SCH Students Excel (Again!) at the George Washington Carver Science Fair

Competing against the best 11th and 12th-grade science students in the city of Philadelphia, 13 SCH Biology students received honors and medals at Philadelphia's 45th annual George Washington Carver Science Fair in March. Students’ research posters and presentations in front of scientist judges earned them 1st-place medals in 9 of the 11 categories that SCH entered, and a special award presented by the Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, which came with a $100 prize. 

The competition is sponsored by Temple University, and students who earned 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place medals are now eligible for the regional Delaware Valley Science Fair, competing against the best students from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.  

Congratulations to our SCH scientists! For a complete list of award winners and their research projects, see the full story here.



1st Place:

• Reed Knoblock - Inhibitive Effects of Zinc Nitrate Concentrations on Yeast
• Colin Catalino Salas - Synthetic Rubber Turf Pellet Pollutant's Effect on Raphanus Sativus (Crimson Giant Radish) Growth Using 0.5%, and 1% of Pollutant Diluted in Water
• Logan Landau - Computer Science: CalmLink 
• Ariya Radha Goswami - The Fertility of Martian Soil in Growing Radishes
• Aaron Jia - Effect of Ethanol Inhibition on the Effectiveness of PETase 
• Quinn Seawright - Chitosan and Cellulose Scaffolding and Probiotics as Chronic Wound Treatments
• Jiacheng Li - Exploring Effects of Blue LED and UV Combined Treatment on Inhibiting Biofilms of E. Coli 
• Lauren Wilson - The Growth of E. coli and S. epidermidis on Yarn 
• Leo E Cohen - High-Altitude Ballooning for Muon Detection: Preliminary Testing for an International Research Collaboration

2nd Place: 

• Alec Anand Gupte - Effect of Surface Material on Algae Growth 
• Yaya H. Merid - The Effect of Different Martian Soil Mixtures on Plant Growth

3rd Place:

• Logan Maddox Kirkpatrick - Mitigating Algae Growth in Hydroponics
• Honorable Mention:
• Joanna Leon-Palfrey - The Effect of Green Spaces on the Amount of PM 2.5, PM 10, and CO2 in the Air 

Special Award:

• Lauren Wilson - Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the American Society of Microbiology ($100)