The eighth grade Grand Champion of the HMS Science Fair is Gerson Chulim pictured with Mrs. Mecklenburg. Photo courtesy of Morey Mecklenburg.

The Grand Champion for seventh grade is John Cossman pictured with Mrs. Esarey. Photo courtesy of Morey Mecklenburg.

The Hugoton Middle School Science Fair was Wednesday, February 5. There were a total of 99 projects in seventh and eighth grade. Every student produced an experiment with a testable hypothesis.

Grand prize winner for the seventh grade was John Cossman and eighth grade was Gerson Chulim.

Seventh grade science teacher is Mrs. Esarey Ferguson and eighth grade science teacher is Morey Mecklenburg.

Seventh grade winners for the Biological category were first place Emmy Haar with her title “Is it Time to Ditch the Microwave?”. Two teams tied for second place. They were Harper Riddlesperger “Microbloom” and Conlee Eisenhour and Dusti Harris “Vivid Vines”. Third place went to Fynn Reinerio and Carter Trujillo “Communicating with Plants”. The Human Bio category had two tie for first place in the seventh grade. Jose Coreno and Iker Auilera placed first with “Fueling to the Finish Line” and Victoria Kiley with “Warming Up or Not”. Second place went to Joselynn Betance and Amy Jimenez with “Reaction Time”.

First place in the seventh grade in the Consumer category went to John Cossman for “Dam Protection”. Second place was awarded to Peyton Bevan and Aiden McDaniels with “Spot the Bot” and third went to Aalan Valdez with “From Fragile to Bouncy”. In the Food category seventh grade first place went to Josias Hernandez and Kyle Lamatsch with “Athlete Fuel: Electrolytes”. Alivia Grubbs and Yazlin Gonzalez placed second with “Un-boba-lievable!” Third place was awarded to Vivian Steers and Bailey Gerrond for “Artificial vs. Natural”. In the seventh grade Physical category first place went to Angel Franco and Saul Talavera for “Magneto Car”. Second place was awarded to Caiden Perez and Angel Perez with “The Great Surface Tension”. Sebastian Amador and Jaden Ribera placed third for “Community Fan”.

Eighth grade first place winner in the Biological category was Blake Salmans with the idea Compression Trials and title “Oh So Swell”. Second place went to Randy Kiley with Body Transfer Illusions “Hammer Time”. Third place had a tie Ciara Anton and Matisyn Newmon with Reaction time “Are You Fast?” and Ethan Acosta and Isaai Betance with Different view points “Investigating Cyberbullying”.

Eighth grade winners in Consumer category were first place Estrella Calleja and (Braylee Kraisinger absent) with Heat protectant-hair “Hair Can’t Handle The Heat”. The second place winner was Payson Nix with Wipes- clean bacteria “Bye Bye Bacteria”. Third place was awarded to Axcel Padron with Whiten teeth “Brush The Yellow Away”.

First place in Earth/Space category for eighth grade were Jaycee Burrows and Kinley Howie with Tornadoes “TWISTERS”. Second place had a tie. Winners were Jaylen Mendoza and Javier Mendez with Water testing “What’s In Your Water” and Julian Lee with Center of gravity “Cup of Gravitea”. Third place winners were Omar Rodriguez and Julian Avila with Water filtration “Testing Waters”. Eighth grade winners in the Food category were first Ivan Tinoco and Cecil Williams with Artificial food testing “Natural or Not”. Second place was Kyra Klassen with Spicy food relief “Too Hot to Go”. Third place winners were Aaliyah Munoz and Kaylee Shelman for Milk in ice-cream “Scream For Ice-Cream”.

First place winner in the eighth grade Physical category was Gerson Chulim for Light experiment “Stealthy Shapes”. Second went to Wyatt Farmer with Sphero coding “Super Sphero Smackdown” and third place was Galicia Novelo with Bridge hydrolics “Hydrolic Bridges”.