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Abby Camlic won first place in her division with her project on how scary movies affect sleep.

Jessi Hall won first place in her division on her project about watering plants with juice.

Kennedi Adamson won first place in her division with her project called Merry Poppins, which focused on popcorn and how it pops.

Drew Wyatt won first place in his division with his project on batteries.

Eli Chambers won first place with his project Wind Power.

The eighth grade winners of this year's science fair.

Sixth graders winners. Their projects focused how humans impact the environment.

Sarah Beth Black and Katie Chimento show an example of an S-wave in an earthquake.

Lily Kies, Valeria Saavedra and Riley Diez display their structure made of toothpicks and marshmallows that held up to the earthquake test.

PELHAM – Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at Riverchase Middle School put their creativity on display during the school’s Science Showcase Night on Wednesday, January 18.

The sixth grade students created interactive stations about the environment, seventh grade students created models and posters of cells and the eighth graders were allowed to chose a topic for their projects.

First, second and third place awards were given to the eighth grade students in each of five categories. The students were tasked with completing a project that fit into the category of engineering, behavioral and social sciences, product and consumer analysis, physical science and biology, health and medicine.

The first place winners in each category received a trophy and the second and third place winners received medals.

“I was very impressed,” said eighth grade science teacher Alicia Melton. “This is our third year doing this and one of the rules is that there can’t be any duplicate project ideas. The students were very creative and we didn’t hardly have any students with the same idea.”

Melton also thanked the parents and the community for attending the showcase and supporting the students.

The winners in each category are:

Behavioral and Social Sciences:

1st: How Scary Movies Affect Sleep by Abby Camlic

2nd: Can you Spot the Fake Smile? by Noha Obaid

3rd: Chicken, Dog Food, and Milkbones by Annika Galloway

Product and Consumer Analysis:

1st:  Battery Value by Drew Wyatt

2nd:  Massive Soda by Shaun O’Neil

3rd:  Which Brand of Breath Mints will Cool Water Fastest? by Colton Weber

Physical Science

1st:  Merry Poppins by Kennedi Adamson

2nd:  Refraction and Snell’s Law by Hunter Dezenzio

3rd:  Cutting Down on the Brown by Hill Allen

Engineering

1st:  Wind Power by Eli Chambers

2nd:  Lemon Battery by Kylie Habner

3rd: Homemade vs. Lush Bath Bomb by Madison Quarnstrom

Biology/ Med/ Health

1st:  Should You Water your Plants with Juice? by Jessi Hall

2nd:  How Does Stress Affect your Body by Anna Grace Smith

3rd: Heart Rate Differences Between Vegetarians and Omnivores by Jessica Sheffield

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