three middle school students and a man and woman standing in a gym behind a red table with ribbons on it

Moore Middle School recently hosted the Tyler ISD Science Fair. Approximately 120 projects were entered, ranging from grades 6 through 8, from students at Moore Middle School, Hubbard Middle School, and Three Lakes Middle School. Additionally, this year 5th grade students from Peete Elementary School entered projects as well. All the projects were judged based on criteria such as ingenuity, practical applications, scientific content, and process. The judges were from Tyler Junior College and The University of Texas at Tyler.

Winners in the 5th grade category (Peete Students):

1st Place โ€“ โ€œTHE AWESOME TORNADO IN A BOTTLEโ€ โ€“ Keren Ramirez
2nd Place โ€“ โ€œELEPHANT TOOTHPASTE EXPERIMENT!โ€ โ€“ Aria Graham
3rd Place โ€“ โ€œPAPER ROCKETSโ€ โ€“ Ethan Yahee Cortez
4th Place โ€“ โ€œSKY FLOATERโ€ โ€“ Sebastian Lozano
5th Place โ€“ โ€œThe Amazing Egg Projectโ€ โ€“ Cristal Juariz
6th Place โ€“ โ€œThe Robo Armโ€ โ€“ Amor Barrientos
7th Place โ€“ โ€œSoda Rocketโ€ โ€“ Jordan Skillings

Winners in the 6th through 8th grade Biological Category:

1st Place โ€“ โ€œVery Berry Bacteria & Fungusโ€ โ€“ Blake McClure (Three Lakes)
2nd Place โ€“ โ€œMicrobe Meltdown: The Science Behind Unwashed Water Bottlesโ€ โ€“ Hailey Arroyo (Moore)
3rd Place โ€“ โ€œHealthy or Poisoned Salt and Plant Growthโ€ โ€“ Juliet Graves (Moore)
4th Place โ€“ โ€œBACTERIAL SURVIVAL: ARE YOU CLEANING OR SPREADING BACTERIA AFTER USING HAND DRYERS?โ€ โ€“ Maxwell Malone (Moore)
5th Place โ€“ โ€œThe Bacterinatorโ€ โ€“ Gerrit Allen (Moore)
6th Place โ€“ โ€œThe Doors 2โ€ โ€“ Andrew Hail (Moore)
7th Place โ€“ โ€œPH-ing with Peppersโ€ โ€“ Alex Lansford (Three Lakes)
8th Place โ€“ โ€œFoundation or Infestationโ€ โ€“ Maybelline Espircueta (Moore)
9th Place โ€“ โ€œWhich Burger Would You Choose?โ€ โ€“ Callie Maxwell (Three Lakes)
10th Place - โ€œBubbly Bacteriaโ€ โ€“ Julieta Hernandez (Moore)

Winners in the 6th through 8th grade Physical Category:

1st Place- โ€œDoes Sunscreen Make โ€˜Centsโ€™โ€ โ€“ Robert Reed (Moore)
2nd Place โ€“ โ€œOJ Brands Battle! Whoโ€™s the Vitamin C. King?โ€ โ€“ Anna Koop (Three Lakes)
3rd Place โ€“ โ€œAp-Peeling Elementsโ€ โ€“ Salma Shoair (Moore)
4th Place โ€“ โ€œTWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STARโ€ โ€“ Luca Guzzetta (Three Lakes)
5th Place โ€“ โ€œTURF TACTICSโ€ โ€“ Quinn Massey (Moore)
6th Place โ€“ โ€œThe Color of Distillationโ€ โ€“ Lailah Pride (Moore)
7th Place โ€“ โ€œMooreโ€™s Law: Why Your New Computer Is So Much More Powerfulโ€ โ€“ Andrew Johns โ€“ (Moore)
8th Place โ€“ โ€œThe Process of Filtering Waterโ€ โ€“ Carlos Gavina (Three Lakes)
9th Place โ€“ โ€œPores or Spores?โ€ โ€“ Addison Townsend (Three Lakes)
10th Place โ€“ โ€œElectromagnetic Scienceโ€ โ€“ Shepard Johnson (Moore)