Seventh grader Ava Berry wanted to know if dogs prefer food with healthier ingredients, so she let her dog Ruby choose between five different dog foods for seven days.
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Seventh grader Ava Perry points to a chart demonstrating which foods her dog chose over the course of seven days. Berry proved her hypothesis — that her dog would prefer the food with the healthiest ingredients — correct.
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Seventh grader Sadie Perry wanted to know if the color of her chickens’ eggshells would determine the color of the chicks that hatched from them. To test her hypothesis, Perry recorded eight fertilized ameraucana eggs hatching on a go-pro camera.
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Students present science experiments to judges during the 4-H science fair at Nelson County Middle School on Thursday, Mar. 30, 2023.
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Seventh grader Caroline Hatfield wanted to find out which brand of double A battery lasts the longest, and which is the most cost-effective. Seventh grader Kyle Evans tested to see which of four kinds of chocolate melts the fastest.
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Nelson Middle schoolers, from top left, Orion Dettweiler, Kyle Evans, Ava Berry, and from bottom left, Caroline Hatfield, Sabrina Bellante, Sophia Piedra and Sadie Perry presented their 4-H science fair projects March 30.
What shape of paper airplane flies the farthest? Do dogs prefer dog food with healthier ingredients? Is soap or hand sanitizer better at killing bacteria? Will drinking coffee make me type faster?
Seventh grader Ava Berry wanted to know if dogs prefer food with healthier ingredients, so she let her dog Ruby choose between five different dog foods for seven days.
Seventh grader Ava Perry points to a chart demonstrating which foods her dog chose over the course of seven days. Berry proved her hypothesis — that her dog would prefer the food with the healthiest ingredients — correct.
Seventh grader Sadie Perry wanted to know if the color of her chickens’ eggshells would determine the color of the chicks that hatched from them. To test her hypothesis, Perry recorded eight fertilized ameraucana eggs hatching on a go-pro camera.
Seventh grader Caroline Hatfield wanted to find out which brand of double A battery lasts the longest, and which is the most cost-effective. Seventh grader Kyle Evans tested to see which of four kinds of chocolate melts the fastest.
Nelson Middle schoolers, from top left, Orion Dettweiler, Kyle Evans, Ava Berry, and from bottom left, Caroline Hatfield, Sabrina Bellante, Sophia Piedra and Sadie Perry presented their 4-H science fair projects March 30.
