State Science Day at Ohio State University is the pinnacle of student-originated, inquiry-based education. This year, $1.5 million in scholarships and special awards was offered.

The Science Inquiry Team Coach is Miss Beyeler. 

Participating teachers:  Mrs. Conley, Mr. Kollert , Mrs. Marcelli and Miss Beyeler.

The following STVM students advanced to State Science Day, the largest event of its kind in all 50 states. Their projects represent the very best of our students' inquiry-based science projects and resulted in the following achievements:

TYLER CHOPKO

Grade 10, Honors Biology

Category - Botany

Earthworm Cast’s Effect on Lettuce Plant‘s Height and Germination Rate
District Rating - Superior

State Finalist - State Science Day

Special Awards:

Third Place in Category - Botany, State Rating - Superior

Stone Laboratory Scholarship

Governor’s Award for Excellence in Agriculture and Food Science Research

1st place $1000 (but only given to 12th grade students)

KELSEY LECERF

Grade 10, Honors Biology

Category - Zoology - 2nd in Category

The Effect of Ultraviolet Light on the Development of Daphnia pulex

District Rating - Superior

State Finalist-State Science Day

Special Awards:

State Rating - Superior

Milt Austin Aquatic Science Award, 2nd  place $100

Wildlife Awareness Award, 3rd Place, certificate

JILL BROWNFIELD

Grade 10, Honors Biology

Category - Environmental Science

Studying the Effects Cephalobus Worms as Organic Fertilizers

District Rating - Superior

State Finalist-State Science Day

Special Awards:

State Rating - Excellent

COLLEEN DEMBOSKI

Grade 10, Honors Biology

Category - Environmental Science

Foliose Lichens as Bioindicators of Air and Water Quality

District Rating-Superior, 3rd Place in Category - Environmental Science

State Finalist-State Science Day

Special Awards:

State Rating - Superior

Governor’s Award for Excellence in Environmental Protection Research $100

American Meteorological Society Award.

JESSICA BRIDENTHAL

Grade 10, Honors Biology

Category - Environmental Science

Positive and Negative Chemotaxis of Physarum polycephalum

District Rating - Superior

State Finalist- State Science Day

Special Awards:

State Rating - Excellent

1st Place in Category - Microbiology

Office of Naval Research Award

National Association of Biology Teachers Award

JAMES LLOYD

Grade 10, Honors Biology

Category - Biochemistry

Cytoskeletal Components Responsible for Cytoplasmic Streaming in Chara  

District Rating-Superior, 3rd Place in Category - Environmental Science

State Finalist - State Science Day

Special Awards:

State Rating - Superior

Stone Laboratory Scholarship

JOE ASKEW

Grade 10, Honors Biology

Category Zoology

3rd  in Category Mechanism of Population Equilibrium in Daphnia

District Rating-Superior, 3rd Place in Category - Environmental Science

State Finalist-State Science Day

Special Awards:

State Rating - Superior

Milt Austin Aquatic Science Award

ALLISON OBORN

Grade 12, AP Chemistry

Category Environmental Science

The Effect of Glyphosate on the Cohabitated Environment of Eichornia crassipes  and Lemna minor

District Rating - Superior

State Finalist - State Science Day

Special Awards:

State Rating - Excellent

U of A Scholarship $6,000 for 3 years

CORY DAVISSON

Grade 11, Earth Science

Category Earth and Space Science

What Are the Effects of Control Burning on Soil Quality in National Parks

District Rating - Excellent

CALI PITTMAN

Grade 11, Chemistry

Category Chemistry

What Pretreatment Solutions Work Best on Tie-Dyes?

District Rating - Excellent

MATTHEW LEONARDI

Grade 9, Physical Science

Category Physics

Effect of Wind Resistance on a Toy Car

District Rating - Excellent

MICHAEL KAISER

Grade 11, Chemistry

Category Physics 

Does Salt Affect the Refractometry of Water? 

District Rating - Excellent

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