FREDERICKTOWN — The Agriscience Fair program is aimed at providing opportunities for experiential learning in a specific subject matter. Ohio operates on a pre-qualifying system, similar to the National Agriscience Fair process.
There are 36 total categories/divisions within the following categories: Animal Systems, Environmental Services/Natural Resource Systems, Food Products and Processing Systems, Plant Systems, Power, Structural and Technical Systems, and Social Systems.
Ohio FFA members had the opportunity to submit their application and report project to the state for a pre-qualifying event. The state then evaluates those projects and names the top four finalist in each category to conduct a virtual interview with judges which is used to determine their final placing in the Ohio contest.
Participants in this activity as required to use the scientific theory to condust a test or experiment regarding an aspect of agriculture. They must do research before the trials, form a hypothesis and complete records on their findings.
Following the virtual interview, contestants will construct a Agriscience Fair Display board that summarizes the project and the results.
Lane Dugan entered his project, “Heat Effects of Steel,” as an entry into the Power, Structural and Technical Systems in Division III, in which he will have on display at the Ohio FFA State Convention in May.
Lane will be recognized on stage as a finalist at the Fourth Convention Session, where they will announce the final placings and their project ratings for Ohio.
If he wins first place, Dugan will have the opportunity to advance to the National competition in October in Indianapolis.
