Science Fair

Ballwin-Chesterfield Supports the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Science Fair

As a part of the AAUW Ballwin Chesterfield STEM program, four awards are given to female students who present winning science fair projects. STEM Chair Sandra Murdock pioneered these awards: she mentors at several schools, helps individual students with their projects and research, and is a Science Fair judge. Awards totaling $400 were given this year by the branch.

The projects were quite impressive. The Ballwin Chesterfield HONORS Division winner’s project was titled The Multi-Tasking Myth. Her results showed that females followed directions accurately, asked more questions, spent more detail time on a task and worked harder than males on the same task.

Award	Student Name	Grade	School	Title
$100	Brianna Jones	HONORS	Maplewood Richmond Heights	The Multi-Tasking Myth
$100	Victoria Haas	11	St. Joseph’s Academy	Are We Letting History Repeat Itself; Tanning Over the Ages
$100 ($50 each)	Sydney Merriman & McKinzie Davis	10	Parkway West High School	The Effects of Different Colors of Light on the Number of Crickets Attracted to Each Light
$100	Sarah Verhulst	9	Parkway West High School	The Effect of Type of Medicine on Dissolution Rate