CIS students advance to regional science fair competition

Courtesy Photo 6th GRADE - 3rd place: Emily Ellis, Morgan Barnes, and Kaylan Harris with "The Magic of Arm and Hammer."

The annual Chandler Intermediate School Science Fair competition was held on January 30. Students, 4th through 6th grade, entered projects that were experimental in nature.

Most students started their experimental testing four to six months in advance.

The 5th and 6th grade first, second and third place winners advanced to the East Texas Regional Science Fair competition in Kilgore, Texas on March 8th.

The regional fair is very competitive with 5th graders competing against 6th through 8th grade students.

5th grade winners from the CIS who advanced to the regional competition were:

1st place: Gabe Grantham, Josh Seale, Derrick Deherrera, and Carter Taylor with their project "CAN" You See It? What Is Really On Your Soda Can Lids?"

They swabbed soda cans from refrigerators at Walmart, soda cans from a vending machine and soda cans that are purchased already boxed to test which cans were the cleanest.

Although their hypothesis was not what they concluded they did learn that soda cans that are purchased already boxed have less bacteria on the lids. Those cans in the refrigerators were the most contaminated.

Courtesy Photo 5TH GRADE - 2nd place -- Chris Davis and Jake Boyd with "The Smell and Taste Challenge."

2nd place: Chris Davis and Jake Boyd with "The Smell and Taste Challenge."

They surveyed a number of volunteers to test whether they could identify a product better based on taste or smell. Their data proved that taste won out over smell overall.

3rd place: Dakota Williams and Destiny Collard with "The Bubble-icity of Gum" tested which name brand gum had the most elasticity.

Bubblicious was the winning brand. They also researched and found out that although all the brands they tested had the same mass that softness played an important factor in elasticity.

6th graders who advanced were:

1st place: Allison Reid, Abbey Adair, and Kaitlin Mitchell with "Does Color of Material Affect Temperature? "

They tested different colors of material under heat to determine which retained heat and cold the best.

Courtesy Photo 6TH GRADE - 1st place -- Allison Reid, Abbey Adair, and Kaitlin Mitchell with "Does Color of Material Affect Temperature?"

2nd place: Trenton McCallie, Caleb Cabe, Blake Carnes and Dean York with their project "That's the Way the Ball Bounces."

They used a tennis ball to test different surfaces to see which surface the ball would bounce the highest on.

3rd place: Emily Ellis, Morgan Barnes, and Kaylan Harris with "The Magic of Arm and Hammer."

They experimented with different uses of Arm and Hammer baking soda to determine the effects of its uses. For example, adding the baking soda to diverse types of soils changed the acidity of the soil.

Congratulations to all these students in a job well done.

Courtesy Photo 5TH GRADE - 1st place -- Gabe Grantham, Josh Seale, Derrick Deherrera, and Carter Taylor with their project "CAN" You See It? What Is Really On Your Soda Can Lids?" Courtesy Photo 5TH GRADE - 3rd place -- Dakota Williams and Destiny Collard with "The Bubble-icity of Gum" tested which name brand gum had the most elasticity. Courtesy Photo 6th GRADE - 2nd place -- Trenton McCallie, Caleb Cabe, Blake Carnes and Dean York with their project "That's the Way the Ball Bounces."