Mar 26, 2022
YOUNGSTOWN — The number of students was down, but the level of curiosity from them remained high as several dozen students representing schools in four counties competed today in the Lake-to-River District Science Day at the large gymnasium inside Stambaugh Stadium at Youngstown State University.
Those students receiving superior ratings from the teams of judges will move on to state competition in May in Columbus where they will compete for nearly $500,000 in scholarships and awards.
Michael Serra, associate professor of biochemistry and director of the Science Day event, said the low turnout may have been caused by it being the first live event in three years on campus. He added the snowy conditions this morning may have hampered some participants.
“We are happy to be back in person; it looks like we will be easing back into this live event and next year we hope to triple the turnout,” Serra said in explaining that Science Day gives students hands-on experience with the scientific method, exposes them to peer-review and provides a unique exposure to the campus.
Most of the projects displayed on the gymnasium floor dealt with an idea for a topic and a test of each participant’s hypothesis or guess on what would happen in an experiment about the topic.
Dr. Felicia Armstrong, a member of the Science Day committee who led the judges in the workshop before the event, said the hypothesis needed to be tested at least three times for the student or team of students to get a superior grade (or 90 percent) to move on to state competition.
Find out which students made the grade to move on to state competition in Sunday’s Tribune Chronicle.
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