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Science Olympiad winners
Over 650 eighth and ninth graders from Garfield and Wilson Junior High Schools and the Hamilton Freshman School entered the Science Olympiad held at the Hamilton Freshman School, Dec. 5.
Each student could enter up to three of the 22 events created by Hamilton City School teachers and run by teachers and volunteer students from Hamilton High School.
Winners received medals and the first place team in each event received $25 from Hamilton Rotary Club.
The following students placed in their events:
Balloon Float - Students calculate the mass needed to suspend a helium balloon in mid-air. 1st HFS - Logan Fox
2nd HFS - Emma Wilms
3rd Garfield - Logan Clark
Crack Up - 9th grade students construct an egg protection device from designated materials.
1st HFS - Rachel Root & Kaitlyn Roark
2nd HFS - Brandon Windhorst
3rd HFS - Anthony Crouch & Fallon Mohring
Bridge Building - 8th grade students design and build the lightest bridge made of wood,
capable of supporting a given load over a given span.
1st Wilson - Kaila Robinson & Stacy Clair
2nd Wilson - Josh Hoffman
3rd Wilson - Nathaniel Sorrell & Tyler Heinrec
Airlane Drop - 9th grade students create a glider that is dropped from a height and the distance traveled is measured.
1st HFS - Michael Rindler
2nd HFS - Jake Hyde
3rd HFS - Steven Beatty
Mission Possible - Students design and build a “Rube-Goldberg” type device of simple machines through which balls move and create energy transfers.
1st HFS - Siana Cecere & Savannah Howard
2nd HFS - Andrew Fellman
3rd HFS - Collin Rice & Randall Kinch
Mousetrap Car - Students construct a moustrap powered car to specifications in the rules.
The car which travels nearest to 10 m and reverses is the winner.
1st HFS - Athena Brandenberg & Miranda Goins
2nd HFS - Matt Conlin
3rd HFS - Sam Accorinti & Anthony Cline
Mystery Architecture - Students build a structure that can be tested, given a supply of building materials. This year it was a car made with pasta, marshmallows and other materials.
1st HFS - Derrick Best & Tyler Richards
2nd HFS - James Adkins & Anthony Sudkamp
3rd HFS - Christian Farquis & Andrew Race
Paper Planes - 8th grade students constructed 3 planes to test distance, flight time & accuracy.
1st Garfield - Mary Kay Taylor & Samantha Horn
2nd Garfield - Brandon Spurgeon
3rd Garfield - Chris Hall
Ramp It Up - 8th grade students create a ramp from paper and tape that will roll a ping pong ball for the longest time.
1st Garfield - Brian Cummings & Michael Thomas
2nd Wildon - Karli Spahn & Delaney Harrison
3rd Garfield - Mindy Wooten & Brittany Duncan
Robo-Billiards - Students design and build a single robot capable of placing standard
billiard balls into containers located at each corner of a square table.
1st HFS - Joey Hermann & Alex Swartz
Crime Busters - 9th grade students identify the perpetrator of a crime by using analysis of evidence found at the “crime scene”.
1st- HFS - Alexis Gleason & Regina Gleason
2nd HFS - Olivia Conrad & Tori Riddick
3rd HFS - Amanda Imhoff & Jaclyn Asher
Rock Band - Students build two musical instruments, demonstrate their use, and play a pre-assigned song.
1st Wilson - Josh Gadd & Dylan Lucas
2nd Garfield - Payne Hamilton & Jarrod Hall & Albion Dean
3rd Wilson - Conner Childs & Christopher Phillips
Surfing the Net - Students demonstrate skill and knowledge related to browsing the internet to find information.
1st HFS - MacKenzie Marcum & Seth Turner
2nd HFS - Sam Sams & Allison Taylor
3rd HFS - Alec Bullard
Trivia Challenge - Pairs of students compete in a “Password” type trivia game.
1st HFS - Traci Strunk Cece Philpot
2nd HFS - Justin Bowling & Sydney Berge
3rd HFS - Emani Livingston & Brian McWhorter
Tower Building - 9th grade students design and build the lightest tower made of wood,
capable of supporting a given load.
1st HFS - Emily Kestler & Jarrick Hayes
2nd HFS - Matt Swigonski
3rd HFS - Olivia Conrad & Kimberly Burke
Trajectory - Teams construct an elastic device capable of launching a ball into a pair of target areas.
1st HFS - Michael Taylor
2nd Garfield - Corey Bradford & Michael Thomas
3rd HFS - James Adkins & Anthony Sudkamp
Write It, Do It - One team member describes, on paper, an “object” constructed by the coach and the partner attempts to recreate it based on the description.
1st HFS - Ben Flick & Carl Hooker
2nd HFS - Brooke Gordley & Cheyenne Bowling
3rd Garfield - Jaydin Geurin & Alondra Ballesteros
What are you trying to tell me? - Students analyze data tables, charts, graphs and maps.
1st HFS - James Chen
2nd HFS - Steven Beatty
3rd HFS - Mikey Trisler & Sydney Benge
Egg Drop - 8th grade students construct an egg protection device from designated materials.
1st Wilson - Autumn Fowler & Megan Williams
2nd Wilson - DJ Francis
3rd Garfield - Emalee Holbrook
Hot, Hot, Hot - Students create a device capable of keeping the temperature of water steady.
1st - Garfield - Taylor Leonhardt & Alexandria Apgar
2nd - HFS - Elizabeth Conlin & Taylor Bertsch
3rd - HFS - Kennedy Crouch & Erica Courter
Eggstraction - students build a device to remove an egg from the center of an 8m circle.
1st. HFS - Tiffany Bedenour & Sara Bowlin
2nd HFS - Calixto Rubio
3rd HFS - Alex Getz & Andy Rivera
Roller Coaster - 9th grade students build a roller coast that will allow a marble to travel for the longest time.
1st - HFS - Justin Bowling & Russell Coombs
2nd - HFS - Allison Taylor & Samantha Sams
3rd - HFS - Brooke Hubbard & Madelyn Pulfer
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