Four students took their projects to Western Reserve
Science Day on March 17: Maya D: Toothbrushes:
Electric vs. Manual. Which one removes more bacteria?
Maya received the Excellence award. Anika R: Test
Effectiveness of Lysol Kitchen Cleaner, Clorox Anywhere
Cleaner, and White Distilled Vinegar on Bacterial Growth.
Anika received the Excellence award. Dhweeja D: Body
composition and sleep patterns in an urban pediatric
population: a prospective study. Dhweeja received the
Excellence award and the Ohio Nursing Association:
Best Health/Nursing-related Project (Middle School)
Award. Vinayak K: Practical Heart Health Snapshot
for Children using Anthropometric and Physical Activity
Measurements. Vinayak received 3rd place Health
and Medicine and advanced to State Science Fair. In
addition, several Birchwood Alumni earned awards for their
projects: Zaeem L: Butea monosperma Flower Extract
Inhibits the Immune Response of Human Osteoarthritic
Chondrocytes in vitro which received an award from the
Cleveland Botanical Garden and an award from CSU
Department of Health Sciences and Anirudh D:
PtSymmetric Boundary Conditions in Quantum Mechanics
was a Grand Prize Winner. Anirudh was selected to attend
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel
ISEF) the world’s largest international pre-college science
competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from May 13-18!
