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Young scientists are cropping up like wildflowers in the springtime.
The winners from St. Isidore School’s science fair went on to win top awards in the Diocesan Science Fair held at St. Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda. And best and brightest student scientists and engineers from public and private schools, grades 7-12, will showcase their work at the 14th annual Tri-Valley Science and Engineering Fair sponsored by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from March 30-April 2.
More than 150 seventh- and eighth-grade students from 26 Diocesan schools participated and competed in one of six categories against those from St. Isidore’s last month. But Michael Wong and Trey Schwartz won the grand prize for their project, “Running on Water.” They each received an itouch and a plaque and are eligible to submit their project in the San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair.
“It was a great opportunity for us to participate in such a large science fair,” said Trey. “We showed well, as did our classmates. We came out of it with the grand champion award. I am extremely proud of our accomplishment.”
Also, in the first round, Justin Bongi and Josh Tan received Honorable Mention, and partners Keara Starnes and Victoria Reget received second place for their project, “To Glue or Not to Glue.”
“Both Keara and I were very excited to win first place at the St. Isidore’s Science Fair that enabled us to move on to the Regionals,” said Victoria. “Once we got there, we realized how many other good projects were submitted and it was a bit overwhelming. Our Science teacher, Dr. Varon, helped to prepared us for the judge’s questions so we tried to remain calm.
“When we saw the red ribbon placed on our board for placing second in the eighth-grade Physical Sciences category, we were so excited! We knew that our project was good but the judges proved it was great compared to all of the competition,” she continued. “What a fantastic way to end our science career at St. Isidores. Keara and I look forward to more science projects in high school.”
The results for seventh grade were Ally Greene – Honorable Mention; Lauren Dunn – Third Place; and Kyle McEntush – Second Place.
Cara Varon and Kerri Schafer are the science teachers at St. Isidore School who prepared the students and accompanied them to the Science Fair.
This year’s participants at the 14th annual Tri-Valley Science and Engineering Fair include 304 students from grades 7-12 attending public or private schools in Danville, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Ramon and Sunol. A total of 197 projects will be presented; students may work in teams.
This year’s projects cover a wide range of topics, from decontaminating a drinking water system to developing low-cost digital X-ray imaging.
Science projects are judged on a range of criteria that represent standards of research held by the scientific community. Local scientists and engineers serve as judges, with more than 80 participating from the Lab.
Research categories cover a spectrum of science and include: behavioral and bioscience, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, computer science, earth and space science, engineering, environmental science, mathematics, medicine and health, microbiology, physics and zoology.
Judging will take place on Wednesday, March 31, with an awards ceremony scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The public may view the exhibition at the Robert Livermore Community Center, 4444 East Ave., Livermore, on Thursday, April 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is no charge for admission.
The fair is affiliated with the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world’s largest pre-college celebration of science. Held annually in May, the Intel ISEF brings together more than 1,400 students from more than 40 nations to compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips, and the grand prize: a $50,000 college scholarship.
Each year Senior Division (9-12th grade) Sweepstakes winners of the Tri-Valley fair have gone on to win top honors at Intel ISEF. This year, Intel ISEF will be presented by Agilent Technologies May 9-14, in San Jose, Calif.
The Junior Division winners are eligible to compete at the California State Science Fair.
For more information about this year’s Tri-Valley Science and Engineering Fair, go to the web at http://tvsef.llnl.gov/.
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