ROME — The Rome Academy of Sciences performed the 66th annual Rome Science Fair not as well extended ago with a total of 43 students submitting a total of 20 entries in pursuit of a probable 36 awards.
The students, who competed at Strough Middle College, the New York State College for the Deaf, and at Rome Cost-free of charge Academy, had been judged in 14 categories, six grades, and for two specialty awards. The winners of the 14 categories competed for three Most successful of Fair Awards.
The category winners are eligible to compete at the 44th Utica College Regional Science Fair on Saturday, April 1.
The Rome Science Fair continues to be a total Rome neighborhood occasion, organizers stated, adding 17 neighborhood organizations had been aspect of this year’s occasion.
NYSSD
The initial aspect of the Rome Science Fair was held at NYSSD on Wednesday, Feb. 15. There had been six entries with ten competing in the Egg Mobile for a total of 16 students.
Junior Division (sponsor Frank Schiro) — First place ($75): Luke Singleton, grade eight, “How Lightning is Created” and second place ($50): Natasha Clifton, grade eight, “Melting Ice Sculptures/Polar Ice Caps.”
Senior Division (sponsor IESolutions) — 1st place (1-yr MVCC Scholarship): Jayden Dibble, grade ten, “Deforestation” second place ($1 hundred): Lily Spencer, grade 11, “Pollution and Climate.”
“Egg Mobile” (sponsor DESTINY: IESolution) — 1st place (three-way tie winners received $40 each single): Dominick Bistrol, grade ten Jayden Dibble, grade ten and Anvita Corron, grade 11 Natasha Clifton, grade eight.
RFA/Strough
Behavioral and Social Science (sponsor: Rome Academy of Sciences): 1st place ($80): Tiana Gonzalez, grade 11, “Love on the Brain.”
Botany (sponsor: Rome Academy of Sciences): 1st place ($80): Miranda Catanzaro, grade 12, “Aloe Cloning: Will It Rule the Planet?”
Chemistry (sponsor: Rome Firefighters Benevolent Association): 1st place ($80): Karl van Hoesel, grade ten, “Oil-Be-Gone: Eco-Friendly Oil Disposal Alternatives” second place, Carly Wutsch, grade eight, “Gum Wars.”
Earth Sciences (sponsor: Close close friends of Science): 1st place ($80): Aleksander Vecic, grade eight, “Slippery Slopes.”
Engineering (sponsor: Rome Academy of Sciences): 1st place ($80): Dennis Van Hoesel, grade 12, “Myco-tecture: Assessing the Strength of Sustainable Mushroom Bricks” second place ($40): Chapoteau Celens-Carter, grade eight, “Electrolytes in Sports Drinks.”
Environmental Sciences (sponsor: Rome Academy of Sciences): 1st place ($80): Levi DeMatteis, home-schooled grade 7, “Space a Watt, Save a Lot” second place ($40): Rachel O’Rourke, “Nature’s Filtration … The Safer Way to Clean Water.”
Medicine and General overall health (sponsor: Rome General overall health): 1st place ($80): Abdullah Shaik, grade ten, “When Reside Delivers You Berries” second place ($40): Tatum Butler, “Proof is in the Prints.”
Physics (sponsor: ANDRO Computational Possibilities): 1st place ($80): Madelyn Parry, grade eight, “Fire vs., Ice” second place ($40): Sydney Mendiola, grade eight, “Hockey, Flex, and Speed.”
Grade awards:
Seventh-grade: (sponsor: Primerica): 1st place ($80): Charlie Johnson, “Tasty Colors” second place ($40): Levi DeMatteis, “Space a Watt, Save a Lot.”
Eighth-grade: (sponsor: Kicks for Youngsters Foundation): 1st place ($80): Rachel O’Rourke, “Nature’s Filtration … The Safer Way to Clean Water” second place ($40): Madelyn Parry, “Fire vs., Ice.”
Ninth-grade (sponsor: Revere Copper Goods): No entries.
10th grade (sponsor: MANIAC Consulting): 1st place ($80): Abdullah Shaik, “When Reside Delivers You Berries” second place ($40): Karl van Hoesel, “Oil-Be-Gone: Eco-Friendly Oil Disposal Possibilities.”
11th grade: (sponsor: the Every day Sentinel): 1st place ($80): Anderegg Dylan and Rinaldo DiCastro, “Alternative Energy Sources” second place ($40): Aly D’Aiuto and Mary Denton, “Sunscreen: Important or Damaging.”
12th grade: (sponsor: Hannaford’s): 1st place ($80): Dennis Van Hoesel, “Myco-tecture: Assessing the Strength of Sustainable Mushroom Bricks” second place ($40): Alyssa Nardslico and Drew Kopek, “Has the Loss of Honeybees Resulted in a Decline in the Production of Apples in Lafayette, New York?”
Specialty Awards:
Education Award (sponsor: Rome Teachers Association): 1st place ($1 hundred): Alysa Gill, grade ten, and Antannette Lambiase-Megerell, grade ten, “Deep Water Horizon.”
Joseph Uvanni Chemistry Award (sponsor: Joseph Uvanni): 1st place ($50): Karl van Hoesel, grade ten, “Oil-Be-Gone: Eco-Friendly Oil Disposal Possibilities.”
“Best of Fair” Awards:
Grand Prize Awards (sponsor: MVCC and Rome Academy of Sciences):
1st place ($1,000) (Sponsor: Rome Academy of Sciences): Dennis Van Hoesel, grade 12, “Myco-tecture: Assessing the Strength of Sustainable Mushroom Bricks”
Second place ($500) (Sponsor: Wal-Mart): Karl van Hoesel, grade ten, “Oil-Be-Gone: Eco-Friendly Oil disposal Alternatives” and
Third place ($250) (Sponsor: Price Chopper: Golub Foundation): Abdullah Shaik, grade ten, “When Reside Delivers You Berries.”