8th grade student Julia Baitt’s Science Fair project has moved through the competition at all levels, qualifying her for the Ohio State Science Fair in Columbus taking place May 15.
In March, Julia’s project was one of the top 25% marked as Superior at the regional competition on the campus of The University of Akron. Participants in the fair range in age from Junior High through High School seniors and come from districts around the state.
As an eighth grader, Julia admitted to being intimidated by some of her competition saying, “I didn’t even understand some of the high school student’s project because we haven’t been introduced to the material yet. One of the judges did tell me that my research paper was well written, and I am just proud to have made it this far.”
Julia’s project, “Putting Peppermint to the Test”, is in the category of Human Behavioral Science and tests the effectiveness of providing students with peppermint candies during test taking situations. Her project determined that peppermint increased test scores for her participants and could be the secret to her success as well!
Each year State Science Day brings over 1,000 of the best and brightest student scientists in Ohio to The Ohio State University to compete for close to 100 sponsored scholarships and awards.
