Beautiful Minds: Stoughton High Students Shine at Annual Science Fair

After spending the last couple of months researching, hypothesizing, experimenting and collecting and analyzing data, almost a quarter of the SHS student body took part in the 53rd Annual Stoughton High School Science Fair held Wednesday at the school.

After being judged Wednesday afternoon, the students, their parents and community members returned to SHS that night for a science palooza held in the gym. Students were operating robot devices, catapults and mousetraps, before an awards ceremony to conclude the evening.

The science fair projects, on display in various science classrooms, ranged from topics dealing with bacteria to sour milk to testing perminent markers to seeing how clothing affects a dead body's rate of cooling.

The Science Department presented awards in 11 categories. The first, second and third place winners in the traditional individual and group project divisions are eligible to partake in the South Shore Regional Science Fair at Bridgewater State University on March 12.

Traditional Project Event - Individual Grand Awards

1st Place: (Something a Day Keeps the Doctor Away, But What?  Testing the Effectiveness of Remedies on Bacterial Infections)

2nd Place: Jessica Young (S.S. Moisture)

3rd Place: Dahlia Kushinsky (The Effects of Household Drugs on the Environment)

Honorable Mention: Kara Morse (Sour Milk)

Traditional Project Event - Team Grand Awards

1st Place: Loreen Louiny & Reshma Patel (Garlic: The Cure)

2nd Place: Adam Kenney & Alex Lobrano (One Step Forward, Two Steps Back)

3rd Place: Julia Quattrucci & Angela Viera (Different Methods of Super-Glue Fuming)

Honorable Mention: Gabriella Glickman & Molly Zuk (Towers: Light as a Feather, Strong as a Bull) 

Honorable Mention: Daniel Chin & Kevin Roopcharan (Vitamin C Titration)

Honorable Mention: Nicole Beauregard & Marissa Petersile (MouseTrap Vehicle)

For a full list of winners in the other categories, see the PDF file in the media gallery.