Elementary Grand Awards (grades PreK–5)
Academy of Mathematics and Science
Cold as Ice | Mrs. Shellie Ryff class | 2nd Place |
Ice Cube Race | Mrs. Rebecca Hale class | 1st Place |
Agua Caliente Elementary School
Fish Poop: The Future of Farming | Deb Goepfrich class | 1st Place |
Who Has the Cleaner Mouth – Dogs or Humans? | Kathryn Tompkins class | 1st Place |
Anthem K-8 School
Water Spinning Energy | Maxwell Crowder | 1st Place |
Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind
Plants, Water, and Soil | Latrina Lewis class | 2nd Place |
Solar Oven | Susan Pearson class | 2nd Place |
BASIS Oro Valley
Baby Shark Doo Doo!!! | Varni Modi, Aishwarya Rao | 1st Place |
My Little Sprout House | Bansri Modi | 1st Place |
Skyscraper’s Hidden Triangle | Varni Modi, Aishwarya Rao | 3rd Place |
BASIS Scottsdale Primary
Traffic Powered Wind Turbine – With Improved Design | Rishi Setia | 2nd Place |
Booth-Fickett Math and Science Magnet School
Through Thick and Thin: Osmosis of a Cell | Linda Ozuna | 3rd Place |
Canyon View Elementary School
Do You Eat With Your Eyes? | Audrey Wild | 2nd Place |
Does Wearing Your Mask Effect Intensity In Your Voice? | Saheli Waggoner, Ivy Jensen | 3rd Place |
Everything Recycling | Alexander Boerup | 2nd Place |
Now You See It, Now You Don’t | Amelia Holmes | 2nd Place |
Paper Airplanes Take Flight! | Khalil Shehab | 2nd Place |
The Lion Project | Myla Closterman | 1st Place |
What fruits make a persimmon ripen faster | Darby Lin | 2nd Place |
What is the best way to grow a plant from a cutting on a windowsill? | Abby Henson | 1st Place |
Carden Christian Academy Central
Can A Brownie Made with Cricket Flour Taste As Good As One Made with All-Purpose Flour? | Mrs. Helen Castillo class | 1st Place |
Can An Egg Hold More Weight On Its Side or Standing Up? | Trishia Jackson | 3rd Place |
Is Seeing Believing? | Mrs. Dianna Marquez class | 3rd Place |
Casas Christian School
Colors 2 The Eye | Asandro Otero | 2nd Place |
Neurons | Elijah Hernandez | 1st Place |
Castlehill Country Day School
Color – Its for the Birds! | Ryder Thouin | 1st Place |
Do Algorithms Stay on Topic? | Evan Bunch | 3rd Place |
Happiness During Covid | Shelly Gisches | 2nd Place |
Hydrate Your Heart Rate | Rudy Saffer | 2nd Place |
Mold Growth on Raspberries | Ava Borders | 2nd Place |
Shake It Up | Rainey Saffer | 3rd Place |
Taste – The Nose Knows | Sachin Shroff | 1st Place |
Training Cats to Save Themselves | Frannie Guzman | 1st Place |
Centennial Elementary School
Gila Woodpecker | Mr. Lee Roop class | 3rd Place |
Northern Cardinal | Mr. Lee Roop class | 3rd Place |
Cochise Elementary School
Just Around the Riverbend: An Experiment on Erosion and Riverbeds | Arya White | 1st Place |
Continental School
We Can Build a Tower to the Ceiling | Mrs Jenny Lichtsinn class | 1st Place |
What Floats, What Sinks | Mrs. Jenny Lichtsinn class | 1st Place |
Copper Creek Elementary School
Best DIY Fire Starters for Camping | Landyn Barnett | 1st Place |
Creating a Glue Force Field For Glass | Oz Folkman | 2nd Place |
Making Casein Plastic from Milk | Susan Latin class | 3rd Place |
Saving Water with Recycled Textiles | Alyna Barnett | 2nd Place |
Worms are eating our leftovers! | Tara Wieber class | 1st Place |
Copper Ridge Elementary
Cold or Hot – Make Your Best Shot | Isaac Rodriguez | 3rd Place |
Floating Buttons! | Mrs. Danielle West class | 3rd Place |
How Effective is Soap at Destroying Germs? | Ms. Kristin Powell class | 1st Place |
How’s Your Honey? | Arlo Davidson | 1st Place |
Music and Academic Success | Mrs. Amy Sheppard class | 2nd Place |
Solar Splash | Naomi Larson | 1st Place |
The “”Prezar!”” | Liam Pentland | 3rd Place |
The Animal Project | Jimi Equitz | 2nd Place |
Which Method Makes the Cake? | Ethan Goral | 2nd Place |
Winnie and the Beanstalk | Wensleigh Feagley | 1st Place |
Cottonwood Elementary School
Craft Drone Vs Lego Drone | Jude Hermosa | 2nd Place |
Fruit Snack Ingredient Testing | Sarah Metcalf class | 1st Place |
Long Lasting Flavor? | Abigail Cardenas class | 3rd Place |
Parachute Project | Martha Tanner class | 2nd Place |
Speedy Legs | Latricia Ferguson class | 2nd Place |
The Colorful Celery Experiment | Lorena Fronseca class | 2nd Place |
The Magic Milk Experiment | Cassidy Kalinowski class | 2nd Place |
Da Vinci Tree Academy
Fabulous Fossils | Mrs. Karen Martell class | 3rd Place |
Desert Willow Elementary School
Conductive Playdough | Melanie Livingood | 1st Place |
Dirty Hands Made Clean | Lauren Dennis, Ethan Dennis | 3rd Place |
Making a Robot Out of Mostly Recycled Materials | Olexandr Borboa | 2nd Place |
Soil Erosion | Aubrey Dell | 3rd Place |
What Type of Snack do Ants Prefer? | Katherine Wilson class | 1st Place |
Will it Sink or Float | Sharon Beck class | 1st Place |
Dove Mountain CSTEM School
Alert or Not | Ms. Teresa Belden class | 1st Place |
Bubble Drop | Mrs. Kimberly Reynolds class | 2nd Place |
Can it be Stopped? | Mrs. Andrea Velazco class | 1st Place |
Don’t Get Caught Germ-y Handed! | Mrs. Charlene DeWitt class | 1st Place |
Earth, Wind, & Flower: Plants Effects on Erosion | Benjamin Wiggins | 2nd Place |
GERMS, GERMS, EVERYWHERE! | Mrs. Maria Fallon class | 2nd Place |
Grow Plants Grow | Mrs. Daisy Robledo class | 1st Place |
How can you change saltwater into drinking water? | Gabriella Lopez | 3rd Place |
How Does Plastic Affect Brine Shrimp | Finnegan de Masi | 2nd Place |
It’s Electrifying | Teagan Yauch | 3rd Place |
Let’s Bundle Up! | Ms. Kristin Stutzman class | 2nd Place |
Mold, Mold, Go Away! | Christine Yuan, Emily Marshall | 2nd Place |
Organic vs Non-organic soil, which plant will grow faster? | Gabriela Martinez Santana | 2nd Place |
Pidget | Madison Divijak, Ellie Divijak | 1st Place |
Plant Growth with Limited Water | Liam Crum | 2nd Place |
Slippery Slides | Mrs. Tricia Johnson class | 3rd Place |
Snowflake Fun | Mrs. Brittney Morse class | 3rd Place |
So Many Seeds | Ms. Sierra Pederson class | 1st Place |
Suck it Up, Buttercup: Which paper towel sucks up the most water? | Thomas Wiggins | 1st Place |
The Hook – A Coat’s Dilemma | Miss Kristy Hollandsworth class | 3rd Place |
The Potential of Mousetraps | Weston Booth | 2nd Place |
What Color of Light is the Easiest to Hide? | Barrett Mortenson | 3rd Place |
Where Have All the Erasers Gone? | Mrs. Maribelle Leyvas class | 1st Place |
Which boat can float? | Mrs. Kristen Reyes class | 2nd Place |
Wishy-Washy | Jocelyn Cravens | 2nd Place |
Dreams of Sunshine Playground
How Fast Do Water Beads Grow | Yunde Dalton Chan | 2nd Place |
Emily Meschter Early Learning Center – Top Pre-Kindergarten Program
How Many Surfaces Can a Germ Travel To? | Ms. Jessica Jankowski-Gallo class | 1st Place |
Is There Room on the Shelf? | “Mister Ben” Collinsworth class | 1st Place |
Polar Brrrr | Miss Nicole Davis class | 1st Place |
Shining Light on Shadows | Liz Pumarol and Jessica Caramella class | 1st Place |
SOAK IT UP! | Jennifer Oquendo class | 1st Place |
Esmond Station Iron Horses K-8
How BIG Can He Get? | Landon Tankersley | 2nd Place |
Make My Garden Grow | Lillian Murphy | 3rd Place |
Fletcher Family Homeschool
Pop, Pop, No Pop! | Sylvia Fletcher | 1st Place |
Fruchthendler Elementary School
An Apple A Day | Elizabeth Angiulo | 3rd Place |
Bats and Balls | Emil Olsen | 3rd Place |
Catching Carbon | Alexander Angiulo | 3rd Place |
Do Hummingbirds Prefer Red? | Bentley Desjardin | 3rd Place |
Do mealworms have personalities? | Nina Hipps class | 2nd Place |
Flaming Hot or Freezing Cold: How Far Will the Baseball Go? | Nate Marenfeld | 1st Place |
How’d You Sleep? | Parker Hudson | 2nd Place |
Just Enough Light: Does the Placement of Windows in an Underground House Matter? | Toben Dorsey-Sanchez | 1st Place |
Light up my plants | Logan Benneyworth | 3rd Place |
Magnetic Force Field | Matthew Keller | 1st Place |
Making a Magnetic Levitation Device to see if Magnets can be Levitated using an Electric Current | James Bird | 2nd Place |
Plastics: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly | Lillianna Rodriguez | 1st Place |
Project SuMS: Submarine Motor Seal | Jacob Keller | 2nd Place |
Retarding a Fire | Gabriel Sadza | 2nd Place |
The Luck of the Dice? | Isaac Ornstein | 2nd Place |
The Pandemic’s Effect on Elementary Age Students | Carly Coy | 3rd Place |
UV Efficient | William Goodenow | 2nd Place |
Water balloon drop | Caroline Benneyworth | 2nd Place |
What Soil Material is Best for Growing a Plant From Seed? | Olivia Baron | 3rd Place |
Wind Effects On People Around Skyscrapers | Stefan Perry | 1st Place |
Gowan Science Academy
I Can Breathe in Masks | Liv Kaynak | 2nd Place |
What Did You Leave Behind | Rory Pond | 1st Place |
Highland Free School
Which Mask Best Prevents the Sharing of Germs | Sofia Diaz | 2nd Place |
Homer Davis Elementary School
Deep Seeds | Jule Abeytia class | 2nd Place |
Tummies Touching Tables | Mrs. Jessica Howe class | 1st Place |
Immaculate Heart Elementary and Middle School
Science for snoozing | Jessica Reichling class | 2nd Place |
Innovation Academy – Top Elementary School
2 times the fun!! | Ashlee Watson class | 1st Place |
3-2-1 Blast Off! Rocket Launching | Drake Taylor | 1st Place |
All You Seed Is Love | Sayuri “Ellie” Carter-Rogel | 2nd Place |
Best booger blowout! | Johnny Luecke | 2nd Place |
Can You Hear Me? | Mrs. Niki Tilicki class | 2nd Place |
Don’t Throw it, Coat It! | Aaron Eager | 1st Place |
Enrichment for Tigers | Mila Madeka | 2nd Place |
Fabric Strength | Mabel Rivera class | 1st Place |
Face Mask Extravaganza | Sabina Vaswani class | 2nd Place |
Freeloading Chicken on the Loose | Isabella Gruenwald | 1st Place |
Germs in Space | Daniel Dowling, Asher Overfield, Amelia Weede | 3rd Place |
Got to Wear My Shades | Leopoldo Delgado | 1st Place |
Grow Boxes | Rachelle Ferris class | 3rd Place |
Growing in a Bubble: A Balloon Greenhouse Effect | Pamela Barrett class | 2nd Place |
H2Whoa! See How We Grow! | Mrs. Patricia Patchin class | 1st Place |
Intentionally Kind Kids | Niki Tilicki class | 1st Place |
Keeping Ants out of our PANTS and our PLANTS | Danielle Swartz class | 1st Place |
Knit, Knot Stress | Mabel Rivera class | 3rd Place |
Let it Grow! | Mabel Rivera class | 1st Place |
Marine Mass and Models | Griffin Ferris | 1st Place |
Moody News: Does medial consumption impact the mood of adolescents? | Colin Cordell class | 3rd Place |
No More Litter! | Elisabeth Gingrich class | 2nd Place |
Pollinator Palooza | Shannon Maxon class | 2nd Place |
Pop! Are you Paying Attention? | Lori LaRussa class | 1st Place |
Reach for the Stars | Niki Tilicki class | 2nd Place |
Reflux Hurts (HELP!) : Does the PH level in my favorite foods affect my reflux/GERD? | Talan Freytag | 1st Place |
Rocks in the Soil vs Plain Soil | Elias Theiss | 2nd Place |
Seizing Space | Ella Taliaferro | 3rd Place |
Slow Progress is Still Progress | Sydney Albers | 1st Place |
Something Fishy is Going On! | Mason Rehm | 1st Place |
STEP INTO IT: Helping our Health | Rachelle Ferris class | 1st Place |
The Art of Data | Dylan Spiker, Carley Soldat-Valenzuela, Siena Ballmann | 2nd Place |
The Chip Problem | Patrick Sotelo | 2nd Place |
The Fun Sun | Rachelle Ferris class | 1st Place |
The Germ Project | Hailey Hakala | 1st Place |
The Lid Cooler | Frankie Mendez, Boran Hu | 1st Place |
The Scorpion Reservoir | Vincent Poyas | 2nd Place |
These Hands Are Made For Washing | Susan Steen class | 1st Place |
Warming My Pool Not My Planet | Breckyn Koenig | 1st Place |
We Axolotl Questions | Mrs. Mandi Cordell class | 1st Place |
Who Let the Air Out? | Ashlyn Lehwald class | 1st Place |
Will you be Right Guessing Jellies by Sight? | Addison Zimmerman | 2nd Place |
International School of Tucson
Adding Light Bulbs to an Electrical Circuit | Santiago Moreno | 1st Place |
Beyblades and Friction | Mohamed Alhag | 2nd Place |
Biodegradation in the Desert | Jonathan Deimen | 2nd Place |
Flowers Make the World a Better Place | Drew Kouts | 2nd Place |
Is the Top of the Hill Colder than the Bottom of the Hill? | Presley Knappenberger | 1st Place |
Orbeez Size and Minerals | William Krizman-Rauh | 2nd Place |
Who Ordered Pizza? | Kyen Ding | 3rd Place |
J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School
Backyard Bird Feeders | Mrs. Sarah Hitcings class | 1st Place |
Backyard Birding | Missy Siegel class | 1st Place |
Backyard Birding Builders | Mrs. Kaitlyn Capas class | 1st Place |
Cats Right or Left Handed? | Ian Plumlee | 2nd Place |
Erosion Explosion | Henry Heyer | 1st Place |
Freeze Drink | Wilson Perkins | 3rd Place |
Keep It Cool | Mrs Cherie Creager class | 3rd Place |
No Seam Dream! | Naomi Gutierrez | 1st Place |
Rollie Pollie Residence | Mrs. Kelsi Strickland class | 3rd Place |
Save The Pill Bugs! | Ms. Susanne Segroves class | 1st Place |
Say Watt! | Jessica Wendt class | 1st Place |
Water Harvesting Playscape | Mrs. Vanessa Schiess class | 1st Place |
Legacy Traditional School
Bowl Wars | Haley Lewis class | 1st Place |
Lim Home School
Changing Water – Sink or Float | Addilyn Lim | 3rd Place |
Lineweaver Elementary School (SARSEF Endorsed School)
Don’t Judge A Juice By Its Color | Christy Masengarb class | 2nd Place |
Friction | Madhavi Rachakonda class | 1st Place |
Hohokam Tools vs. Modern Tools | Sylvan LaRoche | 1st Place |
No More Excuses-Homework Paper Investigation | Jennifer Metzler class | 2nd Place |
Spinning Swings | Carson Gutenkunst | 3rd Place |
The Great Pencil Balancing Trick | Lily Cummins class | 1st Place |
Too Much Trash | Janine Malkin class | 2nd Place |
Water Loss in Leaves | Cleo Gelt | 3rd Place |
Lulu Walker Elementary School
Cookies Slam Dunk | Susan Luciano class | 1st Place |
One Little Seed | Nicolas Kelley | 1st Place |
Rise and Slime | Aurora Shepherd | 3rd Place |
So Many Chargers, So Little Time | Ethan Shepherd | 3rd Place |
Manzanita Elementary School
Hissers and Dubias: The Bacteria Test | Mrs. Maura Baker class | 3rd Place |
Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence K-8
Dirty and Clean Hands Experiment with Rice | Feven Afewerki class | 1st Place |
Mesquite Elementary School
Environmentally Safe Plastic From Milk | Leilani McComisky | 3rd Place |
Humps, Bumps, or Rumbles…Traffic Calming – Does it Work? | Kaylee Clor | 1st Place |
Ice Melters | Emma Hough | 3rd Place |
The Eggsperiment | Raphe Sherfield | 3rd Place |
Mountain Vista School
Plastic Milk | Rowen Egan | 2nd Place |
Touch Down – Our Amazing Sense of Touch | Christine Perryman Maki class | 2nd Place |
Ocotillo Ridge Elementary School
Arctic Animal Adaptation Exploration | Ms. Haley Jensen class | 2nd Place |
Bubblegum Bonanza | Ms. Nikki Bailey class | 1st Place |
The Scoop | Bode Buenger | 3rd Place |
Tooth EGGSperiment | Ms. Danielle De Alba class | 3rd Place |
Vanishing Vitamins | Kailyn Kleinburg | 1st Place |
Written Into Memory | Ms. Ashley Campos class | 1st Place |
Olsson homeschool
Magnetic life saver: Protecting astronauts from moon dust | Kent Olsson | 1st Place |
Octocopter’s mission: A drone that collects hot lava for space science | Ed Olsson | 1st Place |
Polk Home School
A Need for Speed | Lily Polk | 1st Place |
Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary
Brick By Brick | Andrew Banzhaf | 3rd Place |
Richard B. Wilson School
It’s Snot A Problem If You Don’t Touch Your Face | Ty Wayment | 3rd Place |
Magical Roofs | Amelia Meadows-Wallace | 3rd Place |
Robert Richardson Elementary School
Apple Mummies | Olivia Oswald | 2nd Place |
Dissolving Gummy Bears | Mrs. Jennifer Stretton class | 2nd Place |
Eyes or Ears? Which Way Do You Remember Best? | Mrs. Corrie Shaar class | 2nd Place |
It’s Eroding Away | Mrs. Michelle McWilliams class | 3rd Place |
The Plant Pollution Project | Mr. Lukas Maroney class | 3rd Place |
Rohrbach Redshift Academy
How does guitar sound change with cost? Using a spectrum analyzer to measure the sound of guitars of different prices. | Isaac Rohrbach | 1st Place |
Saint Joseph Catholic School
Don’t Be A Rookie, Bake the Perfect Cookie! | Rafael Meza | 3rd Place |
The Shhh…arpener Project | Ms. Eileen Miller class | 3rd Place |
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School
Can Video Games Be Good For You? | Zachary Daou | 2nd Place |
Dancing Electrons | Mrs. Emily Penning class | 1st Place |
Does Music Affect How we Concentrate? | David Cardenas | 1st Place |
Eating Iron | Katalina Maldonado | 3rd Place |
Electrical Conduction with Different Wire Size | Olivia Toureno | 3rd Place |
Home Sweet Home | Johnathan Raymond | 1st Place |
Strongest Starch | Mrs. Emily Penning class | 2nd Place |
The Crazy Slide Transportation- Mountain Engineering Project | Ms. Abigail Molina class | 1st Place |
The Floating Egg | Mrs. Yvette Urcadez class | 2nd Place |
Sam Hughes Elementary School
Are Cheap Sunglasses Blinding My Dad? | Simone Smith | 1st Place |
Carrot Crew: Finding the Right Sized Carrot | Jennifer Graber class | 1st Place |
Ready, Set, Melt! Which Type of Chocolate Melts Faster: Dark, Milk or White? | Jacob Douglas | 3rd Place |
Snuggles and Puggles | Rosie Newell | 2nd Place |
What Absorbs Heat Faster, Dirt or Water? | Mrs. Kathleen Patterson class | 3rd Place |
San Simon School BIE
Bubble-ology | John Patten | 2nd Place |
How To Build On Mars! | Ms. Pam Buchanan class | 1st Place |
Satori Charter School
Exploring plastic and magnetic properties to save the world’s ocean | Insee Ekstrom | 1st Place |
Senita Valley Elementary School
Battle of the Masks | Mrs. Brandi Sutterly class | 3rd Place |
Penguins and Gravitational Waves | Alper Guvenc | 1st Place |
Sink or Float | Ms. Shaylyn Grow class | 3rd Place |
The Water Bottle Holder 5000 | Mrs. Maggie Gamble class | 1st Place |
What kind of Fabric Sticks to Cholla the Best? | Isabelle Lefforge | 1st Place |
Which Version of Building Blocks snap Together the Best? | Caleb Lefforge | 1st Place |
St. Cyril School
Wrath of the Mask | Ryan Douville | 2nd Place |
St. Michael’s School
Optimizing Your Zeer Pot | Helena Loewenstein | 3rd Place |
Sunrise Drive Elementary
Aerodynamics – The tail of my Kite | Amelie Puell | 1st Place |
Bouncy or Not | Aneira White | 2nd Place |
Cider Mysteries | Taric Bruckner | 3rd Place |
Cookies! | Liliana Ruiz | 3rd Place |
Jellyfish and Pollution | Nurhan Shirazi | 2nd Place |
The Dirtiest Area I Touch Everyday in my Classroom | Aaheli Shil | 1st Place |
Sycamore Elementary School
Can 2nd Graders Change Water Density | Kristy Gossen class | 2nd Place |
Candy Hearts Dissolve! | Jennifer Johnson class | 2nd Place |
Fun With Glow Stick Colors | Isabella Wilson | 2nd Place |
Ice, Ice, Baby | Mrs. Theresa Stone class | 3rd Place |
Movable Coat Rack | Emmalyn Hopper | 3rd Place |
Pictures or Music: Which Affects You More? | Evelyn Tosseth | 1st Place |
Power Punches: the physics of karate | Xander Powell | 3rd Place |
Sustainable Hair Gel | Torrin Potter | 2nd Place |
What Natural Preservatives Work Best? | Emily Kahl | 2nd Place |
What’s a Bird’s Favorite Color? | Gwendolyne Macias | 1st Place |
Will Buffelgrass Keep Plants From Growing | Anne Marie Wages | 1st Place |
Will Speed or Traction change using different gases in a Go Kart tire? | James Ferrin | 2nd Place |
Tanque Verde Elementary School
Do Cars Travel Different Distances on Different Textures? | Monet Pender | 1st Place |
Dog Fur, Dirt, and Dust Removal Tool | Kaylee Blotkamp, Ava Haggard | 2nd Place |
Life is Like a Box of Chocolates…Or is it? | Miss Stacy Marr class | 1st Place |
Snack Bot | Ryan Sutterly, Noah Burrows, Gerimiah Andrews | 3rd Place |
The Tragon (Trash Wagon) | Paige Trimble, Penelope Holland | 3rd Place |
Zoom Broom | Tinley Gooch | 2nd Place |
Tanque Verde Luthern Church Preschool
Will it Sink or float? | Amyra Kotadia, Jayneel Patel | 1st Place |
The Montessori Schoolhouse
Different Ways to Water Pothos | Alejandro Perez | 3rd Place |
Tucson Hebrew Academy
Flip Book Mania | Mrs. Jessica Robinson class | 2nd Place |
Here Comes the Sun! | Ms. Mollie Ramos class | 1st Place |
How Weight Affects Flight: Can It Go The Distance? | Mrs. Melissa Landau class | 3rd Place |
Juice Box Racers | Mrs. Stephanie Buchler class | 1st Place |
Stop, Drop, and Listen | Ms. Adina Karp class | 2nd Place |
The Giganto Slide Experiment: How to Dress for Maximum Speed | Ivan Moravec, Miles Hansen | 1st Place |
Twin Peaks Elementary School
Guinea Pig Maze | Jessica Holtrop Osuna | 3rd Place |
If I drink this water will it kill me? | Matthew Miller | 1st Place |
Kids Play Safe- Geofenced Scooter | Prajit Mani | 2nd Place |
Vail Academy and High School
What Foods Power a Potato Clock Better than a Potato | Hunter E. Woodworth | 2nd Place |
Ventana Vista Elementary
Desalination Of Ocean Water | Zeke Bialis | 2nd Place |
Mite-y Cockroaches | Mrs. Maura Baker class | 2nd Place |
Walter Douglas Elementary
Gummy Bears | Jessica Roberts class | 2nd Place |
Willcox Middle School
Florescent Flowers | Aleesa Sanchez | 1st Place |
Winifred Harelson Elementary School
A Salty Surprise | Harper McDermed | 2nd Place |
Bird Seed Preferences of Arizona Birds | Ashlyn Perkins | 3rd Place |
Colony Morphology: Identifying Microbial Diversity | Mrs. Susie Herman class | 1st Place |
For Nature By Nature: Can Desert Plants Stop Soil Erosion? | Mrs. Robyn Yewell class | 1st Place |
Javelina Javelin-A | Gavin Cook | 1st Place |
Pounds Per Square Inch and Bike Tire Speed | Violet Rambaud | 3rd Place |
Seedy Soccer: Which materials will prevent burs from the field on different textiles? | Mrs. Sarah Nystedt class | 1st Place |
The Homework Folder Reminder | Gabriel Mora | 2nd Place |
The Thorny Transplanter | Maizie McIntosh | 3rd Place |
What Will Slow Down Mold on Strawberries? | Audrey Mandel | 1st Place |
Winter Homeschool
Am I more dirty after a day at school? | Ella Winter | 1st Place |
Which substances on hands affect glucometer readings? | Lilah Winter | 1st Place |
Middle and High School Grand Awards (grades 6–12)
Academy of Mathematics and Science
Approachability based off body language | Ciylin Caid | 3rd Place |
Surface Bacteria | Kailee Lauscher | 2nd Place |
Agua Caliente Elementary School
Cartoon vs Photograph: How Images Affect Interest and Action in the Conservation of Eryngium Sparganophyllum | Noemi Celani | 2nd Place |
Tap vs. Bottled: Which Has Less Contaminants? | Nia Meredith | 1st Place |
What Lure Color is Best? | Miles Gerl | 1st Place |
Anza Trail Middle School
Trouble-chuting | Rome Sexton | 2nd Place |
BASIS Oro Valley
Slowing Down Ice Melt Using Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Eggshells Towards Mitigating Global Climate Crisis | Matthew Kim | 3rd Place |
Which treatments are most effective at improving cognitive function in Alzheimer’s patients 50 years and older? | Daveena Biswas | 3rd Place |
BASIS Tucson North
Factors that affect Cancer Metastasis | Shivam Kedia | 3rd Place |
Packaging waste reduction: right-sized box packaging by using volume bounding box algorithm | Jimmy Kwon | 1st Place |
Bonita Elementary School – Willcox
Dirt Slide | Braeden Nielson | 2nd Place |
Don’t Blow it Regrow it | Emilia Warner | 1st Place |
Shake It | Mikaela McClaine | 3rd Place |
Booth-Fickett Math and Science Magnet School
Best Containers for Ice Cream | Dr. Adelle McNiece class | 2nd Place |
How does soda brand affect how fast it goes flat? | Dr. Adelle McNiece class | 1st Place |
How Does Your Age Affect Your Lung Size? | Dr. Adelle McNiece class | 3rd Place |
Natural Food Coloring | Ms. Jessica Gonzalez class | 1st Place |
Canyon del Oro High School
The Role of Hypoxia and Tyrosine Kinases on Breast Cancer Cell Migration | Zander Dickey | 3rd Place |
Catalina Foothills High School
Agrivoltaics in the Time of Water Restrictions | Henry Roth Gordon | 1st Place |
Assessing Urban vs. Rural Historical Temperature Trends | Emily Kamp, ASHLEY Mannenbach | 3rd Place |
Effects of Sceloporus virgatus (Striped Plateau Lizard) Cloacal Bacteria on Fungal Growth | Jeronimo Barela | 1st Place |
Hypo- and hyperglycemia Stimulate PKC-δ+ Neurons In The CEl | Zachary Keyes | 2nd Place |
Cibola High School
Comparison of Struvite and Chlorella vulgaris Solution to Phosphorus Water Pollution | Savannah Botello | 1st Place |
Kinetics of Polymer Degradation with Tenebrio Molitor – Using Mealworms to Stop Plastic Waste | Hailey Chulamorkodt | 3rd Place |
Seaweed BIochar Filtration | Cole Steinmetz | 2nd Place |
Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Tracking of SARS-CoV-2: Determining Unreported Cases and Clinical Data Lag Time | Quinn Nemeth | 1st Place |
Demographics of Vaccination Status | Amritjot Singh | 1st Place |
Reactive Nitrogen species: does it kill bacteria in wounds? | Brenna Aspinwall | 3rd Place |
City High School
An Emotional Solar Coaster | Ursula Denholm | 2nd place |
Colonel Smith Middle School – Ft. Huachuca
Don’t Eat Flies | Riley Northrup | 3rd Place |
Elevation Equals Energy | Abigail Bynum | 3rd Place |
Fun Fertilizers | Brayden Kamachi | 2nd Place |
pHan Pedro River | Cassandra Comolli | 1st Place |
UV n’ trouble? Nailed it! | Brennyn Livesey | 3rd Place |
Corona Foothills Middle School
Cat-A-Pult | Katie Hecht | 3rd Place |
Coronado K-8 School
Do Greenies actually clean our pet’s mouth | Penny Sinohui | 1st Place |
Mask Mania how do they protect? | Aaron Hanks | 3rd Place |
The effects of chicken sandwich packaging | Jack Pletnick | 3rd Place |
DeGrazia Elementary School
What’s in Your Water Arizona? | Alexander Hernandez | 1st Place |
Dodge Traditional Magnet Middle School
Flour Power | Samantha Beutel | 2nd Place |
Global Abundance of Microplastic in Beach Sands | Henry Root | 1st Place |
Mushrooms and Decomposition | Leela Rajagopal Ridgway | 2nd Place |
Doolen Middle School
Egg Sell-By Dates: Are They Accurate? | Chloe Howell | 2nd Place |
Equality in Hiring: How Gender Affects Hireability | Ella Stoddard | 2nd Place |
Escape the Maze: AI in Robotics | Olin Jones | 3rd Place |
Golf Clubs, Distance, Loft and Angle | Maxim Rutkowski, Cole Jenia | 3rd Place |
Measuring Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in Different Classrooms | Benjamin Wexler | 1st Place |
Pandemic Infection: An Analysis of How Germs Spread Through Different Forms of Greeting | Ben Brumley | 3rd Place |
Preventable Erosional Forces | Quinlan McCormick | 2nd Place |
Quality Masks | Alex Molina-Macholtz | 2nd Place |
Sound of Silence | Zachary Dye | 1st Place |
Sound vs. Materials | Aidan Fuller | 1st Place |
The Bright Green Hope: Does the Surface Area of the Container Matter in Growing Algae? | Ellen Dorsey-Sanchez | 1st Place |
The Effects of Desert Plant Extracts on Crickets | Sabrina Wexler | 1st Place |
What Items Can Deflect a Magnetic Field? | Oliver Mason | 2nd Place |
What Soil Types Resist Erosion the Most? | Mason Huey | 2nd Place |
Dove Mountain CSTEM School
Which Will Be The Berry Best vol. 2 | Abigail Ditsch | 2nd Place |
Emily Gray Junior High – Top Middle School
A-Bird – Automated Bird Recognition Device | Finnegan McGill | 1st Place |
Beyond the Blaze | Ben Head | 3rd Place |
Chair Socks | Santino Celani | 1st Place |
Do Computers Run Better with Clean Air? | Grant Orvik | 2nd Place |
Hovercraft: The Scalloper | Logan Nielsen | 2nd Place |
How Mulch Does It Help? | Garrett Fry | 3rd Place |
Just Drain It! | Siena Contreras | 1st Place |
Silence is Golden | Savannah LaPorte | 3rd Place |
Solar Water Heater | Samantha Judnich | 3rd Place |
The Happiness Effect | Alex Provenzano | 1st Place |
The Solar-Cell | Gavin Panttila | 2nd Place |
What deters desert rodents best? | Calvin Driskill | 1st Place |
Empire High School
Horizontal Transmission of the Obligate Symbiont Burkholderia in the Leaf-Footed Bug, Leptoglossus zonatus (Hemiptera: Coreidae) | Isabelle Lopez | 1st place |
Plantibiotics | Dawson Jones | 2nd Place |
Which Food Source Makes The Biggest Hornworm? | Marisa Freeman | 2nd Place |
Which One is Better, Spray or Gel Hand Sanitizer? | Connor Homes | 2nd Place |
Eritrean Church
Performance of Trichoderma Fungi on Various African and Native Arizona Plants vs Control | Ms Danielle Corbett class | 1st Place |
Esmond Station Iron Horses K-8
Oxygen Through the Shell | Addison Robison | 2nd Place |
The Germination of Beans | Graciela Huerta | 3rd Place |
Unbelieva-bubble The Science of Soap Bubbles | Amelia Barrett | 2nd Place |
Esperero Canyon Middle School
Is is Possible to Use Mars to Live on Mars? | Ethan Bialis | 3rd Place |
Gowan Science Academy
Do Soil Biostimulants Produce Higher Crop Yields? | Melanie Moore | 1st Place |
Effect on Solar Cell Efficiency by a Magnifying Glass | Aiden Daniel | 3rd Place |
Harnessing the Saguaro Cactus to Treat Skin Infections – Antimicrobial Properties of the Carnegiea Gigantea Seed Extract | Samantha Chulamorkodt | 1st Place |
Nuts Battle Of the Kilocalories | Erick Figueroa orozco | 2nd Place |
Harvest Preparatory Academy (SARSEF Endorsed School) – Top High School
Antimicrobial Potentials of Ayurvedic Products Extracts and Streptomycin Against Necrosis Causing Bacteria in Saguaro Cactus. | Ana Navarro | 2nd Place |
CREATING ANTIMICROBIAL LIPSTICKS USING DYES FROM NATURAL SOURCES | Josselyn Hernandez | 1st Place |
EFFECTS OF LYSINE AND PHENYLALANINE ON THE GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF PHASEOLUS VULGARIS | Julissa Ceballos, Miranda Ruiz | 3rd Place |
ENGINEERING OF ANTIMICROBIAL BIOPLASTICS FROM INVASIVE ALGAE CAULERPA PROLIFERA, UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA, AND WASTE CORN COBS | Julianna Serna-Ortiz | 1st Place |
EXOGENEOUS NIACIN AND ZEAXANTHIN TREATMENT TO INCREASE THE STRESS TOLERANCE AND LIGHT ABSORBANCE CAPACITY OF MICROALGAE CHLORELLA VULGARIS UNDER AN ENGINEERED MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT | Christopher Miranda | 1st Place |
IMPROVING THE DENTAL HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH A TOOTHPASTE INFUSED WITH PSIDIUM GUAJAVA AND ACMELLA OLERACEA EXTRACTS AGAINST TOOTH DECAY CAUSING BACTERIA STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS | Ashley Valencia | 1st Place |
IMPROVING THE WATER POTABILITY OF WATER FOUNTAINS IN SAN LUIS, AZ USING CITRUS PEELS AND MORINGA SEEDS | Itzel Bustos | 2nd Place |
Investigating the Effects of Native Sonoran Desert Plants on Enhancing the Effects of Different Antibiotics Against E. coli | Andrea Romero | 1st Place |
MITIGATING OCEAN ACIDIFICATION BY INCREASING THE PHOTOSYNTHESIS RATE OF MACROALGAE ULVA LACTUCA USING PHYCOBILIN, CAROTENE, AND COUMARIN | Jimena Uribe Lin | 3rd Place |
OBSERVING THE EFFECTS OF ADDING BETA CAROTENE ON THE GROWTH OF MICROALGAE VIA SPECTROPHOTOMETRY | Mercedes Castro, Shantee Thomas | 3rd Place |
The Feasibility of Creating a Solar Panel that can Harness UV lights during Cloudy Days Using Luminescent Extracts from Agrowaste | Hannah Tapia | 2nd place |
Immaculate Heart Elementary and Middle School
Banana Bash | Paul Fellinger | 3rd Place |
Do You Collect More Rain By Walking Or Running? | So Jung Lee | 3rd Place |
Mo’ Rebounding, Mo’ Problems | Hunter Asplin, Luke Johnson | 3rd Place |
The Untold Truth Of A Shopping Cart | Ngoc Bui | 1st Place |
Immaculate Heart High School
The Effect of Landscape Gravel on Ambient Air, Surface, and Soil Temperature | Elizabeth Haloftis, Phuong Bui | 2nd Place |
International School of Tucson
What filtration material gives you the cleanest drinking water? | Rochelle Lauzon | 1st Place |
What Type of Egg Dissolves in Vinegar Faster? | Yuzuki Espinosa, Destani McKenna | 3rd Place |
Khalsa Montessori School
Perceiving Different English Accents | Fabiola Weiss-Cortes | 2nd Place |
Potato Plastic | Laszlo Thomas | 3rd Place |
Potato Power | Zarya Vinal | 2nd Place |
To Mulch Or Not To Mulch? | Clement Fleury | 3rd Place |
Working Out With Caffeine? | Pre Simonson | 2nd Place |
L. W. Cross Middle School
“Reely Easy” Automatic Reeling Device | Brandon Payne | 1st Place |
A World on Fire 2, How to replant forests after wildfires; like those in Australia and California and now here in Oro Valley? | Gabriel Vaughn | 2nd Place |
Innovating Solar Panels to Remotely Send Solar Energy | Juliet Iadevaia | 1st Place |
Lysol Spray vs Lysol Wipes Starring Money | Elle Lu Thompson | 2nd Place |
MiscO3nceptions of AQUEOUS OZONE | Hassan Lorenzo Lopez | 2nd Place |
Sensitive Plants | Vivienne Yewell | 1st Place |
Tech Suits, Are They Worth The Expense? | Jacinda Belle Jordison | 1st Place |
The Magnetic Free Fall Experiment | Sawyer Drake McDermed | 1st Place |
UAV Submarine | Augustus Mitchell | 2nd Place |
What Drug Use Effects Will Deter Middle Schoolers’ From Using Drugs? | Cecily May Stiening | 1st Place |
Legacy Traditional School
CSI Science: Blood Spatter And Its Patterns | Rebekah Humphries | 2nd Place |
Do Caterpillars have a Color Preference? | Austin Axtell | 2nd Place |
Puncture Proof?? | Morgan Garcia | 2nd Place |
Mica Mountain High School
Craquelure Classification of European Regional Paintings Using Convolutional Neural Network | Mason Fosdick | 3rd Place |
Mountain Vista School
Musicians and Lung Capacity | Mylee Hendrix | 3rd Place |
Salt and Water | Kadyn Husted | 2nd Place |
Nelson Home School
Analysis of pollen-pistil interactions to model reproductive thermotolerance in tomato | Alexander Nelson | 1st Place |
Olsson homeschool
Are There Native Fish in La Milagrosa Canyon? | Wade Olsson | 1st Place |
Orange Grove Middle School
Investigating Biophilia: Do Plant or Water Images Reduce Stress? | Sophie Roth Gordon | 1st Place |
Our Mother of Sorrows
Mad Magler | Sophia Washburn | 3rd Place |
Scoliosis Super Shirt | Mallory McRee | 1st Place |
Solar Panel Energy Generation | Jamison Ramsower | 3rd Place |
Sunny Shade | Jennifer Coronato | 2nd Place |
Pistor Middle School
A Pocket Sized Alert | Jacob “JJ” Valenzuela | 3rd Place |
Are More Expensive Acrylic Paints Better? | Natalia Nunez | 3rd Place |
Total Meltdown | Joel Perez-Garcia | 3rd Place |
Presidio School
Homemade Battery | Sajjad Al-Sinayyid | 3rd Place |
Quest for Education and Arts
Nouveau-AI-Plastic-Degen: A novel approach using AI-based enzyme engineering to design New and Highly Efficient Marine Plastic Degrading Enzymes | Arjun Gupta | 1st Place |
Stressing Out? | Linnea Thim | 3rd Place |
Rincon Vista Middle School
Effects of Fundamental Motion Patterns on VR Cybersickness | Okan Guvenc | 2nd Place |
Robert Richardson Elementary School
Collect the rain and you’ll make a great plain | Isla Young, Jaelyn Foster, Janisa Yanez | 2nd Place |
Two Story indoor planter | Santiago Racina | 3rd Place |
Rohrbach Redshift Academy
What can we learn about spacecraft design from commercial electronics? Exposing commercial electronics to alpha particles emitted from a uranium ore sample. | Samuel Rohrbach | 1st Place |
Sahuarita High School
Distribution of Oak Tree species in Southeastern Arizona | Mr. Gavin Lehr class | 2nd Place |
Saint Joseph Catholic School
There and Back Again – A Seedling’s Tale | Katya Stickney | 1st Place |
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School
Helpful or Harmful? | Addison Cummings | 3rd Place |
San Luis High School
How Does The Use of NSAIDs Affect Empathy? | Itzel Andrade, Jesus Cadena | 2nd Place |
San Simon School BIE
Why Do Some Fruits Turn Brown? | Ms. Pam Buchanan class | 2nd Place |
Yummy Juice Balls: The Science of Spherification | Lynnae Eleando | 1st Place |
Satori Charter School
Could Superworms Solve Our Pollution Problem? | Matheo Richman | 2nd Place |
SEAS Catholic School
Can’t Stand the Heat? Get out of the Solar Oven! | Elizabeth Ennis | 2nd Place |
Do athletes have better lung capacity than non-athletes? | Danny Green | 2nd Place |
DRAG ME DOWN | Justin Dinh | 3rd Place |
Sonoran Science Academy – Davis Monthan
Automatic Dog Door Using an Arduino | Erica Highlander, Bea Goco | 2nd Place |
Sonoran Science Academy – East
Fibonacci In Nature | Zane Martin | 3rd Place |
The Musical Heart | Maya Rocha | 3rd Place |
St. Cyril School
Cool Cleats: Solutions to Keep Feet Cool in Soccer Cleats | Molly Murry | 2nd Place |
Do different shade of eyes see illusions differently? | Juani Niyonkuru | 1st Place |
Does the amount of sleep you get affect your memory | Soleil Bonneau, Caden White | 3rd Place |
Find Your Focus | Cecilia Gaspers | 3rd Place |
Liar Liar Pants on Fire | Reagan Burgle | 1st Place |
Screens: How Do They Affect Your Sleep? | Natalie Sivilli | 3rd Place |
Self-Cleaning Birdcage | Alanna Lopez-Adkins | 3rd Place |
Stealth: They Never Saw It Coming! | Taran Hogan | 1st Place |
The Leader of the Pack: an observational study of captive African Wild Dogs | Jackson Lipsy | 1st Place |
The Stress Test: The Impact of Stress on Body Temperature | Mia Thomas, Isabella Murphy | 2nd Place |
Waiting for the Floods | Catherine Sztan | 1st Place |
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School
Are Child Proof Locks Really Child Proof? | Isabella Alvarez | 3rd Place |
Can Sheep Recognize “Ewe”? | Giada Freeman | 3rd Place |
Curveball! | Mauricio Hernandez | 2nd Place |
Different type of music and its effect on burning calories | Natalie Chavez | 3rd Place |
Do Different Types of Sunscreens Matter? | Lucas Freeman | 2nd Place |
Does A Specific Colored Surface Affect Bacterial Growth? | Maria Mexia | 2nd Place |
Does Fed Bacteria Produce More Energy than Unfed Bacteria? | Aiden Evangelista | 3rd Place |
Does Highlighting Actually Help? | Taryn Stevenson | 1st Place |
Does noise affect coordination? | Kiley Nguyen | 3rd Place |
Gas in Drinks | McKenzie Avelar | 3rd Place |
How do different genres of music (rock, country, hip hop, and electronic) affect heart rate? | Emily Olsen | 3rd Place |
Lettuce eat salad | Kelsie Harrison | 2nd Place |
Muffin Makin’ | Kianna Alvarez | 3rd Place |
Tamarix v. Native Plants | Coco Moreno | 1st Place |
Water in your ears? | Olivia Taylor | 2nd Place |
Which Brand of Leg Protection Boot gives my horse his Best Performance? | Ramsey Harrison | 2nd Place |
Which Swimsuit Makes You Faster In The Water | Eamon McCallen | 2nd Place |
St. Michael’s School
Double the Light Double the Power! | Oliver Lewis | 1st Place |
How Protected Are You? | Max Puntenney | 1st Place |
What Effect Does Color Have On Urban Temperatures? | Zoe Ana Brosanders | 2nd Place |
What Protects Plants From Acid Rain the Best? | Claire Zeiller | 3rd Place |
Sunnyside High School
Antibiotic Activity in Soil Bacteria | Cynthia Bujanda class | 1st Place |
Effects of stimulated drug addiction on the neural spike activity of Gromphadorhina portentosa and their applications in the identification and treatment of addictions | Victor Vigbedorh, Joann Valenzuela | 2nd Place |
Exploration of Chaotic Orbits Using the Lyapunov Exponent in the Restricted Three-Body Problem | Yaritza Durazo | 1st Place |
Tanque Verde Elementary School
Are Magnets Affected by Temperature? | Jackson Guerrero | 3rd Place |
Go Solar | Elijah Moe | 1st Place |
Goal Rebounder | Mackenzie Sutterly, Zoe Rowden | 3rd Place |
How to Save Half an Avocado | Remi Johnson, Holland Nye | 3rd Place |
If you Play Sports are your Reflexes Different than if you Don’t Play Sports? | Aubrey Skaggs | 3rd Place |
Manpower VS Machine: Laundry Edition | Shannon Martinez | 2nd Place |
The Chicken Cooler | Noah McGill, Luca McGill | 1st Place |
What Color are Bees Most Attracted to? | Natalie Pacios, Charlotte Harris | 3rd Place |
Tanque Verde High School
Rare Immune Cells Significantly Associated with Severe COVID-19 Cases | Karah Mayer | 1st Place |
The Gregory School
Effect of Velvet Mesquite Trees on Tucson’s Urban Climate | Mrs. Kelly Smith class | 3rd Place |
Impact of a Changing Climate | Mrs. Kelly Smith class | 1st Place |
Tucson’s Urban Heat a Material Science Investigation | Mrs. Kelly Smith class | 1st Place |
Water Usage in Restaurants | Sage McClure | 1st Place |
The Montessori Schoolhouse
HOW TO REUSE DISHWATER TO WATER PLANTS | Lilie Lavo | 3rd Place |
Tucson High Magnet School
Cockroaches on Caffeine: Behavioral analysis of the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach(Gromphadorhina portentosa) after a long term Caffeine Supplemented Diet. | Liam Superville, Adrian Miller | 2nd Place |
Socially Exposed: Investigating the relationship between the social behaviors of mammals and their viral exposure. | Jessamine Tadeo | 1st place |
The Cheapette: An Affordable Micropipette For The Masses | Charles Becker | 1st Place |
Twin Peaks Elementary School
Acids and Bases | Mateo Berry, Elias Berry | 1st Place |
Aqua Shock | Ryan Boyle, Hudson Hamilton | 3rd Place |
Chlorophyll Properties – Same or Different? | Anna Zhilina | 3rd Place |
SARSEF Bridge Engineering Project | Tyler Mann | 1st Place |
University High School – Top High School
A preliminary study into rapidly deployable barrier systems using origami techniques | Alex Woodford | 2nd Place |
Bilingualism’s Effect on Memory | Kristin Jung, Karen Nguyen | 2nd Place |
Comparing Different Machine Learning Approaches to Assess Frailty Among Geriatric Patients Using Upper-Extremity Function | Ananya Munjal | 3rd Place |
Contemporary and Projected Climate Changes across the Southwestern United States Relative to the Last 24,000 Years | Nathaniel van der Leeuw, Lily Wood | 1st Place |
Effectiveness of sous vide cooking with sunlight | Rohan Rajagopal | 3rd Place |
Effects of the ratio of xanthan gum to oat and tapioca starch flour on the density of gluten free bread as compared to glutinous white bread | Adelaide Glockner, Trey Harrison, Kevin Bates | 2nd Place |
Effects of Varying Processes on Camellia Sinensis on Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast Growth | Audrey Juneman | 3rd Place |
Effects on Lavandula Angustifolia and Mentha Piperita Essential Oils on Epipremnum Aureum Radicle Growth | Lily Martinovich | 3rd Place |
Effects on Lumbricina Diet in Relation to Soil Nutrients (pH) and group mass | Nereyda Retana | 3rd Place |
Finding the Relationship Between Strength in the Barbell Bench Press and the Dumbbell Bench Press | Alex Brewton | 3rd Place |
Hedgehog Signaling Mediates the Dysregulation of Adrenocorticotropin Hormone Secretion and Somatostatin Receptor Expression in Cushing’s Disease | Saptarshi Mallick | 1st Place |
Identifying Likely Active Binding Pockets in all Human Proteins | Elliot Wheeler, Marta Wrzeszcz | 1st Place |
Investigation of Retinal Energetics with Novel OPLS Force Fields Applied to a Full-Retinylidene System | Nathan Kuo, Jade Kuan | 2nd Place |
Music preferences during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: How countries reacted to a changing world | Patricio Madera Tejeda | 2nd Place |
Quantifying and Interpreting Bias Towards the Perception of Immigrants | Devak Shah, Nicolas Rivera | 3rd Place |
The Effect of Various Over-the-Counter Pharmaceuticals on Phaseolus vulgaris Pinto Group Growth | Amber Li | 3rd Place |
The effects of artificial stimulation of motor neurons in the face on emotions. | Aubrey kopp, diego Gonzalez | 1st Place |
The Effects of Common Substances Found in Urban Runoff on the CO2 Intake and Productivity of Brassica Oleracea Var. Sabellica | Brooklyn Faye Piscitelli, Clara Rocha | 3rd Place |
The Effects of Ebullition on the Corolla of a Flower to Produce Paint | Lilly Kornfeld, Taylor Kleefeld | 3rd Place |
The evaluation of potential ion toxicity (ppm/ppb) within personal care products | Sierra Titus, Aria Eyde, Ava Garcia | 2nd Place |
The influence of LED lights on Acheta domesticus compared to the ways in which Noctuidae and Drepanidae are attracted to light. | Mercedes Shay | 2nd Place |
Vail Academy and High School
Genetic Algorithms in Falling Paper | Hyrum Powell, Dominic Williams | 2nd Place |
Let’s Get Down to the Nitty Gritty | Isabel Dancil, Lauren Thomas | 1st Place |
Robot Wheels vs Nature | Benjamin J. Patla | 1st Place |
Sounds, Pictures, and Memory | Curtis Rawlings | 2nd Place |
What is the Best Alternate Football to NFL Cowhide Footballs? | Matthew Bissi | 3rd Place |
Vail Innovation Center
Exploring the Visualization of ASMR Sounds Using a Tonoscope and Chladni Plate | Sebastian Cooksey | 1st Place |
Valencia Middle School
What does sand have to do with a horse’s colon? | Kash Horn | 3rd Place |
Veritas Academy
Aloe Vera Flower Stalk: A Novel Packing Material | Abigail Amante | 2nd Place |
Veritas Christian Community School
Radiation Revelations | Isabell Gavin | 3rd Place |
Willcox Middle School
FLAT! | Mark Wilson | 1st Place |
Weld it | Nathan Riggs | 1st Place |
Winifred Harelson Elementary School
Do Dogs Have a Paw Preference Like Humans? | Hayli Knight | 2nd Place |
Game Time | Brayden Carr, Dominick SanAngelo, Jackson Cole | 2nd Place |
Introverts vs Extroverts: What Do You Recall? | Mrs Lindsay Wong class | 1st Place |
Sanitizer Wars | Jaxyn DeCastro | 2nd Place |
What’s In Your Wallet? | Mrs Lindsay Wong class | 1st Place |
Woodard Junior High School
Effects of Heat Stress on a Patient with Salt-wasting Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia | Alexis Batres | 3rd Place |
Sponsored Awards (All grade levels)
Agua Caliente Elementary School
Fish Poop: The Future of Farming | Deb Goepfrich class | Youngest and Best Elementary Project |
Tap vs. Bottled: Which Has Less Contaminants? | Nia Meredith | Arizona Hydrological Society |
Anthem K-8 School
Water Spinning Energy | Maxwell Crowder | TEP Award of Excellence, Hogan Energy Hero Award |
BASIS Oro Valley
Baby Shark Doo Doo!!! | Varni Modi, Aishwarya Rao | TEP Award of Excellence |
Slowing Down Ice Melt Using Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Eggshells Towards Mitigating Global Climate Crisis | Matthew Kim | Texas Instruments 3rd Place High School Award, American Meteorological Society Outstanding Achievement Award |
BASIS Scottsdale Primary
Traffic Powered Wind Turbine – With Improved Design | Rishi Setia | TEP Award of Excellence, TACO Team’s, Put the “C” in TACO Award, Hogan Energy Hero Award |
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School
Dahliah: A Sustainable Circular City | Alina Gutierrez, Maribel Robles, Nayelli Guzman | Cox Conserves Award |
Everything Old Can Be Made New Again | Leyna LaPierre, Dante Escobar, Eli Hernandez Jr. | Cox Conserves Award |
The Circular City (Waste Management – Biomass Energy – Urban Lungs – Circular Economy) | Tal Medeiros, Elias El Onache, Alexander Murua | Dr. Uhl Exemplary in STEM |
Bonita Elementary School – Willcox
Saddle Up, Buttercup | Taylor Warner | “Mr Mac” Memorial Award |
Booth-Fickett Math and Science Magnet School
The Power of Potatoes | Paris Torres | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Through Thick and Thin: Osmosis of a Cell | Linda Ozuna | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
What is a Mobius Strip? | Miley Lopea | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Canyon View Elementary School
Dog Germ Busters | Caris Wiegand | Polymer Chemistry Innovations Rising Female Chemist |
Dog Talk | Alex Myers | Sir Charles Beerferoni’s Super Scientist Award |
The Lion Project | Myla Closterman | Saguaro National Park Award, Pima County Chapter Arizona Master Naturalists Ecology of the Sonoran Desert |
Casas Christian School
You Are What You Eat! | Ethan Pogue | Beyond Foundation Health Science Award |
Castlehill Country Day School
Mold Growth on Raspberries | Ava Borders | University of Arizona Food Safety Consortium Sponsored Elementary School Award, Women’s Chemistry Group Best Female Project 3rd Grade, SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – Honorable Mention |
Training Cats to Save Themselves | Frannie Guzman | AZAALAS Special Award of Merit |
Catalina Foothills High School
Agrivoltaics in the Time of Water Restrictions | Henry Roth Gordon | NASA Earth System Science Award 2022, TACO Team’s, Put the “C” in TACO Award |
Assessing Urban vs. Rural Historical Temperature Trends | Emily Kamp, ASHLEY Mannenbach | AWG Student Award for Geoscience Excellence (SAGE), American Meteorological Society Outstanding Achievement Award |
Effects of Sceloporus virgatus (Striped Plateau Lizard) Cloacal Bacteria on Fungal Growth | Jeronimo Barela | Tucson Herpetological Society Outstanding Project |
Neuropharmacology: Effect of Caffeine and Nicotine on Gromphadorhina portentosa Neural Activity | Joseph han | Society for In Vitro Biology Most Outstanding Project |
Cibola High School
Particulate Monitoring of UAS | Oren Sutphin, Ethan Jantzi | NOAA Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award |
Plastic Infiltration on Planarian Worms | Esperanza Guizar, Rodrigo Guizar | Dead Skunk Enterprises Studying things that “stink” |
Seaweed BIochar Filtration | Cole Steinmetz | Honorable Mention – Friends of Agua Caliente Award |
Superworms | Sedona Bermudez, Mauricio Rodriguez, Caroline Beltran | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Tracking of SARS-CoV-2: Determining Unreported Cases and Clinical Data Lag Time | Quinn Nemeth | Arizona Hydrological Society |
Cienega High School
Demographics of Vaccination Status | Amritjot Singh | USAID Science Champion Award |
Effects of the Bighorn Fire on Bird Species in the Santa Catalina Mountains | Isabel Ross | Ruby Prize |
Hidden Gender Norms and Stereotypes: Then vs. Now | Allison Akers | SAPA Excellence in Behavioral Science Award |
Reactive Nitrogen species: does it kill bacteria in wounds? | Brenna Aspinwall | Helping Humans, The UACC Award for Early Scientific Inquiry |
City High School
An Emotional Solar Coaster | Ursula Denholm | RICOH Sustainable Development Award, TEP Award of Excellence |
Cochise Elementary School
Just Around the Riverbend: An Experiment on Erosion and Riverbeds | Arya White | Tucson Gem & Mineral Society, Women’s Chemistry Group Best Female Project 2nd Grade, Arizona Hydrological Society |
Colonel Smith Middle School – Ft. Huachuca
pHan Pedro River | Cassandra Comolli | Environmental Ecology, Arizona Hydrological Society 1st Place |
Power Up! | Aaden Fisher | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, TEP Award of Excellence |
The Power Of Plants | Emily Perez | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, Passion for Science Award: In honor of Rachel Tankersley and Tonya Connelly, Hogan Energy Hero Award |
Continental School
Wheat Grinder Bike | Layna Lathen, Kiarelis Torres | Persistence Pays Off, Live Long and Prosper Award |
Wildlife Escape Ramp | Tessa McGibbon | AZAALAS Special Award of Merit |
Copper Creek Elementary School
Crystals and How they are Formed | Lilly Clauer | Tucson Gem & Mineral Society |
Saving Water with Recycled Textiles | Alyna Barnett | ASQ Tucson Sponsored Award, Arizona Hydrological Society |
Copper Ridge Elementary
Catching the Wind | Makenzie Spies | TEP Award of Excellence |
Solar Splash | Naomi Larson | TEP Award of Excellence |
The Animal Project | Jimi Equitz | Sky Island FotoFauna Young Naturalist Award |
Winnie and the Beanstalk | Wensleigh Feagley | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Corona Foothills Middle School
Water Conservation Shower Timer | Emma Kirberger | TEP Award of Excellence, Girls Who Engineer |
Cottonwood Elementary School
The Colorful Celery Experiment | Lorena Fronseca class | Arizona Hydrological Society |
DeGrazia Elementary School
What’s in Your Water Arizona? | Alexander Hernandez | University of Arizona Food Safety Consortium Sponsored Middle School Award |
Desert Willow Elementary School
Are you taller or wider? | Megan Hope Dennis | Children’s Museum Tucson |
Conductive Playdough | Melanie Livingood | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
ECO Pet AC | Sebastian Pacheco | Future Time Smith award for Excellence in Engineering to address health concerns with rising temperature over time |
Doolen Middle School
Egg Sell-By Dates: Are They Accurate? | Chloe Howell | Leonore and Jack Mayer Memorial Award |
Escape the Maze: AI in Robotics | Olin Jones | Texas Instruments 3rd Place Middle School Award, Space X – To Infinity and Beyond Award |
Put Your Mind to the Test | Mercy Joel | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Sound vs. Materials | Aidan Fuller | Texas Instruments 2nd Place Middle School Award |
Dove Mountain CSTEM School
Don’t get caught with Germy Hands, take 20 seconds and wash them | Averiana McGrew | Exceptional First Year Award |
Flybot | Ada Salazar | Space X – To Infinity and Beyond Award |
How does the 5 second rule affect food? | Antonio Perez | SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – Second Place |
What do you think will have a bigger reaction? | Logan Gardner | Exceptional First Year Award |
Dreams of Sunshine Playground
How Fast Do Water Beads Grow | Yunde Dalton Chan | STEM Super Heroes |
Elgin School/Sonoita Elementary
Chicken Radio-Frequency Identification Door | Julie Rodriguez | Department of Navy Naval Science Award, Texas Instruments 1st Place Middle School Award |
Emily Gray Junior High – Top Middle School
Get Moving in a Different Way! | Sophia Pelletier | Leonore and Jack Mayer Memorial Award |
The Happiness Effect | Alex Provenzano | Ben’s Bells Science of Kindness Award |
Understanding Germs | Vishwa De Silva | SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – Honorable Mention |
Emily Meschter Early Learning Center – Top Pre-Kindergarten Program
How Many Surfaces Can a Germ Travel To? | Ms. Jessica Jankowski-Gallo class | SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – Third Place |
Shining Light on Shadows | Liz Pumarol and Jessica Caramella class | TEP Award of Excellence |
Empire High School
Aquatic Plants Against Acid Rain | Madeline Ray McCaskill | Third Place – Friends of Agua Caliente Award, American Meteorological Society Outstanding Achievement Award |
Audio and Art: A Comparison of Auditory and Visual Stimuli on Human Emotions | Eva Ramirez, Laurel Gray Burkholder | SAPA Excellence in Behavioral Science Award |
Horizontal Transmission of the Obligate Symbiont Burkholderia in the Leaf-Footed Bug, Leptoglossus zonatus (Hemiptera: Coreidae) | Isabelle Lopez | Society for In Vitro Biology Most Outstanding Project |
The Effect of Elevation on Water Quality in the Sonoran Desert | Shelby Wraith | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, Saguaro National Park Award |
The effect of temperature on the pH of saltwater: implications for predicting climate change | Remy M. Seltzer | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, Arizona Hydrological Society 2nd Place |
Esmond Station Iron Horses K-8
Where does the cleanest water come from, and what makes water different? | Symmone Jackson | Arizona Hydrological Society 2nd Place |
Esperero Canyon Middle School
Is is Possible to Use Mars to Live on Mars? | Ethan Bialis | Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Certificate of Achievement, ASCE SAB Excellence in Engineering Awards |
Fletcher Family Homeschool
Pop, Pop, No Pop! | Sylvia Fletcher | Passion for Science Award: In honor of Rachel Tankersley and Tonya Connelly, Polymer Chemistry Innovations Rising Female Chemist |
Fruchthendler Elementary School
Just Enough Light: Does the Placement of Windows in an Underground House Matter? | Toben Dorsey-Sanchez | Society of American Military Engineers Award, Texas Instruments 1st Place Elementary Award |
Magnetic Force Field | Matthew Keller | Texas Instruments 3rd Place Elementary Award |
Project SuMS: Submarine Motor Seal | Jacob Keller | TEP Award of Excellence, Texas Instruments 2nd Place Elementary Award |
Gowan Science Academy
Harnessing the Saguaro Cactus to Treat Skin Infections – Antimicrobial Properties of the Carnegiea Gigantea Seed Extract | Samantha Chulamorkodt | Tucson Botanical Gardens Outstanding Plant Project, Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society 1st Place |
My Neighborhood Rocks | Penelope Backs | Tucson Gem & Mineral Society |
Some Numbers have Interesting Properties | Jay Chandra | Youngest and Best Elementary Project |
The Cat’s Meow | Miles Kaste | Passion for Science Award: In honor of Rachel Tankersley and Tonya Connelly |
Harvest Preparatory Academy (SARSEF Endorsed School) – Top High School
Antimicrobial Potentials of Ayurvedic Products Extracts and Streptomycin Against Necrosis Causing Bacteria in Saguaro Cactus. | Ana Navarro | Tucson Botanical Gardens Outstanding Plant Project, Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society 2nd Place, UA Plant Sciences Planting the seed: Excellence in plant sciences research 1st Place |
CREATING ANTIMICROBIAL LIPSTICKS USING DYES FROM NATURAL SOURCES | Josselyn Hernandez | ASM Materials Education Foundation Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science, Texas Instruments 2nd Place High School Award |
EFFECTS OF LYSINE AND PHENYLALANINE ON THE GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF PHASEOLUS VULGARIS | Julissa Ceballos, Miranda Ruiz | UA Plant Sciences Planting the seed: Excellence in plant sciences research 2nd Place |
ENGINEERING OF ANTIMICROBIAL BIOPLASTICS FROM INVASIVE ALGAE CAULERPA PROLIFERA, UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA, AND WASTE CORN COBS | Julianna Serna-Ortiz | ASM Materials Education Foundation Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science, Dr. Uhl Exemplary in STEM |
EXOGENEOUS NIACIN AND ZEAXANTHIN TREATMENT TO INCREASE THE STRESS TOLERANCE AND LIGHT ABSORBANCE CAPACITY OF MICROALGAE CHLORELLA VULGARIS UNDER AN ENGINEERED MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT | Christopher Miranda | Yale Science and Engineering Association Outstanding Exhibit in Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics |
IMPROVING THE DENTAL HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH A TOOTHPASTE INFUSED WITH PSIDIUM GUAJAVA AND ACMELLA OLERACEA EXTRACTS AGAINST TOOTH DECAY CAUSING BACTERIA STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS | Ashley Valencia | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, USAID Science Champion Award |
Investigating the Effects of Native Sonoran Desert Plants on Enhancing the Effects of Different Antibiotics Against E. coli | Andrea Romero | Second Place – Friends of Agua Caliente Award, Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society 3rd Place |
MITIGATING OCEAN ACIDIFICATION BY INCREASING THE PHOTOSYNTHESIS RATE OF MACROALGAE ULVA LACTUCA USING PHYCOBILIN, CAROTENE, AND COUMARIN | Jimena Uribe Lin | U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize, NASA Earth System Science Award 2022 |
MYCOREMEDIATION OF OCEANS OIL SPILL AND MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION USING PESTALOTIOPSIS MICROSPORA FUNGI | Sheyla Solorzano | U.S. Metric Association Outstanding Use of International Metric System, U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize, AWG Student Award for Geoscience Excellence (SAGE) |
OBSERVING THE EFFECTS OF ADDING BETA CAROTENE ON THE GROWTH OF MICROALGAE VIA SPECTROPHOTOMETRY | Mercedes Castro, Shantee Thomas | Microbial Discoveries |
The Feasibility of Creating a Solar Panel that can Harness UV lights during Cloudy Days Using Luminescent Extracts from Agrowaste | Hannah Tapia | RICOH Sustainable Development Award, TEP Award of Excellence, USAF Certificate of Achievement, Live Long and Prosper Award |
Vigorous Plants | Ella Noelle Parry | Exceptional First Year Award |
Highland Free School
Which Mask Best Prevents the Sharing of Germs | Sofia Diaz | TEP Award of Excellence |
Homer Davis Elementary School
Tummies Touching Tables | Mrs. Jessica Howe class | Class Award of Engineering Design Excellence |
Immaculate Heart High School
The Effect of Landscape Gravel on Ambient Air, Surface, and Soil Temperature | Elizabeth Haloftis, Phuong Bui | Honorable Mention – Friends of Agua Caliente Award, U.S. Metric Association Outstanding Use of International Metric System, American Meteorological Society Outstanding Achievement Award |
Innovation Academy – Top Elementary School
2 times the fun!! | Ashlee Watson class | ASQ Tucson Sponsored Award |
All You Seed Is Love | Sayuri “Ellie” Carter-Rogel | TEP Award of Excellence |
Don’t Lose it! Reuse it! | Morgan Friezen | Women’s Chemistry Group Best Female Project 4th Grade |
Don’t Throw it, Coat It! | Aaron Eager | Polymer Chemistry Innovations Innovative Chemistry Award – 2nd Place |
Enrichment for Tigers | Mila Madeka | Sharing The Planet |
Fabric Strength | Mabel Rivera class | The Earnest House LLC Helping Hands Award |
Green Power: A Sustainable Energy Alternative | Clinton Willey | Cox Conserves Award |
Growing in a Bubble: A Balloon Greenhouse Effect | Pamela Barrett class | UA Plant Sciences Planting the seed: Excellence in plant sciences research 1st Place |
Knit, Knot Stress | Mabel Rivera class | The Earnest House LLC Helping Hands Award, Ben’s Bells Science of Kindness Award |
Let it Grow! | Mabel Rivera class | The Earnest House LLC Helping Hands Award |
Magnetic Structures | Ella Schulzkump | Pima County Fair Mechanical Excellence Award |
Pitch Perfect Baking | Adalee Watson, Audrey Alameda, Kalia Lopez | Rockefeller Award |
Pop! Are you Paying Attention? | Lori LaRussa class | TEP Award of Excellence |
Reach for the Stars | Niki Tilicki class | Excellence in Earth and Space Science |
Tangled Part 2 | Faith Thomas | Pima County Fair Excellence in Robotics |
The Scorpion Reservoir | Vincent Poyas | TEP Award of Excellence |
We Axolotl Questions | Mrs. Mandi Cordell class | ASQ Tucson Sponsored Award, Tucson Herpetological Society Outstanding Award, Best Pun Super Star Award |
International School of Tucson
Adding Light Bulbs to an Electrical Circuit | Santiago Moreno | Mildred & Dildred’s Imagination Award |
Orbeez Size and Minerals | William Krizman-Rauh | Arizona Hydrological Society |
Plant Growth and Light Timing | Nadia Combs | Future Time Smith award for Excellence in Research on timing and time perception in non-human organisms, Esther Chapman Memorial Award for Curiosity in Plant Sciences |
J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School
Erosion Explosion | Henry Heyer | Society of American Military Engineers Award |
The No-Go Collar | Addisyn Arvig | Exceptional First Year Award |
Water Harvesting Playscape | Mrs. Vanessa Schiess class | Arizona Hydrological Society, Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society Honorable Mention |
Water Wash Trash Net | Emma Petroshus | TEP Award of Excellence, Department of Navy Naval Science Award |
L. W. Cross Middle School
A World on Fire 2, How to replant forests after wildfires; like those in Australia and California and now here in Oro Valley? | Gabriel Vaughn | TACO Team’s, Put the “C” in TACO Award |
Bam! Speed of a Gun | Blake Pierpont | Safety in Physics Award |
Dog toys: Does Color and Size Matter | Camryn May Gross | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, Department of Navy Naval Science Award |
Geodes; How to Tell what is Inside | Aliza Jayani Alcoser, Madilyn Allison Stevens | Southern Arizona Grotto RISING STALAGMITE AWARD, Tucson Gem & Mineral Society |
Innovating Solar Panels to Remotely Send Solar Energy | Juliet Iadevaia | TEP Award of Excellence |
It’s Card To Choose a Game.. | Gabriel Vaughn | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Special Moons: One End of the Rainbow to the Moon | Lily Weleck | Robin M. Cattler Innovation Award |
Swimming Caps and How They Affect the Speed of Swimmers | Anamaria Elez | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, Department of Navy Naval Science Award |
UAV Submarine | Augustus Mitchell | Department of Navy Naval Science Award, USS Tucson 770 Club Outstanding project in nautical or submarine sciences |
Lineweaver Elementary School (SARSEF Endorsed School)
Fight or Flight: Is the Game to Blame? | Madilyn Lesniak | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
How Does Heat Effect Cold? | Avery Toomey | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
How Does Wind Affect the Rate of Evaporation? | Maeve Russell-Goodman | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, ASQ Tucson Sponsored Award |
What is the Best Type of Paper Airplane? | Eddie Garcia | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
What Type of Liquid Makes Flowers Live Longer? | Krystal Carrillo Sanchez | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Lulu Walker Elementary School
Making My Own PH Test | Levi Miller | Kids’ Chemical Solutions Excellence in Chemistry |
Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence K-8
Dirty and Clean Hands Experiment with Rice | Feven Afewerki class | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Project Strike Force | Lorenzo Brusoe | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Mesquite Elementary School
Environmentally Safe Plastic From Milk | Leilani McComisky | Dead Skunk Enterprises Studying things that “stink” |
Healthy Vegetations Effect on Soil Erosion Caused by Flood | Isabel Rauckman | Langham Environmental Engineering Award, Esther Chapman Memorial Award for Curiosity in Plant Sciences |
The Science of Masks and Respirators | Yunming Ray Chan | Super Cool Science Kid Award, Super Cool Fun Award |
Mountain Vista School
Water Source | Amber Santillana | Arizona Hydrological Society 1st Place |
Native American Science & Engineering Program (NASEP)
Are Community Wells Safe on the Navajo Nation | Autumn Russell | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – Third Place |
Soil Quality with Respect to the Environment and Public Health | Yanaba Schroeder | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Water Filter: Is it Necessary in my Home | Natasha Thompson | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Nelson Home School
Analysis of pollen-pistil interactions to model reproductive thermotolerance in tomato | Alexander Nelson | USAID Science Champion Award |
Olsson homeschool
Are There Native Fish in La Milagrosa Canyon? | Wade Olsson | Tucson Herpetological Society Outstanding Award |
Octocopter’s mission: A drone that collects hot lava for space science | Ed Olsson | Proper Villains’ Evil Genius Award |
Our Mother of Sorrows
Greywater’s Effect on Flowers | Cassidy Dickherber | Arizona Hydrological Society 2nd Place |
Tiny Robot Dancers | Samantha Slaiwa | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Patagonia High School
What’s Your Age Baby: Quantifying and Graphing the Age of the universe as Constrained by Joint/Separate probes | Nicholas Dekhtyar | Excellence in Earth and Space Science |
Pistor Middle School
Guinea Pigs For the Win! | Madeline Smith | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Oh Chute, Don’t Fail Me Now! | Elijah Pursell | AIAA Award for Excellence in Science or Engineering Project |
Quest for Education and Arts
Nouveau-AI-Plastic-Degen: A novel approach using AI-based enzyme engineering to design New and Highly Efficient Marine Plastic Degrading Enzymes | Arjun Gupta | Tucson Metro Chamber’s Innovation & Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, RICOH Sustainable Development Award, Department of Navy Naval Science Award, USAF Certificate of Achievement, U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize, NASA Earth System Science Award 2022 |
Richard B. Wilson School
Magical Roofs | Amelia Meadows-Wallace | TEP Award of Excellence |
Robert Richardson Elementary School
It’s Eroding Away | Mrs. Michelle McWilliams class | Esther Chapman Memorial Award for Curiosity in Plant Sciences |
Rohrbach Redshift Academy
What can we learn about spacecraft design from commercial electronics? Exposing commercial electronics to alpha particles emitted from a uranium ore sample. | Samuel Rohrbach | AIAA Award for Excellence in Science or Engineering Project |
Rose Homeschool
How Prickly Pear Can Lower Low-Density-Lipoproteins (the “bad” cholesterol) | Maximus Rose | Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society 3rd Place |
Sabino High School
The Relationship Between Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration and Wet Biomass in Egeria densa | Preston Stricker | First Place – Friends of Agua Caliente Award |
Sahuarita High School
Identification and Phylogeny of Unknown Cucurbitaceae Seeds | Abbey Mandell, Maiya Matthews | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Saint Joseph Catholic School
Hover On! | Kylee McCool | Pima County Fair Excellence in Robotics |
The Shhh…arpener Project | Ms. Eileen Miller class | Class Award of Engineering Design Excellence |
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School
Cigarettes- What Stays in Your Body after Cigarettes? | Luna Curtner | Leonore and Jack Mayer Memorial Award |
Sam Hughes Elementary School
Snuggles and Puggles | Rosie Newell | Dr. Uhl Exemplary in STEM |
San Luis High School
How Does The Use of NSAIDs Affect Empathy? | Itzel Andrade, Jesus Cadena | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Satori Charter School
Exploring plastic and magnetic properties to save the world’s ocean | Insee Ekstrom | Society of American Military Engineers Award, Arizona Hydrological Society |
Trash Trials | Kyrie Knapp | ASCE SAB Excellence in Engineering Awards |
SEAS Catholic School
Can’t Stand the Heat? Get out of the Solar Oven! | Elizabeth Ennis | ASCE SAB Excellence in Engineering Awards |
Senita Valley Elementary School
Science Fair Project | Audrey Lefforge | Lola’s Legacy |
What kind of Fabric Sticks to Cholla the Best? | Isabelle Lefforge | Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society Honorable Mention |
Sonoran Science Academy – Davis Monthan
How could depression affect a teenager? | Joshua Monsees | Zach Giron Memorial Award |
St. Cyril School
Liar Liar Pants on Fire | Reagan Burgle | TEP Award of Excellence |
That’s SNOT Funny | Alessabetta Ruboyianes | Children’s Museum Tucson |
The Leader of the Pack: an observational study of captive African Wild Dogs | Jackson Lipsy | Sharing The Planet |
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School
Are fingerprints inherited? | Andrea Castillo | Leonore and Jack Mayer Memorial Award |
Can Sheep Recognize “Ewe”? | Giada Freeman | The Brave Brays’ Award for Female Animal Scientists |
Does Fed Bacteria Produce More Energy than Unfed Bacteria? | Aiden Evangelista | TEP Award of Excellence |
How does the blade direction affect the energy output on a wind turbine? | Genevieve Fernandez | TEP Award of Excellence |
How long do you have to ferment kimchi to perfect its taste? | Kiera Nguyen | Polymer Chemistry Innovations Innovative Chemistry Award – 1st Place |
Lettuce eat salad | Kelsie Harrison | Leonore and Jack Mayer Memorial Award, SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – Third Place |
Tamarix v. Native Plants | Coco Moreno | Native Plant Studies Award |
When In Doubt, Brush It Out | Rebecca Garcia | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Which Brand of Leg Protection Boot gives my horse his Best Performance? | Ramsey Harrison | Ronstadt Insurance The Grit Award |
St. Michael’s School
Cow Manure or Chicken Manure? | Adalyn Chue, Bella Pendolino | TEP Award of Excellence |
Double the Light Double the Power! | Oliver Lewis | TEP Award of Excellence |
Preservatives: Keeping Your Food Safe! | Piper Kukla | SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – First Place |
To Drink Or Not To Drink | Thomas Walsh, Chase Puntenney | SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – Second Place |
Sunnyside High School
Exploration of Chaotic Orbits Using the Lyapunov Exponent in the Restricted Three-Body Problem | Yaritza Durazo | USAF Certificate of Achievement, Mu Alpha Theta Award, Live Long and Prosper Award, Excellence in Earth and Space Science, Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Certificate of Achievement, First Place – AZ Psychological Association Science Award, AIAA Award for Excellence in Science or Engineering Project, AIAA Award for Excellence in Science or Engineering Project |
Sunrise Drive Elementary
Aerodynamics – The tail of my Kite | Amelie Puell | Women’s Chemistry Group Best Female Project 1st Grade |
Shooting and Passing in Soccer | Eli Le Peau | Zach Giron Memorial Award |
What Material Makes Ice Melt the Fastest? | James Jacobsen | ASQ Tucson Sponsored Award |
Sycamore Elementary School
Building a Trebuchet | Christian Pena | Pima County Fair Excellence in Robotics |
Hydroponics vs Soil: Which grows faster? | Faith Francisco | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
My Homemade Flashlight | Justin Curtis | TEP Award of Excellence |
What’s a Bird’s Favorite Color? | Gwendolyne Macias | Robin M. Cattler Innovation Award, Passion for Science Award: In honor of Rachel Tankersley and Tonya Connelly |
Will Buffelgrass Keep Plants From Growing | Anne Marie Wages | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, Saguaro National Park Award, Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society Honorable Mention |
Tanque Verde Elementary School
Do Cars Travel Different Distances on Different Textures? | Monet Pender | Women’s Chemistry Group Best Female Project Kindergarten |
Snack Bot | Ryan Sutterly, Noah Burrows, Gerimiah Andrews | Pima County Fair Excellence in Robotics |
Sweeper Scooper Upper 3000 | Miele Martin, Brookly Reay | Science is Everywhere Award |
Tanque Verde Luthern Church Preschool
Will it Sink or float? | Amyra Kotadia, Jayneel Patel | STEM Super Heroes |
The Gregory School
Effect of Velvet Mesquite Trees on Tucson’s Urban Climate | Mrs. Kelly Smith class | UA Plant Science Planting the seed: Excellence in plant sciences research 2nd Place |
Impact of a Changing Climate | Mrs. Kelly Smith class | NOAA Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award |
Water Usage in Restaurants | Sage McClure | Innovative Inquiry & Passion for Science |
Tucson Hebrew Academy
Here Comes the Sun! | Ms. Mollie Ramos class | Future Time Smith award for Excellence in Research on objective and subjective measures of time |
Tucson High Magnet School
Concussion Chronicles: Analyzing IMPACT concussion trends across Tucson High School Athletics from 2008 to present. | Christopher Cota, Aidan Chanez | The UACC Award for Early Scientific Inquiry |
Coniochaeta The Super Fungi | Yissis Hernandez, Laylalanai Gocobachi | AWG Student Award for Geoscience Excellence (SAGE) |
The Cheapette: An Affordable Micropipette For The Masses | Charles Becker | Department of Navy Naval Science Award |
The Lost Planet: Using theoretical orbital data to improve the search for Planet 9 | Sean Lyon | Mu Alpha Theta Award, Second Place – AZ Psychological Association Science Award, AIAA Award for Excellence in Science or Engineering Project |
Twin Peaks Elementary School
Chlorophyll Properties – Same or Different? | Anna Zhilina | UA Plant Sciences Planting the seed: Excellence in plant sciences research 1st Place |
In the Mothlight | Henry Turner, Trevor Turner | Passion for Science Award: In honor of Rachel Tankersley and Tonya Connelly, TEP Award of Excellence |
Is it Really Biodegradable? | Alexis Windsor, Bria Papin, Sara Edmonds | Dead Skunk Enterprises Studying things that “stink” |
University High School – Top High School
Analyzing Patterns in Music Composition within the Film Industry | Lily Figueroa, Angelina Garcia, Malak Elfarmaoui | American Psychological Association Outstanding Achievement Award |
Analyzing SARS-Cov-2 Related Genomic Traits Among Chiroptera and Other Mammals | Hendrick Read, Natalie Son | Sharing The Planet |
Analyzing the Percolation Rate of Chemicals through Soil | Jesus Mendoza-Villela | Arizona Hydrological Society 1st Place |
Bilingualism’s Effect on Memory | Kristin Jung, Karen Nguyen | American Psychological Association Outstanding Achievement Award |
Clorox Killed My Friends: Evaluating the effects sodium hypochlorite, benzalkonium chloride, and hydrogen peroxide on the quantification of bacteria on common kitchen surfaces. | Michelle Ngo, Salma Pedersoli, Aiko Levine | Society for In Vitro Biology Most Outstanding Project, SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – Honorable Mention |
Comparing Different Machine Learning Approaches to Assess Frailty Among Geriatric Patients Using Upper-Extremity Function | Ananya Munjal | Department of Navy Naval Science Award |
Comparison Between the Effects of Chlorella Vulgaris and Spirulina Platensis on the Bioremediation of Wastewater Pollutants | Isabella Mixton-Garcia, Auhona Shil | U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize |
Contemporary and Projected Climate Changes across the Southwestern United States Relative to the Last 24,000 Years | Nathaniel van der Leeuw, Lily Wood | TEP Award of Excellence, That’s Geography! – Cultivating Empathy for the Earth Award Rubric – 2022, NOAA Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award |
Effect of Temperature on Rust Formation | Andre Celaya, luis fiool, Gabrielle Estrella | USS Tucson 770 Club Outstanding project in nautical or submarine sciences |
Effectiveness of sous vide cooking with sunlight | Rohan Rajagopal | SARSEF Alumni Award, Texas Instruments 1st Place High School Award |
Effects of Varying Processes on Camellia Sinensis on Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast Growth | Audrey Juneman | University of Arizona Food Safety Consortium Sponsored High School Award, SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – Second Place |
Inquiry into a possible correlation between political orientation and identification of misinformation | Christian Beenken, Alec Shepp, Maximilian Romero | SAPA Excellence in Behavioral Science Award |
Music preferences during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: How countries reacted to a changing world | Patricio Madera Tejeda | American Psychological Association Outstanding Achievement Award |
Quantifying and Interpreting Bias Towards the Perception of Immigrants | Devak Shah, Nicolas Rivera | Super DEI Award |
Subjective Commitment in Homo Sapiens | Isabella Huerta, Aurora Dunn | Department of Navy Naval Science Award |
Synthesis of Next Generation Plastic Optics: Polymerizations with Sulfenyl Chlorides | Maggie Fu | ASM Materials Education Foundation Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science, Polymer Chemistry Innovations Award – First Place |
The effectiveness of conventional Anti-Browning methods on the Enzymatic Browning of different types of apples. | Taylor DeVore | Polymer Chemistry Innovations Rising Female Chemist |
The Effects of Climate and Solar Elevation Angle on Intensity of Ultraviolet Radiation | Miranda Moore | American Meteorological Society Outstanding Achievement Award |
The Effects of Lavender, Eucalyptus, Lemongrass, and Cinnamon Essential Oils on E. coli and S. aureus | Audrey Winkle | SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – First Place |
The influence of LED lights on Acheta domesticus compared to the ways in which Noctuidae and Drepanidae are attracted to light. | Mercedes Shay | Southern Arizona Chapter of the International DarkSky Association Award |
The Trend in Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus Agassizii) Population Demography in Relation to Road Density | Sofia Arambula | SARSEF Board of Directors Award, U.S. Metric Association Outstanding Use of International Metric System |
Vail Academy and High School
How does the Temperature of Water Affect a Plants Growth | Collin Kerby | UA Plant Sciences Planting the seed: Excellence in plant sciences research 2nd Place |
How Fast do Different Size Comets Melt? | Matthew Bowling | Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Certificate of Achievement |
Let’s Get Down to the Nitty Gritty | Isabel Dancil, Lauren Thomas | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Rubber Band Science | Oliver Michael Feagley | TEP Award of Excellence |
Vail Innovation Center
Exploring the Visualization of ASMR Sounds Using a Tonoscope and Chladni Plate | Sebastian Cooksey | Langham Creative Project Award, SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Veritas Christian Community School
Fibonacci Solar Panels | Juliannah Gavin | Department of Navy Naval Science Award, Mu Alpha Theta Award, Hogan Energy Hero Award, Third Place – AZ Psychological Association Science Award |
Willcox High School
Beetlemania Returns | Naomi Hernandez | Saguaro National Park Award |
Testing Absorption of Carbon Dioxide Reaction With Water and Basalt | Karissa Riggs, Alexis Hernandez | Honorable Mention – Friends of Agua Caliente Award, American Meteorological Society Outstanding Achievement Award |
Willcox Middle School
FLAT! | Mark Wilson | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Magic Clean | Valerie Rodarte | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Sugar Cube Cave | Carl Wyatt | Southern Arizona Grotto RISING STALAGMITE AWARD |
Weld it | Nathan Riggs | Award of Engineering Design Excellence |
Will the different types of ice cream flavors melt at the same time? | Shelby Helstand | SARSEF Board of Directors Award |
Winifred Harelson Elementary School
A Salty Surprise | Harper McDermed | Women’s Chemistry Group Best Female Project 5th Grade |
Cart Wash | Harper Francom | Science Superstar |
Coolbelt | Noah Fouts | TEP Award of Excellence |
Furcycler and Shelter Blankets/Beds | Natalie Lowe | The Earnest House LLC Helping Hands Award |
Javelina Javelin-A | Gavin Cook | Robin M. Cattler Innovation Award, TEP Award of Excellence |
Rrrecard$ | Emmy Sieminski | Award of Engineering Design Excellence |
The DeBurrer | Lukas Paulos | TEP Award of Excellence |
The Thorny Transplanter | Maizie McIntosh | Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society Honorable Mention |
What Will Slow Down Mold on Strawberries? | Audrey Mandel | SaferFood Cats Food Safety Award – First Place |
Wind Turbine vs. Blade Placement | Livia Aronson | Robin M. Cattler Innovation Award |
Top Awards (All grade levels)
BASIS Tucson North
Packaging waste reduction: right-sized box packaging by using volume bounding box algorithm | Jimmy Kwon | Raytheon Excellence in Engineering Design Scholarship |
Catalina Foothills High School
Agrivoltaics in the Time of Water Restrictions | Henry Roth Gordon | TEP Bright Mind Award |
Effects of Sceloporus virgatus (Striped Plateau Lizard) Cloacal Bacteria on Fungal Growth | Jeronimo Barela | Wallace Foundation’s Excellence in Critical Thinking |
Cienega High School
Demographics of Vaccination Status | Amritjot Singh | APS Foundation Award |
City High School
An Emotional Solar Coaster | Ursula Denholm | Simon Strauss Engineering Award |
Dodge Traditional Magnet Middle School
Global Abundance of Microplastic in Beach Sands | Henry Root | TEP Brilliant Mind Award |
Emily Gray Junior High – Top Middle School
A-Bird – Automated Bird Recognition Device | Finnegan McGill | Broadcom Coding with Commitment, APS Exceptional Engineering Design |
Gowan Science Academy
Harnessing the Saguaro Cactus to Treat Skin Infections – Antimicrobial Properties of the Carnegiea Gigantea Seed Extract | Samantha Chulamorkodt | DoD STEM Leadership Prize |
Harvest Preparatory Academy (SARSEF Endorsed School) – Top High School
Investigating the Effects of Native Sonoran Desert Plants on Enhancing the Effects of Different Antibiotics Against E. coli | Andrea Romero | SARSEF Foundation Scholarship Excellence in Research |
IMPROVING THE DENTAL HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH A TOOTHPASTE INFUSED WITH PSIDIUM GUAJAVA AND ACMELLA OLERACEA EXTRACTS AGAINST TOOTH DECAY CAUSING BACTERIA STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS | Ashley Valencia | ISEF Finalist and UA Scholarship, Roche Diagnostics Tom Grogan Award for Scientific Excellence |
EXOGENEOUS NIACIN AND ZEAXANTHIN TREATMENT TO INCREASE THE STRESS TOLERANCE AND LIGHT ABSORBANCE CAPACITY OF MICROALGAE CHLORELLA VULGARIS UNDER AN ENGINEERED MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT | Christopher Miranda | Jack Johnson Arizona Excellence in Science Award, ISEF Finalist and UA Scholarship |
ENGINEERING OF ANTIMICROBIAL BIOPLASTICS FROM INVASIVE ALGAE CAULERPA PROLIFERA, UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA, AND WASTE CORN COBS | Julianna Serna-Ortiz | ISEF Finalist and UA Scholarship, Roche Diagnostics Best of Chemical and Material Sciences Award |
J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School
Say Watt! | Jessica Wendt class | Caterpillar Foundation’s Building Arizona’s Future Award |
L. W. Cross Middle School
A World on Fire 2, How to replant forests after wildfires; like those in Australia and California and now here in Oro Valley? | Gabriel Vaughn | Lemelson Early Inventor Prize |
Nelson Home School
Analysis of pollen-pistil interactions to model reproductive thermotolerance in tomato | Alexander Nelson | Alex and Winn Lindsay Award, ISEF Finalist and UA Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa |
Quest for Education and Arts
Nouveau-AI-Plastic-Degen: A novel approach using AI-based enzyme engineering to design New and Highly Efficient Marine Plastic Degrading Enzymes | Arjun Gupta | ISEF Finalist and UA Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa |
Satori Charter School
Exploring plastic and magnetic properties to save the world’s ocean | Insee Ekstrom | TEP Brilliant Mind Award |
Sunnyside High School
How does the presence of plants around a trap affect the number of bees collected? | Kayo Haven, Ramon Armando Martinez-Celaya, Adrianna Castro | Pima Community College Foundation Top STEM Student of Promise |
Exploration of Chaotic Orbits Using the Lyapunov Exponent in the Restricted Three-Body Problem | Yaritza Durazo | ISEF Finalist and UA Scholarship |
Tanque Verde High School
Rare Immune Cells Significantly Associated with Severe COVID-19 Cases | Karah Mayer | ISEF Finalist and UA Scholarship, Roche Diagnostics Best of Cellular & Microbiological Sciences Award |
Tucson High Magnet School
The Cheapette: An Affordable Micropipette For The Masses | Charles Becker | Raytheon Excellence in Engineering Design Scholarship |
University High School – Top High School
Contemporary and Projected Climate Changes across the Southwestern United States Relative to the Last 24,000 Years | Nathaniel van der Leeuw, Lily Wood | ISEF Finalist and UA Scholarship |
Identifying Likely Active Binding Pockets in all Human Proteins | Elliot Wheeler, Marta Wrzeszcz | Caterpillar Foundation’s Building Arizona’s Future Award |
Comparing Different Machine Learning Approaches to Assess Frailty Among Geriatric Patients Using Upper-Extremity Function | Ananya Munjal | Roche Diagnostics Best of Engineering, Robotics and Computer Sciences Award |
Hedgehog Signaling Mediates the Dysregulation of Adrenocorticotropin Hormone Secretion and Somatostatin Receptor Expression in Cushing’s Disease | Saptarshi Mallick | SARSEF Foundation Scholarship Excellence in Research, 2022 Regeneron Biomedical Science Award |
Vail Academy and High School
Solar Power Heater | Amara Perez | TEP Top Middle School Project Award |
Baking Soda vs. Baking Powder | Hayley Carpenter | Pima Community College Foundation Top STEM Student of Promise |
Top Teacher Awards
Educator Advocate of Science and Engineering
Adam Norzagaray |
Ana Castro-Eubanks |
Cindy Adkins |
Cindy Bujanda |
Dan McAlees |
Elisabeth Gingrich |
Ellen Samuelsen |
Heather Madrigal |
Jackie Nichols |
Janine Malkin |
Jennifer Kaste |
Jessica Caramella |
Laura Miller |
Lisa Baker |
Mandi Cordell |
MariAnn Slater |
Michael Frank |
Monique Berry-Kelley |
Oguz Guvenc |
Pam Buchanan |
Pam McGuire |
Perla Villa |
Rebecca Bhasme |
Robyn Yewell |
Tara Archuleta |
Ty White |
Verdean Smith |
Yvonne Youngquist |
SARSEF Champion Educator of Science and Engineering
Alexandria Vaughn |
Alfred Santos |
Annette Koweek |
Deb Goepfrich |
Elyse Wexler |
Jaime Camero |
Jennifer Metzler |
Lisa Nielson |
Patricia Garcia |
Rita Wilhite |
Rosina West |
Vicki Peterson |
SARSEF Endorsed Teacher Award
Cindy Bujanda |
LeeAnn Howell |
Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson Membership Award
Brenda Lundt |
CIndy Bujanda |
Feven Afewerki |
Georgina Matzkin |
Ivan Yocum |
Jocelyn Smerz |
Kelly Milani |
Mister Ben Collinsworth |
Steve Beall |
Ty White |
White Stallion Ranch Teacher Excellence Award
Ms. Dee Padilla