Five Marshalltown High School seniors took part in a science fair at Iowa State University on March 26. Pictured in the front row, from left are Sumeet Panchal and Chandler Fisher. Back row, Cristina Chavez, Aurora Huerta and Natalie Kueny.

Five Marshalltown High School students took part in the Science and Technology Fair of Iowa at Iowa State University’s Hilton Coliseum on March 26.

Natalie Kueny and Chandler Fisher placed first in the behavioral and social sciences division with their project “Voting Stereotypes: Fact or Fiction?”

Sumeet Panchal earned honorable mention in the computer science category with his project titled “You Sunk My Battleship.”

Also participating were Cristina Chavez and Aurora Huerta, who competed in the plant sciences category with their project titled “Clean Water Plants.”

All five students are seniors at MHS and were led by extended learning teacher Susan Fritzell.

Hundreds of students from throughout the state took part in the event.