Student science for the win
Coeur d'Alene High School seniors Zoe Hart, left, and Ellie Morrisroe earned the Fair Runner Up award at the sixth annual Northern Idaho Science and Engineering Fair in The Coeur d'Alene Resort March 11. Here they discuss their research project with Idaho STEM Action Center executive director Kaitlin Maguire, right.
TONY HARRISON/Idaho STEM Action Center
Post Falls High School sophomore Kaitlyn Carmack discusses her research project at the sixth annual Northern Idaho Science and Engineering Fair in the Coeur d'Alene Resort on March 11. Kaitlyn earned Best in Category in Animal, Biomedical and Microbiological Sciences.
COEUR d'ALENE — A student project from Coeur d'Alene High School garnered Fair Runner Up at the 2022 Northern Idaho Science and Engineering Fair.
Student projects from Lewiston and Moscow high schools earned Best in Fair.
They were among 62 projects that 88 students from 10 schools presented at the sixth annual event, which the Idaho STEM Action Center staged March 11 in The Coeur d'Alene Resort.
CHS seniors Zoey Hart and Ellie Morrisroe earned Fair Runner Up for their project "Calculating Mass of Molecular Biosubstances." They also won Best in Category in physical sciences, a Category Gold award and first place from the Idaho Academy of Science and Engineering.
"Electromagnetic Brakes" by Lewiston High senior Jesse St. Onge earned one of two Best in Fair awards. His Engineering, Math and Computer Science entry earned a Category Gold award and several special awards, including a Genius Olympiad Award, an Office of Naval Research Award and the Lewis Award for Engineering.
Moscow High junior Caden Perry garnered the other Best in Fair award for his project, "Combining the Efficiency of a Helicopter with the Stability of a Tricopter." He also earned Best in Category in Engineering, Math and Computer Science, a Category Gold award and the U.S. Air Force Award.
The Best in Fair winners will represent Idaho at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. The winning teams from each Idaho regional science fair earn all-expense-paid trips to compete in the event in Atlanta May 7-13.
Students in ninth through 12th grades throughout North Idaho submitted entries in five categories: Animal, Biomedical and Microbiological Sciences; Behavioral and Social Sciences; Earth, Environmental and Plant Sciences; Engineering, Math and Computer Science; and Physical Sciences.
"Drywall and Paint: Affecting Growth of Fungal Spores" by Post Falls sophomore Kaitlyn Carmack earned Best in Category in Animal, Biomedical and Microbiological Sciences, a Category Gold award and several special awards, including the Regeneron Biomedical Science Award and a USAID certificate.
