St. Ignace sixth grade students (from left) Elani Engle and Tayla Lounsberry show their project -- a comparative study of pH between the saliva of sixth grade boys and girls -- to judges Tom Penner and Sue Shuler Tuesday morning, March 9, during the middle school's annual science fair. The students said they found saliva to be approximately equal in acidity after lunch, but that boys appear to have a higher, or more base, pH before lunch. Ten St. Ignace Middle School students from sixth through eighth grades placed in the district science fair at the school Tuesday, March 9. All of the students will advance to the Eastern Upper Peninsula Science Fair at Lake Superior State University Friday, March 19.

Eighth-graders Emily Hinsman, Lindsey Blair, and Tayler Ferguson made up the first place team for their grade and will be advancing to the EUP fair.

Seventh-graders advancing to the EUP fair include first-place student Brian Harju, second-place student Whitney Matson, and third-place student Meghan Casey. Honorable mentions for seventh grade went to Sarah Smith and Olivia Wyers.

St. Ignace sixth-grader Trinity Holwerda shows off his science fair project Tuesday, March 9, which compared the range capacity of air-powered and spring-powered BB guns. He said his experiment showed that air-powered guns shot the BB much farther with the same amount of power. Sixth-graders advancing include first-place student Gage Kreski, second-place student Abby Ostman, and third-place students Erin Bunker and Natalee Lee. Honorable mentions for sixth grade went to Dylan Marshall and Michael Mengini.
St. Ignace sixth graders (from left) Kyle Sistrunk and Paul Belonga display their science fair project, a study of what kind of gum can be used to blow the biggest bubble.