Science is out of this world!!

By Erin Hill

The North Shore Middle School Science Fair had a total of 200 entered projects in the categories: biology, environmental science, chemistry, and physics. Johnny Chatman, 7th grade 2nd place winner in Biology, said, “I thought overall the science fair went well, even though I didn’t think I was going to win. I did my project on “How does the temperature affect the browning of the bananas?” “I did my project on ‘Does background color effect your memory?’” said Ricky Mullins, 7th grade 1st place Biology winner. “It took me about 3 days to finish [my project]. I got my idea from my teacher Ms. Walton,” said Mullins. The winners of the science fair were:

7th Grade

Biology:        1 Rickie Mullins-Walton

                      2 Johnny Chatman-Traya       

                      3 Vianey Aguirre-Smith     

                      Hon. Men) Larissa Gandara-Smith

Chemistry     1 Shannon Gaspard-Walton

                       2 Ana Gonzalez-Smith

                       3 Danielle Culpepper-Smith 

                       Hon. Men Tommy Jiang-Walton

Environmental Science      1 Esveydi Sanchez-Smith

                                           2 Sarah Rowe-Walton

                                           3 Desiree Garcia-Walton

                                           Hon. Men Lauren Koutlias-Smith

Physics          1Joshua Bretzke-Walton

                      2 Darren Guerro-Walton

                       3 Ismael Glosson-Walton

                      Hon. Men Maria Ortuna-Traya

8th Grade

Biology        1Cameron Rankin

                     2 Alexander Cancel 

                     3 Clarita Hernandez-Eckford

                    Hon. Men Yanixa Contreras-Sullen

Chemistry 1 Jose Zuniga

                   2 Tia Blackshure-Eckford

                   3 Clarita Hernandez-Eckford

                  Hon. Men Yanixa Contreras-Sullen

Environmental Science 1 Caressa Worthy-Eckford

                                         2 Jeremy Heard - Steubing

                                         3 Juan Claros – Sullen

                                         Hon. Men Andrea Rios

Physics      1 Ebby Daniel- Sullen

                   2 Erick Lopez – Sullen

                   3 Ryan Perez-Eckford

                 Hon. Men Gilberto Gomez- Steubing

The teachers with the most student participants were 7th grade teacher, Ms. Walton with 8 winners. Ms. Smith had 6 winners from her class. 8th grade teacher, Ms. Sullen had 7 winners, while Coach Eckford’s class produced 6 winners.