Young scientists shine at Malta Elementary fair

The hours, days and most likely in many instances, weeks that went into creating science projects paid off at Malta Elementary School last Wednesday as the public was asked to come and see the hard work and watch the students get recognized for it.

Thank you for attending, supporting and encouraging the Malta Elementary School Science Fair. These students have put a lot of hard work into their projects and your support helps. We have a variety of projects this year as we do every year," Malta Elementary School's Principal Bridgett Ereaux said. "The judges had many wonderful comments about the individuality and quality of this year's projects. They enjoyed listening to the student's presentations."

A total of 43 science projects were produced this year, ranging from a sea shell collection in kindergarten (Robin Hickel) to Mathew Hunter's Wolf Tracking project which proved that biologist can predict where a wolf may be at certain times of year through studying plotted data.

Judging took place on Wednesday, a day before the exhnit was opened to the public, and several of the school's fifth graders were to be asked if they would like their projects to continue on to the regional science fair to be held in Havre.

Kindergarten (name and project.) Brooklyn Simanton (Big Thunder Mining,) Riya Salveson (Rock Collection,) Silo Marino (Shark Collection,) Hudson Moore (Stuffed Animal Collection,) Alethea Austin (Color Mix,) Robin Hickel (Shell Collection,) Kolten Coil (Lego Collection,) Jettlynn Malmend (Lego Collection,) and Emmett Harms (Volcano.)

1st Grade participants (name, project and ribbon.) Sadie Lamoreau (An Eggsperiment) Red, Hadley Hammond (Can You Hear Me?) Blue, Roxy Hickel (Magnets) Blue, Dax Math (The Biggest Bubble) Red, Rhylee JoMartin (Magnetic Slime) Blue, Gabe Oshio (Bubble Gum) Red and Colter Snedigar (How to Build a Volcano) Blue. 1st Grade Medal Winners: Sadie Lamoreau, Roxy Hickel and Rhylee JoMartin and Colter Snedigar.

2nd Grade Participants (name, project and ribbon.)

Dawson Jones (Soil Saving the Past) Red and Kayla Ottinger (Crazy Crystals) Blue. 2nd Grade Medals: Kayla Ottinger

3rd Grade Participants (name, project and ribbon.) Emma Ereaux (Intelligent Hampster) Blue, Oslo Stenberg (Comparing Bacteria) Blue and Aeowyn Austin (Crystal Is Rock) Blue. 3rd Grade Medals: Emma Ereaux, Oslo Stenberg and Aeowyn Austin.

4th Grade Participants (name, project and ribbon.)

Hunter Tremblay (Expanding Soap) Red, Kenzie LaBrie & Lola Snell (Popping Pop Corn) Red, Layla Messerly & Karlie LaBrie (Ultimate Gummy Bears) Blue, Trooper Styles (Is it a Solid? Is it a Liquid? Its OOBLECK) Blue, Alex Oshio (Gummy Bears) Red, Rose Alexander (Chapstick) Blue, Alexi Boonstra (All Natural Batteries) Blue, Dawson Hammond (Light Up with Plasma) Blue, and Shaylee Hines (Walking Water Experiment) Red. 4th Grade Medal Winners: Trooper Styles, Dawson Hammond and Shaylee Hines.

5th Grade Participants (name, project and ribbon.)Roy Alexander (Cleaning Pennies) Blue, Kohner Schipman and Treyton Wilke (Recluse Spider) Red, Danika Wilke and Madelyn Ohl (How Does Smell Affect Taste) Blue, Brittney Sorlie (Look What Do You See) Blue, Mason Simanton (Who Done It?) Blue, Mathew Hunter (Wolf Tracks) Blue. 5th Grade Medal Winners: Roy Alexander, Brittney Sorlie and Matthew Hunter

6th Grade Participants (name, project and ribbon.) Clayton Hallenberg (A Bright Idea) Blue, Jack Boonstra (Fishing Line Fiasco) Blue, and Gabby Giblette (Muddled Mind Mystery Mythbuster) Red. 6th Grade Medal Winners: Clayton Hallenberg, Jack Boonstra and Gabby Giblette.