Joseph City Unified School District hosted its annual Science Fair last month with the following winners: Those awarded “Best” include eighth graders Candice Rackley, Ultimate Extra or X-treme; Kamryn Lampsa, Ultimate Extra or X-treme; Penelope Neat, The Soup Experiment; Cove Searle, Cleaning with Nature; and Lacy Deets, Erosion, Pollution and Floods, Oh My!; seventh graders Jena Weightman, Quantity of an Egg Texture of Cupcake; and Quinten Click, Hydro Plant; fifth grader Avril Coronado, Got Polymer; fourth grader Matthew Dixon, Operation Virus Catcher; and third grader Camden Ray Lasen, Soda Explosion. Students awarded first place include eighth graders Ashlee Bushman, Got Gas?; Blair Hildreth, Color Changing Flower; Staisha Murdock, Penny Solution; Ann Spurlock, Boiled; and Aneesia Kissling, Growing Gummy Bears; seventh graders Jaydiana Kinlicheenie, Buble gum, Buble gum; and Amber Neill, Eggcellent Experiment; sixth graders Kyan Larsen, Beary Absorbent; and Heston Miller, Beary Absorbent; fifth graders Brooklyn Valdez, Best Way to Clean a Penny; Madison Faulkner, Best Way to Clean a Penny; Justin Gardner, Fizzy Lemonade Hot and Cold; and Brayden Bushman, A”maze”ing Mice; and fourth grader Rocklynne Hansen, Nail Polish Price vs Quality. Students awarded second place include Bonnie Fish, Bouncy Eggs; Janessa Fredericks, Can Charcoal Purify Water?; Elisabeth Maestas, Crushing Cans With No Hands; Rylan Westover, Why Does the Ocean not Freeze; Kinady Flake, Which Antimicrobial Disinfects the Best; Jorja Hutchens, Shell or No Shell; April Neill, Veggie Power; and Della Fish, Gummy Bears in Liquid; seventh graders Cort Miller, What Makes Ice Melt Fastest; Victoria Stolts, Does Vinegar Kill Germs; Lorelai Sander, Do Drinks Discolor Your Teeth; Kaci Palmer, What Tape Can Hold The Most Weight; and Shelbi Williams, Spongy Bears; sixth graders Emma Faulkner, Growing Gummy Bears; and Sahzira Schoby, Growing Gummy Bears; and fifth graders King Robinson, Can We Cook With the Sun?; and Shalin Spahe, Can We Cook With the Sun?. Students awarded third place include eighth graders Jeffrey Howerton, Optical Illusion; Gabriella Jesmer, Apples; Samantha Jesmer, Engineering Project; Andrea Petersen, Rainbow Cloud; Jaylene Richards, Fireworks in a Jar; Abram Rascon, How Strong Are Different; Dylan Ridge, Why Do Leaves Change Colors in Fall; and Muriel Coles, Gummy Bear Reaction; seventh graders Christianna Antonio, Glowing Balls; Ryah Frost, Dying Grass; McKenzie Jesmer, Balloon Science; Bailey Mitchell, the Rip Off; Raizja Paddock, Does all Salt Melt Snow?; Skyler Spahe, Fireworks in a Jar; Raylee Fish, How Does Sugar Effect Your Body; Brooklyn Petersen, Bath Bombs; and Audrey Neill, White Candles Burn Faster Than Colored; fifth grader Kylie Hansen, PH Worms; fourth graders Nataliya Yazzie, What do you See?; and Jens Hansen, PH Worms; and third grader Paxton Bushman, Penny in Different Liquids. Students awarded fourth place include eighth graders Curren Murph, Essential Oils or Household Cleaners; Joseph Fischer, Tornado in a Bottle; Anthony Warner, Tornado in a Bottle; Devin Kinlicheenie, Airplane; and Marquell Fredricks, Airplane; sixth grader Danika Pound, Mixing Liquids; and fourth grader Demetrios Rael, Volcanoes.
