Nearly 120 students from 15 area schools plus homeschoolers competed in the recent 61st annual Mohican District Science Day.
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Sponsored by the Mohican District Junior Division of the Ohio Academy of Science, and hosted by Ashland University since 1960, the event was held online for the second time due to the cancellation of the face-to-face event in response to the pandemic.
This year’s Science Day was administered by the Ohio Academy of Sciences.
Students uploaded copies of their reports, photos of their project boards, and short video presentations for judges to evaluate.
Among those earning special honors were:
- Kara Jones, eighth-grader, Central Christian (Kidron): Dean’s Award, presented by the AU Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Ashland University to the best interdisciplinary project; ($100). Project: Treating plants with mycorrhizae can reduce nutrient levels in run off and prevent water pollution.
- Katherine Linder, senior, Northwestern High School: Cornerstone Counseling of Ashland award for the best project in the field of behavioral science (plaque and AU Campus Store certificate). Project: A change in behavioral activities of ADHD rat models and control models.
- Marina Aulger, sophomore, Northwestern High School and Lillian Wakefield and Josie Wright, freshmen, Northwestern High School: Wooster Section of the American Chemical Society (awarded to projects in the area of chemistry, two $100 awards). Aulger’s project: The effects of pH levels on the concentration of lead found; and Wakefield/Wright: The Effect of Additives on the Surface Tension of Gelatin.
- Marina Aulger, sophomore, Northwestern High School; Briana Troyan, senior, Northwestern High School; Samantha Barnette, senior, Northwestern High School; Steven LaGoy, sophomore, Northwestern High School – all winners of Charles River Laboratories $125 cash awards for projects in the areas of biochemistry (analytical), chemistry (analytical), and medicine & health (disease diagnosis & treatment);…

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