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Every year Honors Biology and Honors Chemistry students participate in the SHA science fair. The science fair is an independent research project that spans over the entire first semester of school and culminates in a presentation of their findings, which are then judged by SHA science faculty. Project are judged on creativity, execution of the idea, validity of the results and analysis of data. The project should add to the existing body of scientific knowledge and offer new avenues for further exploration. The winners of the science fair head onto the CT Science & Engineering Fair at Quinnipiac University in March.

Senior Division

1st Place: Danyella Lanche-Flores, “Effect of Sound Pollution on the Behavior of Armadillidium Vulgare.

Junior Division

1st Place: Giana Tolomeo, “A Novel Method of Hair Dye Detection: Using Beer’s Law in a Forensic Situation”

2nd Place: Keira Barney and Chiara Troiano, “Commercial vs. Edible Plastic Wrap: Determining the Superior Wrap

Honorable Mentions:

Feimata Batty, “Experimentation of an Iron Battery:  Testing Effectiveness and Environmental Safety”

Zi Jin, “The Future of Concrete”

Freshman Division

1st Place: Jacqueline Ouellette, “Robust Repellents vs. Pesky Pill Bugs”

2nd Place: Sophia Dalrymple, “Talc vs. No Talc”

3rd Place: Elizabeth Rogers, “The Effectiveness of Toxic and Non-Toxic Disinfectants”

Honorable Mentions:

Molly Canning, “Time to Convert Sucrose to Glucose”

McKenna Kirck, “The Effectiveness of Toxic and Non-Toxic Disinfectants”