Roanoke Valley Governor’s School project forum listed
2020 Project Forum Awards
Botetourt County
| Third Place AS-A 6 An Investigation of the Bioaccumulation of Microplastics on Danio rerio Martha (Mattie Rose) Keely, Lord Botetourt High School |
| First Place AS-C 4 The Effect of Nicotine Vaping and CBD Vaping on the Associative Learning Behavior of C. elegans Alysia Sanchez-Huerta, Lord Botetourt High School |
| Third Place BB 6 Associations Between Time Perspective, Delay Discounting, and Length of Abstinence Among Individuals with Substance Dependence Holly Acker, Lord Botetourt High School |
| Second Place ES-A 4 The Effects of Sulfuric Acid on the Shells of Freshwater Gastropods and Bivalves Ryan (Davis) Cooper, Lord Botetourt High School Katherine Cross, Lord Botetourt High School |
| First Place ES-A 3 Assessment of Neonicotinoids in Blue Ridge Honey Shannon Filer, James River High School |
| Second Place EM-B 5 CAD-Designed Autonomous Seed-Planting Robot Tate Berenbaum, Salem High School Jodeci Dawson, William Fleming High School Leah Germain, Lord Botetourt High School |
| Second Place EM-C 7 Voice Activated Light Switch Controller Matthew Scarlatescu, Hidden Valley High School James Voight, James River High School |
| First Place EM-C 3 Caretaker Controlled Robotic Pill Dispenser Chloe Beasley, Lord Botetourt High School Kierstyn Stanley, Lord Botetourt High School |
| Third Place EM-D 3 LaDy Magnet Parker Hudson, Lord Botetourt High School Sydney Vokus, Lord Botetourt High School |
| First Place MC 4 Novel Process for Polylactic Acid Synthesis From Kudzu Root Luke Gardner, Patrick Henry High School Ryan Rigatti, Lord Botetourt High School Luke Suess, Patrick Henry High School |
| Third Place MI-C 6 The Effect of Silver and Antibiotics on the Growth of E. coli Claire Dozier, Lord Botetourt High School |
| Third Place PS-A 3 The Effect of Synthetic and Organic Pesticides on the Growth and Germination of Vigna radiata Anna Frittman, Lord Botetourt High School Spencer Kearns, Staunton River High School |
submitted by Keith Pennington, photo by Cathy Benson. Not pictured Holly Ackerman