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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