On today’s show, Jeff talks with Rory Hu, the $10,000 winner of the Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science MASTERS® Scholarship for middle school students. MASTERS is an acronym for Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars. Rory’s research is titled “The Effects of Pesticides, Caffeine and Tea Polyphenols on the Visual and Olfactory Learning and Memory of the Honey Bee”.

Being in middle school, Rory is in the seventh grade. That is correct - seventh grade! On today’s episode, Rory talks with Jeff explaining how she came up with the idea for her research, the papers she found and read on her own, the search for a local beekeeper to supply bees, her testing methodology and results. 

You will want to listen to Rory explain her research and the challenges she faced, having never worked with honey bees before she started her research. Afterwards, make sure to click on the links in the show notes to see her research.

What were YOU thinking about in 6th and 7th grades?

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Links and websites mentioned in this podcast: 

• Society for Science Winner's Announcement - https://www.societyforscience.org/press-release/14-year-old-develops-robotic-hand-wins-top-award-broadcom-masters/ 
• Rory's Broadcom Project Board - https://projectboard.world/societyforsciencebcm/finalist-booth/rory-hu---san-jose-californiaa
• Honey Bee Obscura - https://www.honeybeeobscura.com

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Podcast music: Be Strong by Young Presidents; Epilogue by Musicalman; Walking in Paris by Studio Le Bus; A Fresh New Start by Pete Morse; Original guitar background instrumental by Jeff Ott

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