Flathead County Science Fair Awards

The Flathead County Science Fair was held on March 6 at Flathead County Fairgrounds. The following are the results from the fair. 

Special Awards 

Audubon Society – Wildlife Conservation Award  

Gabriela Gubits Riley Pris - A Bug’s Life 

Colin Lincoln – Cervidae Activity Related to Human Activity 

Glacier Institute – Environmental Science Awards:   

Lily Getz - Plants Pace Purposefully 

McKenzie Strause - Fireproof the Future 

Flathead Lake Biological Station – Environmental Science Awards:   

Graham Linam - The Earth is Shaking;  

Faye Mattern - Water Water Everywhere  

Emma Colby and Becket Cummings - Mushrooms Eating Plastic 

Logan Health - Health-Science awards

Effie Sullivan - Are You Ready for it? 

Abbigael Just - What the Teeth  

Ryan Siegel and Axel Rauscher - Mold Madness 

Flathead STEAM Alliance - All-Around STEAM Awards 

Effie Sullivan - Are You Ready for It?  

Julia Neibauer - Bee Protected  

Reid Sanders and Tesla Liebe - Science behind the Show 

Society of American Forester’s Best Forestry/Natural Resources project 

Merrick Boll - The Wooden Dilemma 

Snow and Ice Awards (Stumptown Ice Den)  

Arthur Whisenand - Melting Comets  

Tristan Robbins - Brr Batteries – How Temp Affects Batteries 

Cole Schettler - Cold as Flux 

Hockaday Museum – Logo contest grand prize: Elliana Morris, 9th grade Glacier High School 

Stumptown Art Studio – Logo contest second prize: Sidney Heidecker, 6th grade Smith Valley 

Sportsman Ski Haus – Logo contest third prize: Thomas Bedker, third grade Edgerton Elementary 

Sportsman Ski Haus  – Best Board  

Emrie Owings, fifth grade Edgerton Elementary  

Linnea Cameron, sixth grade Whitefish Middle School 

Julia Neibauer, seventh grade home school 

Regular Awards 

Third Grade 

Biological Science 

Grand Champion: Cam Kaltschmidt and Sam Neiman - Can AI Write Like a Third Grader, Edgerton Elementary 

Reserve:  Leah Kelly - Does Color Affect Taste, Edgerton Elementary 

Physical Science 

Grand Champions: Graham Linam - The Earth is Shaking, Kalispell Montessori 

Reserve: Arthur Whisenand - Melting Comets, Edgerton Elementary 

Demonstration, Model or Collection 

Grand Champion:  Wesley Lipscomb - Just Winging It, Edgerton Elementary 

Reserve:  Cedar Creighton - Rabies, Edgerton Elementary 

Fourth Grade 

Biological Science 

Grand Champions:  Emi Dotter and Vivian Parkhill - School Vs Home: Which Collects More Bacteria, Edgerton Elementary 

Reserve:  Macie Jackson - Flower Power, Bigfork Middle School 

Physical Science 

Grand Champions:  Brooke Wyrick and Danika Tuhy Maglev-Iossa, Whitefish 

Reserve: Brayden Rathke Pathfinder Robot: Exploring Line Following Technology, Kalispell Montessori 

Demonstration, Model or Collection  

Grand Champion: Johnny Casey - Pitch Perfect: The Physics of the Magnus Effect Edgerton Elementary 

Reserve: Maggie Flass - Capillary Action In Action, Kalispell Montessori 

Fifth Grade 

Biological Science 

Grand Champion:  Effie Sullivan - Are you ready for it?;  Blair Allred - Train like Taylor Swift, Smith Valley 

Reserve: Haslyn Pitts - Eggstra Light, Bigfork Middle School; Finley Lemire - Fungus,  Kalispell Montessori; Teegan Huber and Camden Prince - Color Pop, Taste Shock, Kalispell Montessori 

Physical Science 

Grand Champions:  Sage McElwain - Radiant Rainbows, Hedges Elementary 

Reserve: Emrie Owings - The Science of Maple Syrup Candies: The Effect of Temperature, Edgerton Elementary 

Sixth Grade 

Biological Science 

Grand Champions:  Levi and Weylin Boedeker - Ready, Set Grow!, Kalispell Montessori; Thomas Lybeck - Got Dirt?, St. Matthews 

Reserve: Beth Wilke - Pea Plant Power, Smith Valley 

Physical Science 

Grand Champions:  Dino Ferrazzano - Mars and Mycelium, Kalispell Montessori; Aiden Ofstad and Henry Lemire - Star Spectroscopy, Kalispell Montessori 

Reserve:  Ingrid Aiken and Sloane Sapot - Science of Sweetness, Kalispell Montessori 

Seventh Grade 

Biological Science 

Grand Champions: Emmeline Kerst - A Growing Question, homeschool; Julia Neibauer -  Bee Protected, homeschool 

Reserve: Ariannah Glimm - Christmas Forever, Trinity Lutheran; Charles Hagemeier - Snack Attack, Trinity Lutheran; Caralina Henry - Can You Sea the Problem, Trinity Lutheran; Jenady Buchholz – Illusions, Smith Valley 

Physical Science 

Grand Champions:  Myra Gilbert - Generated or Genuine, homeschool; Tristan Robbins - BRR...BRR...BATTERIES, St. Matthews 

Reserve:  Evelyn Martin - Disintegration Nation, Trinity Lutheran; Faith Glewwe - Plastic Lakes, Smith Valley 

Eighth Grade 

Biological Science 

Grand Champions:  Cash Hadley - What percent of nitrogen is best for wheat?, Trinity Lutheran; Evan Cornish - What kills mold the fastest?, St. Matthews 

Reserve: Cosy Young - Plants On EMF, Trinity Lutheran; Courtney Preble - Color Confusion, Smith Valley; Ada Thiel - Which Color Do Dogs Prefer Best?, Trinity Lutheran 

Physical Science 

Grand Champions:  Arissa Fetveit – Dissolve the Rainbow, Smith Valley; Izak Emmert - Does the brand of fishing line affect the strength?, Smith Valley; Vayda Kauffman and Ezra Mejia - Taste With Your Eyes, Kalispell Montessori; Maria Wiest - Paint Durability, Trinity Lutheran 

Reserve: Samuel Burns - Cement Strength, Trinity Lutheran; Katrina Bochman - Finding Flawless Flooring, Trinity Lutheran; McKenzie Strause - Water Water Everywhere, St. Matthews 

Middle School Engineering 

Middle School (Grades 6-8) 

Grand Champions:  Cole Schettler - Cold As Flux, St. Matthews ; Rowan Baller Ohm - sweet ohm, Trinity Lutheran 

Reserve: Brecken Ferrell and Landon Duckett - Can popsicle sticks be used to build a lightweight portable bridge?, Smith Valley 

High School  

Biological Science 

Grand Champions:  Bridget Reed - The Resistance, Glacier High School; Gabriella Gubits and Riley Pris - A Bug's Life, Glacier High School 

Reserve: Lillie Groom - The Effect of Weather Conditions on Water Conditions for Oncorhynchus Mykiss, Glacier High School; 

Emma Colby and Beckett Cummings - The Effect of Pleurotus ostreatus on LDPE and PETE Plastics, Flathead High School; 

Reid Sanders and Tesla Liebe - The Science Behind Enjoying the Show, Glacier High School