12th Annual

Science Symposium

Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School

f o r M a r i n e & E nv i r o n m e n t a l S c i e n c e

Virginia Commonwealth University

Student Commons

Saturday, March 14, 2015

9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Program Schedule 8:50

9:00-11:50

11:50-12:50

12:55

Report to Rooms for Introduction

Student Presentations

Commons Theater

Forum

Richmond Salon I

Richmond Salon II

Richmond Salon III

Richmond Salon IV

Virginia Room A

Virginia Room B

Virginia Room C

Virginia Room D

Lunch – On-Site VCU Eateries

Commonwealth Ballroom

Welcome: Sherry Pettyjohn Lead Teacher

Introduction of Speaker: Bethany Smith Science Symposium Chairperson

1:00-1:30

1:30-2:00

Keynote Address:

“How Will You Measure Your Life?”

Leah Coates, CBGS Alumnus Global Development Consultant, Bain & Company - Boston

Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks: Sherry Pettyjohn

Sara Beam, Instructor

DEDICATION

The 2014-15 VCU Science Symposium is dedicated in memory of Dr.

Eric David Lund who was a Chemistry and Marine and Environmental

Science instructor at CBGS for five years. Dr. Lund provided research

assistance to several students who are presenting today.

ALL SENIORS:

Report to Mrs. Pettyjohn

at the Registration Table

at 12 noon for a

Senior Picture.

Bowling Green Students

Caroline Mikaila Clinkscales Virginia Room B 11:15 Laura Garzon Richmond Salon I 10:55 Jordann Greene Virginia Room A 9:00 John Hill Virginia Room D 10:00 Maryssa Moore Virginia Room B 11:15 Gabrielle Rivera-Garcia Richmond Salon II 11:35 Joel Tidman Forum 9:40

King George Nicole Brem Richmond Salon III 10:35 Taylor Courtney Richmond Salon II 9:00 Thanh-Binh Duong Richmond Salon III 9:20 Madeline Hays Richmond Salon IV 9:40 Nathaniel Kendrick Virginia Room C 11:35 Emily Martin Commons Theater 9:00 Stephen Rech Richmond Salon I 9:20

King William Brandon Ancarrow Commons Theater 10:00 Jennie Dinh Forum 10:35 Alexis Everette Richmond Salon II 10:55 Tyler Forbes Virginia Room D 11:15 Tyler Gilbertson Virginia Room B 10:00 Austin Gross Forum 11:35 Stephanie Hicks Richmond Salon IV 11:35 Bryce Hinshaw Commons Theater 10:00 Kayla Huffman Virginia Room D 9:20 Michael Hurson Virginia Room A 10:55 Keiya Isaac Virginia Room C 9:00 Jacob Jones Richmond Salon IV 10:55 Jordan Schools Virginia Room C 10:35 Graham Shannon Commons Theater 11:15 Austin Simons Richmond Salon III 11:15 Sara Slate Richmond Salon I 10:00 Greyson Walsh Virginia Room A 9:40

RCC - Glenns Students Gloucester Logan Blazvick Virginia Room D 9:00 Adelena Bracken Forum 9:20 Chelsea Dorsey Virginia Room A 10:00 Haley Jenkins Richmond Salon IV 9:00 Hannah Killian Virginia Room B 9:40 Kaylee Salmon Virginia Room D 11:35 James Thomas Richmond Salon II 9:40 King & Queen Lewis Harvey Richmond Salon I 11:15 Mathews Samuel Jasinski Richmond Salon III 10:00 Zachary Kaylor Virginia Room B 10:35 Katherine Ransone Virginia Room C 11:15 Caleb Selph Virginia Room A 10:35 Middlesex Christopher Roberts Virginia Room A 11:35 Grace Rutkowski Richmond Salon III 11:35 Johnathon Williams Commons Theater 9:40 New Kent David Bushhouse Virginia Room C 9:20 James Giffin Richmond Salon IV 11:15 Sydney Griffith Richmond Salon I 9:00 Halie Maass Forum 10:55 Josiah Schlosser Commons Theater 10:55 Robin Thady Richmond Salon II 10:35

RCC - Warsaw Students

Colonial Beach Rachael Allison Virginia Room C 10:55 Brandon Buzby Richmond Salon II 9:20 Darin Jones Richmond Salon II 9:20 Essex James Briggs Virginia Room B 11:35 Kallie Carson Virginia Room C 10:00 Kinston Carson Richmond Salon I 11:35 Cristian Diaz Virginia Room D 9:40 James DiSpirito Richmond Salon IV 10:35 Lauren Donahue Richmond Salon IV 9:20 Mercedes Fortune Richmond Salon I 10:35 Larkin Gross Richmond Salon II 11:15 Mark Herring Forum 9:00 Christopher Lee Richmond Salon III 9:00 Andrew Suggs Virginia Room A 9:20 Robert Umphlette Virginia Room B 11:35 Lancaster Branden Benza Richmond Salon III 9:40 Nicholas Green Commons Theater 9:20 Joseph Rudolph Virginia Room B 10:55 Northumberland Rebecca Daniel Richmond Salon II 10:00 Philip Harrison Forum 11:15 Collin May Forum 11:15 Adam Parker Virginia Room A 11:15 Thomas Parker Commons Theater 11:35 Mark Smith, Jr. Richmond Salon III 10:55 Richmond Selene Epps Virginia Room C 10:00 Robert France Virginia Room D 10:35 Nicolas Jett Richmond Salon IV 10:00 Matthew Milstead Richmond Salon I 9:40 Westmoreland Jacob Daiger Richmond Salon I 9:40 Abbigail Grimes Virginia Room B 9:00

9:00—9:15

Emily Martin Don’t Croak! The Effect of Water Quality on Amphibian Richness

Commons Theater

Mark Herring Into the Woods: A Study on Tree Diversity Forum

Sydney Griffith Supernormal Stimuli and Their Effect on Hedonic Hunger Richmond Salon I

Taylor Courtney Evaluating Activated Carbon for Its Use as a Runoff Buffer

Richmond Salon II

Christopher Lee Resistance of Poaceae to Randon Human Foot Traffic and It’s Effect on Sediment Runoff into the Chesapeake Bay

Richmond Salon III

Haley Jenkins The Effect of Turbidity on Oyster Biodeposits Richmond Salon IV

Jordann Greene Got Protein: The Effects of Lactation Stage on the Amount of Protein Present in Milk

Virginia Room A

Abbigail Grimes Pollination and the Environment Virginia Room B

Keiya Isaac Get A Grip: The Effect of Different Substances on the Coefficient of Friction

Virginia Room C

Logan Blazvick The Use of Air Pockets to Increase Amount of Force Absorbed By a Football Hemet

Virginia Room D

9:20—9:35

Nicholas Green Predicting the Future: Using Water Quality Data to Predict Phytoplankton Abundance

Commons Theater

Adelena Bracken The Effects of Fiddler Crabs in a Saltwater Marsh Forum

Stephen Rech Get Your Gas Kicked: The Effects of Different Fuel Types on Simulated Engine Parts

Richmond Salon I

Brandon Buzby and Darin Jones

Snakehead: Friend or Foe? Richmond Salon II

Binh Duong Can you Bee-lieve It? Richmond Salon III

Lauren Donahue Tree Filters: How Clean Can They Make Water? Richmond Salon IV

Andrew Suggs Phragmites: Marsh Destroyer or Shoreline Savior? Virginia Room A

FREE Virginia Room B

David Bushhouse Tom Brooks Lake: A Case Study in Suburban Storm Water Retention and its Potential to Create Health and

Productive Ecosystems

Virginia Room C

Kayla Huffman What’s Your Reaction?: The Effects of Batted Ball Speed on Pitchers Reaction Time

Virginia Room D

9:40—9:55

Johnathon Williams A Study on Low Level Static Magnetic Fields Present in Electronic Devices and Their Effects on Human Physiology

Commons Theater

Joel Tidman Does Leaf Pack Location in the Mattaponi Affect Diversity of Macroinvertabrates?

Forum

Matthew Milstead and Jacob Daiger

The Effect of Human Activity Levels on Shoreline Erosion Along the Rappahannock River

Richmond Salon I

James Thomas Is There a Relationship Between Male Teen Diets and Future Adult Health Issues?

Richmond Salon II

Branden Benza Plant Gas: Can it Help? Richmond Salon III

Madeline Hays Mouse Trap! The Correlation of Experience and Anxiety Richmond Salon IV

Greyson Walsh Who Let the Dogs Out: The Effect of Sound Level and Dog Type on the Heart Rate of Canis Lupus Familiaris

Virginia Room A

Hannah Killian The Effect of Acidic Beverage Preference and Consumption on Salivary pH

Virginia Room B

FREE Virginia Room C

Cristian Diaz The Effect of KBr03 on Tall Fescue Grass Virginia Room D

10:00—10:15

Brandon Ancarrow and Bryce Hinshaw

Talk “Dirt”y to Me Commons Theater

FREE Forum

Sara Slate Getting Buzzed: The Effect of Caffeine on Butterfly Feeding Richmond Salon I

Rebecca Daniel The Effects of Mute Swans on Water Quality Richmond Salon II

Samuel Jasinski An Analysis of Sediment Composition in Respect to Shoreline Type

Richmond Salon III

Nicolas Jett A Comparison of SAV Growth in Major Bay Tributaries Richmond Salon IV

Chelsea Dorsey Differences in Adolescent Stress Levels at Different Educational Levels

Virginia Room A

Tyler Gilbertson How Does the Type of Retaining Wall Effect Erosion Caused by Rainfall?

Virginia Room B

Kallie Carson and Selene Epps

Distance Makes the Oyster Grow Larger? Virginia Room C

John Hill My Leg!: The Effects of Running Shoe Type on Knee Angle Virginia Room D

10:35—10:50

FREE Commons Theater

Jennie Dinh Get Out Traphouse! The Effect of Light Intensity on the Closing Time of a Venus Fly Trap

Forum

Mercedes Fortune How Fast Does it Sink? Richmond Salon I

Robin Thady The Effects of Season and Location on Ground-Level Carbon Dioxide Concentrations

Richmond Salon II

Nicole Brem The Effect of Bacteria and Acidity on Biomass Richmond Salon III

James DiSpirito Goldfish and their Shocking Revelations Richmond Salon IV

Caleb Selph A Study for the Possible Acidification of Estuarine Water in a Tributary of the Chesapeake Bay

Virginia Room A

Zachary Kaylor Photosynthetically Available Radiation for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation With Respect to Restoration in the

Chesapeake Bay

Virginia Room B

Jordan Schools Is a Four Leaf Clover Really That Lucky? Virginia Room C

Evan France The Effects of Vegetation Types on the Amount of Nutrient Removal in a Riparian Buffer

Virginia Room D

10:20—10:35

BREAK Commons Theater

BREAK Forum

BREAK Richmond Salon I

BREAK Richmond Salon II

BREAK Richmond Salon III

BREAK Richmond Salon IV

BREAK Virginia Room A

BREAK Virginia Room B

BREAK Virginia Room C

BREAK Virginia Room D

10:55—11:10

Josiah Schlosser Simple Techniques to Improve Fuel Economy Commons Theater

Halie Maass Sink or Temporary Reservoir: Seasonal Senescence of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

Forum

Laura Garzon Gear Ready! The Effects of Mesh Size on Seine Efficiency Richmond Salon I

Alexis Everette How Does Velocity Effect the Organism Diversity in Leaf Packs?

Richmond Salon II

Mark Smith, Jr. A Comparison of Eastern Oyster and Atlantic Ribbed Mussel Filtration and the Effect on Light Penetration in the

Chesapeake Bay

Richmond Salon III

Jacob Jones Do You Want to be Black and Blue? Richmond Salon IV

Michael Hurson Get A Grip: Traction of Running Shoes Virginia Room A

Joseph Rudolph Effect of Location on the Catch Rate of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus

Virginia Room B

Rachael Allison The Effect of Tidal Patterns on the Number and Size of Catfish Caught in the Potomac River

Virginia Room C

FREE Virginia Room D

11:15—11:30

Graham Shannon Multi-tasking: The Effect Music has on Performance Commons Theater

Collin May and Philip Harrison

Comparison of Size, Quantity and Diversity of Bait and Juvenile Gamefish Species Between the Salt Marsh and

Open Water Subhabits with a Consideration to Different

Fish Sampling

Forum

Lewis Harvey Do Food Deserts Exist in Southeastern Virginia? Richmond Salon I

Larkin Gross The Effects of Anthropogenic Fertilizer on Freshwater Ecosystems

Richmond Salon II

Austin Simons The Effect of Pellet Size on Sheetrock Penetration Richmond Salon III

James Giffin How Vehicles Exacerbate the Heat Island Effect in Parking Lots

Richmond Salon IV

Adam Parker The Effect of Changes in pH on the Production and

Respiration Rates of Native Tape Grass, Vallisneria

americana

Virginia Room A

Mikaila Clinkscales and Maryssa Moore

Fans of the Sands: Interrelationship Between Beach Dynamics with the Abundance of E.coli

Virginia Room B

Katherine Ransone The Effects of Plastic Marine Debris on the Chesapeake Bay Environment

Virginia Room C

Tyler Forbes Pondering Runoff Virginia Room D

11:35—11:50

Thomas Parker The Effect of Rapid Salinity Changes on the Respiration Rate of Callinectes sapidus

Commons Theater

Austin Gross Flapp Plane: A Study on How Wing Angle Effects Ornithopter Flight Paths

Forum

Kinston Carson Turbidity Effects on Dissolved Oxygen Production and Organism Foraging Time

Richmond Salon I

Gabriella Rivera Hail Hydra! The Effects of Pollution on Hydras Richmond Salon II

Grace Rutkowski The Effect of Physical Activity on the Retention of Sight

Words in 4th Grade Special Education Students

Richmond Salon III

Stephanie Hicks The Effect of Weather Conditions on the Winning Times of the Kentucky Derby

Richmond Salon IV

Christopher Roberts The Gender Gap in Computer Science and Technology Virginia Room A

James Briggs and Robert Umphlette

Is the Water Always Bluer on the Other Side? Virginia Room B

Nathan Kendrick Kick in the Grass: The Effect of Grass Type and Density on Ball Roll

Virginia Room C

Kaylee Salmon Freak Out! Environmental Effects in Teens on Mood Virginia Room D

Mentors

On behalf of the Chesapeake Bay Governor's School

students and staff, we extend our gratitude to the mentors

for sharing their expertise and encouragement to our

seniors in the preparation and presentation of the research

projects. We are looking for mentors on future student

research projects. If you know someone who may be

interested, please contact CBGS.

(804) 443-0267

jbeam@cbgs.k12.va.us

Thank you to our judges

We would like to extend a special “thank you” to all the judges.

We appreciate your being able to give our students expert advice

in a variety of scientific disciplines.

Judges

Dr. Joseph Battistelli, Professor of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University

Ms. Patti Bland, Urban Conservationist, Hanover Soil and Water Conservation District

Dr. Amanda Lynn Buchanan, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland

Ms. Anna Coffey, Histotechnologist (ASCP), Leidos National Cancer Institute

Mr. Peter Coffey, M.S. Student, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland

Ms. Emily Gotschalk, CBGS Alumnus, M.S. Candidate, Christopher Newport University

Mr. Patrick Howard, CBGS Alumnus, Virginia Commonwealth University

Mr. Grayson Johnson, CBGS Alumnus, University of Virginia

Dr. Roger Mann, Professor of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine

Mr. Christopher Martin, Former CBGS Faculty, Math Department, Stafford Schools

Dr. Patrick McGrath, Former CBGS Faculty, Marine Scientist, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Dr. Sherif Moussa, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University

Ms. Kasey Phillips, CBGS Alumnus, Gloucester Montessori School

Dr. Steve Potashnik, Former CBGS Faculty, Office of Naval Research (US Navy)

Dr. Michael Reshchikov, Associate Professor, Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University

Mr. Nathan Rose, CBGS Alumnus, University of Virginia Mr. Michael Sanderson, CBGS Alumnus, VCU Massey Cancer Center

Ms. Izabela Sikora, Environmental Educator, Tri County/City Soil and Water Conservation District, Fredericksburg

Mr. Hugh Sullivan, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Ms. Lisa Tuckey, Biology Faculty, Rappahannock Community College

Mr. David Wright, Former CBGS Faculty, Retired USCG

Class of 2015 - Bowling Green

Class of 2015 - Glenns

Class of 2015 - Warsaw

CBGS Faculty: James Beam

Sara Beam

Lauren Casey

Carlos Disla

Greg Dorsey

Dan Dutton

Julia Jones

Dr. Mark King

Dr. John LeRose

Dr. Eric Lund (in memoriam)

Jennifer Magruder

Stephanie McClain

Sherry Pettyjohn

Phillip Sanderson

Bethany Smith

Thomas Tanner

Dr. Sandra Ward

Jason Yoon

CBGS Staff:

Kathy Britt

Rose Jones

Kathy Lucas

Becky Sisson