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WITH HIS ALL, freshman Camp Garret delivers his presentation. Garret’s project highlighted the speed of memory and its consequent effects on the human systems. PHOTO BY Brenda saucedO

DILIGENTLY LISTENING TO feedback, freshman Christian Ponder watches as her judge critiques her work. This was Ponder’s first high school science fair, and she advanced to Regionals despite her nerves.PHOTO BY Kendall adams

CONCENTRATING ON THE facts, freshman Kottyn Quintanilla explains his procedures. Quintanilla started his project in the summer and had a head start as the year began to collect data.PHOTO BY Kendall adams

AFTER HER PRESENTATION, freshman Sofia Hutton tells other students how it went. Hutton’s project was about the effects of stress on time perception. PHOTO BY Brenda saucedO

FACING HER BOARD, freshman Lily Ang explains the results of her experiment by gesturing toward her graphs. Ang’s studied the native edible plants in suburban southeast Austin, Texas.PHOTO BY lauren nOe

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During the entire process, DiD you ever feel like giving up?

“Through the stress of it all, I would not trade the science fair experience for anything. Regardless of trophies and medals that everyone received during the ceremony, I believe that getting to

meet new people and develop new friendships along the way was truly the highest reward of all. Still, walking up to accept my

award was really exciting because everyone was watching me and I was so surprised. It made it all worth it,” Anslyn said.

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FRESHMAN, FIRST PLACE IN CHEMISTRY

“Competing in Science Fair was such a SCARY expeRience but at the same time,

an AMAZING ONE. You’re exploring new scientific possibilities. Moving on to

Regionals is so exciting.”

NERVES OVERFLOWING, FRESHMAN Tasha Anslyn releases stress with freshman Seyi Odufuye before the fair began. Anslyn won first place in Chemistry for her project on household chemicals’ effect on the overall strength of expoxy Resin. “My main purpose behind this project was to see if the third chemical’s reaction was substantially different than an outside chemical when mixed with Resin,” Anslyn said. PHOTO BY lauren nOe

Think It Throughscience Fair gives young minds a chance

to showcase their curiousity

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MID-EXPLANATION, JUNIOR Angela Kang showcases her project. Kang won first place in the Plant Science category with her project in which she investigated the application of waste oil from restaurants in different dilutions. “My main motive behind this project was to spell out all of humanities’ resources and use that data to impact the globe at a greater scale,” Kang said. PHOTO BY lauren nOe

OVERWHELMED BY THE win, junior Van Anh Van-Dinh recieves her first place trophy. Van-Dinh had a partner project with junior Ksenia Valssova where they analyzed the exosomes derived from the urine of healthy human donors versus those from cancer patients. “My favorite part of the whole competition was that I got to work on a project that was very close to my heart with the accompaniment of someone who shared that same value,” Van-Dinh said. PHOTO BY lauren nOe

EYES ON THE judge, freshman Zaneb Rashid explains the basis of her research. Rashid tied for first place in the Behavioral Science category for her project on how emotions affected the blinking rate. “Receiving a trophy to symbolize my award-winning project meant nothing compared to the internal joy that I felt upon its completion,” Rashid said.PHOTO BY lauren nOe

WAITING TO BE judged, freshman Amy Nguyen rehearses her presentation in her head. Nguyen spent a total of 25 hours on her project. PHOTO BY Brenda saucedO

GATHERED IN A group hug, freshmen Callie Bedrich, Olivia Iacovazzi and Marissa Aiken get rid of their nerves before they went to present. Bedrich, Iacovazzi and Aiken continued to support each other throughout the entire event. “Having a support system served as a vague reminder that in the end, win or lose, everything was going to be alright as long as we had each other,” Aiken said.PHOTO BY lauren nOe

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#“Please read!!! Does anyone know someone that has cancer (any type) or diabetes that is willing to give a urine sample? Van Anh Van-Dinh and I are doing a science fair project that will explore biomarkers such as RNA derived from exosomes in urine in healthy people vs people diagnosed with cancer/diabetes...”

Ksenia VlassovaBest of Fair Winner

ALL PROJECTS HAVE to start somewhere. For juniors Ksenia Vlassova and Van Anh Van-Dinh, it started with a facebook status. After 100 samples, their names were added to the Best of Fair plaque.

ALL’S FAIRIN SCIENCE

Cause and EffectAT ATTENTION, STUDENTS stand waiting to be judged. The entire process of judging lasted up to three hours.

Freshman Sydney Pattison Freshman Linea O’Donnel Freshmen Emma Roach and Kiran Patel Freshman Sam SearlesPHOTOs BY lauren nOe and Brenda saucedO