CUSF

The Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair was held on March 26th and 27th at the BYU Conference Center.  Nebo had 145 students participate at the Central Utah Fair.

The following awards were presented to Nebo School District students: 

ELEMENTARY AWARDS (5th & 6th Grade)

Grand Awards

Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge Award

Diamond Fork Middle: Peter Rosenvall, Coal Powered Battery

Maple Grove Middle: Brielle Hughes & Lexie Heier, Blown Away

Valley View Middle: Maxwell Moncur, Magnetic Cleanup

Spring Canyon Middle: Caleb Buck & Marco Figueroa Flores, The Faraday Effect

Sierra Bonita Elementary: Berkley Kunzler & Elena Weech, The Science of Orbeez

Sage Creek Elementary: Samuel Poulsen, What Battery Brand Lasts The Longest

Category Grand Awards

Computer Science

Sierra Bonita Elementary: Benson Montgomery, Virtual Watchdog

Product Testing and Consumer Science

Sage Creek Elementary: Samuel Poulsen, What Battery Brand Lasts The Longest

Category Awards 1st Place

Chemistry

Sierra Bonita Elementary: Anika Dirkmaat & Scarlett Stratton, Turn Milk into Plastic

Earth & Environmental Science

Valley View Middle: Maxwell Moncur, Magnetic Cleanup

Engineering

Spring Canyon Middle: Caleb Buck & Marco Figueroa Flores, The Faraday Effect


Life Science

Park View Elementary: Weston Hyatt, The Science of Plants and Music

Physics, Astronomy, & Mathematics

Sage Creek Elementary: Elena Cooper, Best Grain for Heat Packs

Product Testing & Consumer Science

Sierra Bonita Elementary: Ethan Pratt, Shark Teeth as a Human Replacement Tooth

Park View Elementary: Ian Niepraschk & Leo Niepraschk, Which LED Bulbs Should I Buy?

Spanish Oaks Elementary: Leila Fawson, Yarn: Soft and Strong?

Category Awards 2nd Place

Chemistry

Rees Elementary: Emery Fox, Jell-0: What will make it stronger?

Spanish Oaks Elementary: Parker Miller, The Heat Is On

Earth & Environmental Science

Maple Ridge Elementary: Isannah Burgener & Lillian Heaps, Mixing up a big problem: a study on ocean hazards

Maple Grove Middle School: Brielle Hughes & Lexie Heier, Blown Away

Engineering

Spanish Oaks Elementary: Cora Kincaid, Kick Distance vs. Ball Pressure

Maple Ridge Elementary, Landrie Willson & Madeleine Bezzant, Study on Aerodynamics

Life Science

Spanish Oaks Elementary: Kruz Craigle, Are Dogs Mouths Cleaner Than Humans?

Sierra Bonita Elementary:  Jackson Jones, Color Filtered Plant Growth

Sierra Bonita Elementary: Brynn Hale & Madelyn Moody, Does the Scent of Hand Soap Change How Well it Cleans Your Hands?

Product Testing & Consumer Science

Sierra Bonita Elementary: Ellie Jackman, Do batteries work better hot or cold?

Sage Creek Elementary: Kimber Rawle, What sleep agent will give me the greatest amount of deep sleep?

Sage Creek Elementary: Solana Tinoco, What brand of paper towel is most absorbent?

Riverview Elementary: Quade Cannon, Toothpaste 

Category Awards 3rd Place

Chemistry

Riverview Elementary: Eva Brinton, Oil vs. Water

Spanish Oaks Elementary: Ryler Butterfield, Do sugar crystals grow better in tap water or distilled water?

Park View Elementary: Lilly Moore, Will it Rust?

Sierra Bonita Elementary: Liam Knudsen, Fizz, pop, fly exploring chemical reactions

Diamond Fork Middle: Peter Rosenvall, Coal Powered Battery

Earth & Environmental Science

Diamond Fork Jr. High: Jacob Berrett, Optimal Landscapes for Wind Energy

Engineering

Sage Creek Elementary:  Peter Cummings, The Penny Alarm

Life Science

Sage Creek Elementary: Ryan Hoerter, Can White Eyes Be Passed On To The Next Generation Of Fruit Flies

Physics, Astronomy, & Mathematics

Spring Canyon Middle: Benson Wilson & Maverick Allred, Hue Knew?

East Meadows Elementary: Cooper Shelley, Exit Velocity

East Meadows Elementary: Lincoln McBride, Size Matters

Product Testing & Consumer Science

Spanish Oaks Elementary: Kamryn McDaniel, How Much is in Your Diaper?

Park View Elementary: Tate Rogers, Nobody Likes Their Cocoa, Cold!

Canyon Elementary: David Priego & Milo Irvine, Clean Hands vs Dirty Hands

Sage Creek Elementary: Josie Jay, Can Medicine Bottles Protect Children from Harmful Medications?

Rees Elementary: Piper Shelton, The Impact of Different Heat Protectants

Special Awards

PRESENTATION: Sierra Bonita Elementary: Ethan Pratt, Shark Teeth as a Human Replacement Tooth

MICROSCOPY: Maple Ridge Elementary: Myron Macdonald, Blood Transfusion

RESEARCH DESIGN: Spanish Oaks Elementary: Hannah Higgs, Scorpion Population Densities Near Topaz Mountain

SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL: Rees Elementary: Aspyn Graves, Enzymatic Browning

US Navy/Marine Corps: Rees Elementary: Piper Shelton, The Impact of Different Heat Protectants

US Metric Award: Barnett Elementary: Brantley Barbone,

Thermal conductivity

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