by Brenda Leitch
Two Monroe Junior High students will be competing at the Ohio Academy of Science State Science Day on May 9th. Eighth graders Eric Stone and David Irwin, qualified by receiving Superior Ratings at the Southwest District Science and Engineering Expo at the University of Cincinnati.
David Irwin entered his science fair project on Number Sense - Object Recognition Without Counting in the Behavioral and Social Sciences category. David also received a $250 award.
Eric Stone's project on Evaluation of Waterless Hand Gel was entered in the Medicine and Health Category and received a $250 award as well.
These students began their Science Fair work at the Monroe Junior High Science Fair. At the school fair, they received a Superior to qualify for the District Fair.
Other eighth grade students will compete in a District Science Fair at Wilmington College including Abbie Fierman, Joy Valdez, Matt Thorpe, Shelby Wright, Jeremy Vires, and Adam Forkner.
After receiving a Superior at the Monroe Junior High Science Fair, several seventh grade students who competed at the University of Cincinnati District Science Fair included Lindsay Stone, Hogan Marshall, Tyler Heismann, Ty Strong, and Jarred Kappers.
photos from Monroe's Science Fair on February 2, 2009: