Every year, AOMT sponsors The Ohio Academy of Science - State Science Day. Please check out our amazing contestants and their science projects!
Criteria for Selection Includes: "Best project investigating the use of music and/or music experience in changing human performance. The science project may involve improvement in cognitive or academic (including music), motor communication, social or affective behavior."
previous winners and participants
2023 Maximilian Siefried - "Should Farmers Blast Mozart?" https://projectboard.world/oas/project/123839 Nastasija Glisic - "The Effects of Classical Music on the Short-Term Memory of Elementary Aged Students" https://projectboard.world/oas/project/the-effects-of-classical-music-on-the-short-term-memory-of-elementary-aged-children-wdzywr
2022 Alyssa Seip - "Sophisticated Sounds" Carly Koverman - "Different Genres of Music Affecting Heart Rate" Sarah Campbell - "The Difference in Factors in Emotional Intelligence Between Music and Art Students" https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9mOcR-a61xc
2021 Danica Stoffer - "The Effect of Multisensory Exercises on Handwriting Errors" Benjamin LaCasse - "How Does Music Affect Testing"
2020 Anna Welch - "Music and Concentration" James Formadel - "The "Beat" of the Heart: The Effects of Music on Blood Pressure"
2019 Kaitlyn Laubner - "How Music Affects Running"
2018 Adeel Koshal - "Does Listening to Music Affect Academic Ability" Emily Graham - "Can Musicians Develop Better Hearing?" Sebastian Davies - "Effect of Music On Facial Expressions as Measured by Emotional Recognition Software"
2017 Zachary McAndrew - "Does Different Types of Music Effect Typing Speed" JuliaMauger - "The Effect of Music on the Interpretation of a Visual Scene" Nicole Lehman - "Analyzing the Effect of Stress Relief Methods"
2016 VincentBrausch - "Does Playing an Instrument Affect Reaction Time?"
2012 Nathan Sulecki - "Measuring the Effect of Emotional Music on Sensory Channels" Carson Geissler - "The Impact of Semitone Interval Occurrences on the Emotional Reaction to Music"
2010 LindsayWolford - "Is Silence Really Golden? A Study of Task Efficiency"
2008 Michael Li - "The Human Perception of Different Musical Modes" Esther Dehmlow - "Poor Pitch Put to the Test"
2007 Llewelyn Howell - "What Type of Music Makes Plants Grow Tallest?"
2006 Lay Kodama - "Emotional and Physiological Reaction Towards Music in People with Hearing Impairments"
2005 Emily Moler - "Does Music Have an Effect on Short Term Memory Recall?"
More information on previous State Science Day winners to come!
a special thanks
AOMT would like to give a special thanks to our judges who make this event possible each year. 2024 - Sharon Boyle 2010-2023 - Valerie Robinson Judges Prior to 2010 - Michael Kellogg, Kamile Geist