KEOKUK, Iowa – The Keokuk High School students competed at the KHS Science Fair on Feb. 27. During the competition, students were divided into two categories, biological and physical, and presented science research projects that students have been working on since October. Students shared the information from their displays and findings from their experiments with judges.
“The high school students did a marvelous job presenting their research after spending almost five months preparing for the science fair season,” Aerie Schiller, science fair advisor, said. “It is always so great to hear ways they want to improve their presentation and research before the upcoming competitions once talking with their judges.”
There were 14 judges that advisor Arie Schiller said “generously took time out of their schedule and helped make this event a wonderful experience for the students to help prepare them for the upcoming competitions for the remainder of the season.” She added that “the amount of community support was wonderful to see, as the library had many individuals that attended when the fair was open to the community, prior to awards, and for the awards ceremony.”
Special Awards:
Best Board Award:
Cally Leenerts
Best Use of Photography Award:
Kyan Campbell
Most Original Project Award:
Harper Wesely
Lee County Soil and Conservation Award:
Gunnar Glover
Savin Langenwalter
Cally Leenerts
Isabella Smith
Avery Totten
Carl Hausch
Landon Mondon
Jordan Sturm
Inspiring Excellence Award:
Gunnar Glover
Isabella Smith
Avery Totten
Harper Wesely
Landon Mondon
Placings:
Physical:
1st: Kyan Campbell
2nd: Alayna King
Biological:
1st: Maribelle Zirkel
2nd: Cally Leenerts
3rd: Harper Wesely
The KMS and KHS students will also participate in additional science competitions this season, which include:
March 5 at the Southeastern Community College Science Fair
March 21 at the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair
March 25-27 at the State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa
“I am very thankful for the judges and community showing their support to these hard working students,” Schiller added.