Tyler Junior College has announced the winners of its annual District Science Fair for middle school students held on Feb. 27.

Participants in grades 6 through 8 competed in either biology or physical science categories.

"We had 113 middle school students participating from seven area schools," said TJC biology lab specialist and science fair chairperson Paula Bartley.

Participating middle schools were: Moore Middle School, Bullard and Waskom middle schools, All Saints Episcopal, Maude Laird Middle School in Kilgore, Holloway Middle School in Whitehouse, and Lindale Junior High.

Science fair projects were judged by Tyler Junior College faculty and staff.

Winners, their schools and project titles are:

Sixth-grade Physical Science

1st Place: Jeffrey Yeager, Holloway MS, "In Honor of the King"

2nd Place: Harnaina Bains, Moore MS, "Interactions of Oil and Water"

3rd Place: Laura Brown, Moore MS, "Fruit Mummification"

Seventh-grade Physical Science

1st Place: Aaron Gilmore, Lindale JH, "Which Oil Saves Gas?"

2nd Place: Kayla Hutchison, Lindale JH, "Waves of Sound"

3rd Place: Sean Koch, Moore MS, "What's the Water: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:

Eighth-grade Physical Science

1st Place: Andrew Latta, All Saints Episcopal, "The Effects of Aggregate on Concrete"

2nd Place: Mary McCombs, Moore MS, "How Safe are Baby Fabrics?"

3rd Place: Brad Robertson, All Saints Episcopal, "Get a Kick Out of This"

Overall Physical Science

1st Place: Andrew Latta, All Saints Episcopal, "The Effects of Aggregate on Concrete"

2nd Place: Jeffrey Yeager, Holloway MS, "In Honor of the King"

3rd Place: Aaron Gilmore, Lindale JH, "Which Oil Saves Gas?"

Sixth-grade Biology

1st Place: Jack Terrell, Holloway MS, "Brain Boost"

2nd Place: Logan Green, Holloway MS, "Got Fungus"

3rd Place: Peyton Conser, Holloway MS, "Did Your House Really Get Cleaned?"

Seventh-grade Biology

1st Place: Aaron Cromartie, Moore MS, "Laundry Detergents"

2nd Place: Emily Mee, Lindale JH, "Mouse Keeping"

3rd Place: Charles Arnold, Lindale JH, "Junk Mice"

Eighth-grade Biology

1st Place: Cassaundra Braaten, Bullard MS, "A Human Response to Impaired Cognitive Abilities"

2nd Place: Ben Kersh, All Saints Episcopal, "Bioremediation Crude Oil"

3rd Place: Allen Crockett, Waskom MS, "Plant Substances as Potential Medicine"

Overall Biology

1st Place: Cassaundra Braaten, Bullard MS, "A Human Response to Impaired Cognitive Abilities"

2nd Place: Jack Terrell, Holloway MS, "Brain Boost"

3rd Place (tie): Logan Green, Holloway MS, "Got Fungus"

3rd Place (tie): Ben Kersh, All Saints Episcopal, "Bioremediation-Crude Oil."