Norcross, Meadowcreek Students Head to State Science Fair

More than 60 projects from 25 Gwinnett County schools, including Norcross High and Meadowcreek High, will be competing this week in the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair.

Sixty-three middle schoolers and high schoolers will compete in the fair, which takes place from March 21 through March 23 in Athens. Of them, two local students are competing. 

The students and their projects are:

Cynthia Andrade, of Meadowcreek: How does personality affect memory?

Claire Della Mahon, of Norcross: Gibberellic acid on barley seed germination

The Gwinnett Regional Science and Engineering Fair, held in late February at the Gwinnett Center, celebrated science and engineering in grades K-12 and is one of the largest Science and Engineering Fairs in Georgia, according to a press release from GCPS. The event featured the work of 1,029 students from public, private schools and local home-school students in Gwinnett County.

With more than 700 student projects in this year’s regional fair, the Gwinnett Regional Fair celebrated the largest level of participation in the fair’s history.

“Not only was the fair large, but the quality of projects was also impressive,” said Dr. Jonathon Wetherington, GCPS director of science, in the release. “Thanks to our partnership with Jackson EMC, Cisco and other companies, our community was able to witness first-hand science instruction come to life. We congratulate our students and wish them the best as they move on to compete at the state level.”

See also:

• Norcross Students to Showcase in Gwinnett Science Fair

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