Bloom-Carroll student takes first place at State Science Day for soybean project

Alaina Bell recently won the first place Ohio Soybean Bioscience Award for her project titled “How Does Peptide D4E1 Affect Soybean Cyst Nematode Survival Rate?” at the State Science Day.

Alaina will be a senior at Bloom Carroll High School and was a student in Joe Carter’s class at the time of the competition. The State Science Day was hosted virtually by the Ohio Academy of Science.

Thanks to the Ohio Soybean Council Foundation, the Ohio Academy of Science’s Science Day offers the Ohio Soybean Bioscience Award for the best projects using soybeans in the areas of agriculture biosciences, bioresources, biopolymers, bioproducts, biofuels, biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, and/or earth and environmental sciences.

Up to three $100 prizes are awarded to eligible students in grades 5-12 in each of the 17 districts participating in District Science Days.

At the state-level competition, the Ohio Soybean Bioscience Award for first place is $1,000, second place is $500, and third place is $250. The team award is $1,000, to be split among team members.

The Ohio Soybean Council sponsors GrowNextGen.org, bringing agricultural science to the classroom by providing real-world educational tools to engage the next generation workforce. Backed by funding from the Ohio Soybean Council and Ohio soybean farmers, GrowNextGen helps expose students to different career fields in a thriving industry

This article originally appeared on Lancaster Eagle-Gazette: Bloom-Carroll student takes first place at State Science Day for soybean project