Roll”, Morgan Brown “Popcorn Time”, George Walker “Super Spinners”, Nate Robertson “Sticky Situation”

Grades 1-3 Teams: 
Max Davis, Connor Brown and Justin Fredenburg “Burning Fireproof Paper”

Grades 4-6 Biological & Behavioral Sciences: 
Stacy Steele “Does the Color of Light Affect Plant Growth?”, Matthew Chuning “Students Versus Teachers – Whose Fine Motor Skills are Most Affected by Caffeine?”, John Botts “Does Age Affect Taste?”, MacKenzie Colleton “Which Mouth Grows More Fungus:  A Dog, A Cat, or a Human”, Tamara Green “Can You See 3-D?”, Haley Culver “Another Use for Soda Besides Thirst Quenching?”, Kyle Shelts “Body Heat”, Christian Smelser “Breathe”, Alex Green “Does Caffeine Affect the Growth Rate of Plants”

Grades 4-6 Physical Sciences: 
T. J. Henderson “Wing Design”, Kristin McClain “Its a Matter of Space”, Casey Rollins “Mellow Jello”, Kim Craig “Whatever Floats Your Boat”, Lauren Heald “Density Destiny”, Isaiah Gott “Does Wind Increase the Rate of Evaporation”, Sreeram Krishnan “Ding Pinball Enlightenment”, Dallas McCarty “How to Make Metal Float”, Hadley King “Evaporation of Water”, Emily Locker “Does Temperature Effect Battery Performance?”, Priya Patel “Which Detergent Works Best on Clothes?”, Miranda Burks “Swinging with Pendulums”, Tyler Carvell “Is Strength in the Design?”, Emily Cain “What is the Best Angle, Shape and Number of Blades to Make Power?”, Colby Pierce “Natural Filters”, Rebekah Sanders “A Pretty Penny”, Shiva Vasudevan “Science of Tsunamis”

Grades 4-6 Teams: 
Brittany Morgan, Candra Holmes and Courtney Virden “Meat or Veggies”, Lauren Davidson and Emilee Fry “Got Calcium”, Molly Smith and Maggie Davis “Left or Right Feline Feet, Which Paw is Yours?”, Lara Bushwood and Sheridan Barber “Stinky Stall”, Candice Wheeler and Lindsay Taylor “Will They Last?”

Junior Behavioral & Social Sciences: 
1st-Matthew Shinn “Thank You…Not”, 2nd-Marcia McIntosh “What Do You Remember?”, 3rd-Abbie Keleher “What You See is What You Taste?”, HM–Tommy Hughes “Does Warming Up Effect an Athlete’s Performance?”, HM-Ashley Frey “Is it Really Black or White?”, HM-Jamie Myers “Good Breakfast…Good Grades?”

Junior Biological Sciences: 
1st-Dani Perlingiere “Nitrosomonas & Nitrobacter Nature’s Waste Management”, 2nd-Tara Sarathi “Do Plants Prefer Music”, 3rd-Courtney Worsham “Growing Goldfish”, HM–Saxon Lewis “Magnetic Stem-u-lation”, HM-Collin Hogan “Plant Growth Under Different Lights”

Junior Chemistry: 
1st-Kyle Beeman “Affectiveness of Laundry Detergent”, 2nd-Ryan Inskeep “What Brand of Triple A Batteries Last the Longest?”, 2nd-Reba Hill “Brighter Smiles (which toothpaste creates whiter teeth)”, 3rd-Evan Palmer “Battery Life”, HM-Rebecca Smith “Electrolytic Corrosion of Copper and Nickel”

Junior Mathematical and Computer Sciences: 
1st-Rebecca Morton “Perfect Match”, 2nd-Alex Baillargeon “Home Wifi:  Is Your Data at Risk?”

Junior Earth & Space Sciences: 
1st-Eric Geibel “Would You Like Some “SAP” with Your Soil?”, 2nd-Kristi Smylie “Keep Warm!  Using Passive Solar Energy”, 3rd-Cynthia Cary “Solar Hot Dog Cooker”

Junior Engineering: 
1st-Melissa Carvell, “NASA Needs Zero Phase II:  A Study to Achieve a Zero Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion”, 2nd-Hance Henrie “What Wood You Use”, 3rd-Holden Mitchell “Who Let the Dog Food Out?”, HM-Derek Davidson “Precision Plastics”, HM-David Harrison “Bridge Strength”

Junior Environmental Sciences:  
1st-Muna Gharfeh “Dye-Stinct Colors”, 2nd-Erin Rose Briggs “The Pain of Acid Rain”, 3rd-Sara Seaba “Bartlesville’s Air Quality”, HM-Alden Sparks “Don’t Have a Thermometer?  Just Use a Cricket!”, HM-Sean Muzljakovich “The Best Way for Melting Ice”

Junior Medical and Health Sciences: 
1st-London Balli “How Well Do They Work?”, 2nd-Lisa Story “MRSA Go Away”, 3rd-Mina Sardashti “Ultrasonics Affecting Memory”, HM-Kristen Strycker “Can Your Dog’s Lick Make You Sick?  Investigation into Campylobacter Carriage by Domestic Dogs”, HM-Brenna Kent “Sweet Memories”

Junior Physics: 
1st-Brett Bone “Paper Principles of Aviation”, 2nd-Stephen Tillinghast “The Heat from Light Bulbs”, 3rd-Adam Kimrey “Golf Ball Alloys and Compositions”, 3rd-Craig Fentress “The More, The Merrier”, HM-Jordan Cash “Lighten Up”, HM-Christy Bennett “Music to Your Ears”, HM-Stacy Green “Distance Between Warm Bodies and Cooling Rate”, HM-Marquisse Jackson “Half-Court Magic”, HM-Joseph Munday “Londons Burning”

Junior Teams: 
1st-Britney Caughell, SuJi Jeong and Kendall McCall “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Hovercraft!”, 2nd-Erin Hill and Jennifer Simmons “Peer Pressure:  Who Gets the Negative End”, 3rd-Whitney Ames and Nikki Walker “Awesome Blossoms”, HM-Karina Cappellitti and Faith Reed “Instrument Intonation”, HM-Kaitlin Villines and Callie Hansen “Liquid Effect”

Senior Behavioral & Social Sciences:  
1st-Jessie Stirling “The Effects of Bodily Physical Characteristics on Athletic Performance”              

Senior Biological Sciences:  
1st-Isaac Jensen “Reflex Tester”, 2nd-Tera Hughes “Testing Viability of Zia Mays L. Seeds”, 3rd-Courtlyn Shoate “The Effects of Magnetic Fields on Plant Growth”

Senior Chemistry: 
1st-Josh Myers “The Effect of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria on Rusting”, 2nd-Eric Inskeep “Efficiency of Different Fuels for a 125cc Motorcycle”, 3rd-Tiffany Tilyard “Determining the Strength of Book Adhesives”

Senior Mathematical and Computer Sciences: 
1st-Daniel Parrott “Screen Navigation for the Visually Impaired”, 2nd-Jason Divelbiss “Benford’s Law”

Senior Earth and Space Sciences: 
1st-Kristin Green “Bioregeneration:  A Must Have for Long-Term Space Travel”, 2nd-David Grismore “Can the Brightness of a Star be Determined Using Video Frame Stacking?”

Senior Engineering:  
1st-Shane Linehan “The Optimization of Windmill Blades for Solar Energy Production”, 2nd-Thomas Holland “I’ve Got You Babe”, 3rd-Josh Weatherly “Train Time”

Senior Environmental Sciences: 
1st-Kaleb Potter “Remediation of Oedogonium Algae Blooms by Natural Means”, 2nd-Levi Bishop “Suburbia is in Fact Subduing Water Sources and Certain Species”, 3rd-Emily Voelkers “Who's Who?  An Evaluation of the Establishment of Bird Habitats on the Haley Land Lab”, HM-Adrienne Perrey “My Water Isn’t Cold Anymore”, HM-Kristi Leonard “Abundance of Brachiopods in Stratigraphy Layers in Bartlesville Oklahoma”, HM-Katherine Spillman “The Effects of Sodium Chloride Exposure on Normal and Radiated Raphanus Sativus (Radish) to Model Irrigation Problems”, HM-Zach Cramer “Effects of Water, Temperature, and Light on Plant Growth”

Senior Medical and Health Sciences: 
1st-Janaki Vasudevan, “The Effects of a Daily Diet on Antibiotic Resistance in Human Beings”, 2nd-Shelby Doyle “The Effect of Exercise on Lung Capacity”, 3rd-Oliver Lai “The Comparison of Calcium Dissolution”, HM-Megan Ruby “Headphone Hearing Damage:  A Cause for Concern”

Senior Physics:  
1st-Jason King “Does Balance Hold Weight?”, 2nd-Amanda Gallaher “How Does Material Affect Flute Resonance?”, 3rd-Brandi Rogers “The Force and Strength in the Resistance of Various Surfaces”, HM-Andria Whipple “The Rate at Which the Sun's Energy Reaches Earth's Surface”

Senior Teams:  
1st-Cody Papinchock and Megan Isenberg “Determining the Effects on Sailplane Wing Design Performance”, 2nd-Randi Dudley and Michelle Smith “The Divorce Factor”, 3rd-Morgan Hudsonpillar and Kayla Johnson “Testing Vision in Softball Helmets with Facemasks”

Washington-Nowata County Medical Society: 
Stacy Steele, Janaki Vasudevan, Oliver Lai, Shelby Doyle

Arvest Asset Management: 
Spencer Heald, Matthew Chuning, Shane Linehan, Daniel Parrott

American Chemical Society: 
T. J. Henderson, Josh Myers

American Institute of Chemical Engineers: 
Emily Cain, Lauren Heald, Zackery Minor, Melissa Carvell, Derek Davidson, Holden Mitchell, Thomas Holland, Brandi Rogers, Shane Linehan

Bartlesville Garden Center, Inc.: 
Lindsay Taylor, Candice Wheeler, Alex Green, Stacy Steele, Haley Culver, Colby Pierce, Morgan Toben, Collin Hogan, Erin Rose Briggs, Levi Bishop, Kaleb Potter, Katherine Spillman

Hastings Special Awards: 
Sydne Dryer, Hannah Garroutte, Sreeram Krishnan, Casey Rollins, Josh Myers, Kaleb Potter

Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers: 
Melissa Carvell, Holden Mitchell, Shane Linehan, Thomas Holland

Rogers State University: 
Shane Linehan, Janaki Vasudevan, Kaleb Potter

Safari Zoological Park (Caney, KS) Award: 
Sarah Johnson, Emily Voelkers

Society of Plastics Engineers: 
Lauren Heald, Jordan Brewer

American Meteorological Society:  
Adrienne Perrey, Kristi Smylie

American Psychological Association:
Ryan Wooley

The ASM (Materials) International Foundation:  }
Amanda Gallaher

Association of Women Geoscientists:
Kristi Leonard

Discovery Young Scientist Challenge: 
Haley Culver, Matthew Chuning, Ethan Lakey, Matt Petrik, T. J. Henderson, Tyler Carvell, Melissa Carvell, Dani Perlingiere, Craig Fentress, Jordan Cash

Eastman Kodak:  
Hance Henrie

The Herbert Hoover Young Engineer Award: 
Melissa Carvell

Intel Excellence in Computer Science: 
Daniel Parrott

The International Society for Optical Engineering: 
David Grismore

Mu Alpha Theta Math Club:  
Rebecca Morton

National Association of Biology Teachers: 
Dani Perlingiere, Isaac Jensen

National Association of Corrosion Engineers: 
Rebecca Smith, Eric Bliss, Ryan Inskeep, Josh Myers

National Society of Professional Engineers:  Shane Linehan

The Society for In-Vitro Biology:  Tera Hughes

Oklahoma Corporation Commission: 
Rebecca Smith, Kaleb Potter, Sara Seaba, Shane Linehan

Oklahoma Department of Commerce: 
Brett Bone, Daniel Parrott

Promethium Chapter – Iota Sigma Pi; National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry: 
Tiffany Tilyard

RICOH Sustainable Development Award: 
Kristi Smylie

Scientific American: 
Janaki Vasudevan, Daniel Parrott, Josh Myers, Kaleb Potter, Melissa Carvell

United States Air Force Science Awards: 
Cody Papinchock and Megan Isenberg, Alex Baillargeon, Craig Fentress

United States Army Science Awards: 
Janaki Vasudevan, Daniel Parrott, Josh Myers, Erin Hill and Jennifer Simmons, Tera Hughes, Eric Inskeep, Jason Divelbiss, David Grismore, Thomas Holland, Levi Bishop, Amanda Gallaher, Randi Dudley and Michelle Smith

United States Health and Human Services: 
Janaki Vasudevan

United States Metric Association: 
Derek Davidson

United States Navy – Office of Naval Research: 
Cody Papinchock and Megan Isenberg, Melissa Carvell, Brett Bone

Water Environment Federation: 
Kaleb Potter

Yale Science and Engineering Association, Inc.: 
Josh Myers

SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS TEACHER AWARDS:

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

Cheryl Fentress, Bartlesville Mid-High School

For sponsoring the most projects at the Elementary Fair:

Elizabeth Swearingen, Owasso Bailey Elementary School

Two dedicated teachers received Director’s 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.

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

Barnsdall Elementary School.

For his many years of support as a BDSF Board member organizing the computerized database and awards presentations

Pete Slater

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