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11 Polk County Public Schools students won awards at the 57th Annual State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida held earlier this month. The event took place at the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Florida. Nearly 950 finalists from around the state displayed their projects and illustrated their research. Students from grades six through 12 qualified for the state event by winning awards in 37 regional science and engineering fairs.
Click here for a complete list of state award winners by county including those from Polk private schools.
The Florida Foundation for Future Scientists (FFFS) is a statewide, non-profit organization authorized by the 1957 Legislature of the State of Florida to discover scientific and technical talent in the schools of Florida and to encourage the pursuit of careers in science and engineering.
State award winners from Polk County Public Schools are listed below by name, category, award, project title and school.
Junior Division
Name |
Category Abbrev. |
Award(s) |
Project Title |
School |
Divya Ravinder |
EV |
Second Place |
Simply ecoLOGICAL |
Lawton Chiles Middle |
Molly Conway |
EN |
Third Place |
The Trouble with Tunnels |
Lakeland Highlands Middle School |
J.B. Thornhill |
CH |
Third Place |
Sugary Beverages Can Make Us Balloon Up |
Lakeland Highlands Middle School |
Saher Kidwai |
CS |
Fourth Place |
Union Academy |
Senior Division
Name |
Category Abbrev. |
Award(s) |
Project Title |
School |
Andrew Noonan |
EN |
Second Place |
Solar wind and its effect on radio transmissions |
Bartow High School /IB |
Lyudmilla Fuentes |
BE |
Third Place |
Aviation and Multitasking Myth |
Kathleen High School/ |
Annika Mulaney |
EA |
Fourth Place |
Do gangue minerals separated from the phosphatic material in Bone Valley, FL have rare earth minerals in the same concentration as heavy mineral sands from Trail Ridge, FL? |
Bartow High School /IB |
Kirstie Tandberg |
EV |
Fourth Place $300 Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration |
Calcium: A Possible Active Component in Cacti Mucilage for Phosphate Removal |
Chain of Lakes Collegiate High |
Alana Snyder |
MA |
Honorable Mention |
Φnding the Golden Ratio |
Bartow High School /IB |
Niraj Vyas |
MA |
Honorable Mention |
Φnding the Golden Ratio |
Bartow High School /IB |
Rick Gathers |
CH |
Recognition |
Determining the Enthalpy of Reaction from the Titration of Different Concentration of Hydrochloric Acid with Sodium Hydroxide |
Haines City High School/IB |
Name |
Category Abbrev. |
Award(s) |
Project Title |
School |
Wade Weston |
BO |
$75 –Assoc. of Fertilizer and Phosphate Chemists |
Sans Soil vs. Conventional Crops |
Kathleen High School/ |
Nealy King |
CO |
Through Thick and Thin |
Haines City High School |
|
Margaret Lewicki |
EV |
The Effect of Hydrochloric Acid on Plants |
Haines City High School/IB |
|
Neel Shah |
ME |
Mediport |
Bartow High School/ IB |
|
Jay Khatri |
MI |
Induced Resistance to Antibiotics |
Bartow High School/ IB |
|
Keegan Sommer |
PH |
The Beifeld-Brown Effect |
Kathleen High School/ |