Science Fair Winners Announced

We had 43 projects at the 2011 Science Fair which represented 86 students.  Of the 43 projects, 32 were Experiment Based while 11 were Rube Goldberg projects.  Everyone did a great job, but there were some projects that stood out among the rest.  Ultimately, it came down to the day of the fair and the interaction with the judges.

For Rube Goldberg, the students had to create a machine that would turn off an alarm clock using a series of 20 simple machines.  They were judged on how well they followed the rules, the types and number of machines used, their creativity and originality in the approach they took, their verbal presentation of their machine, their interview with the judges and most importantly, on whether or not the machine worked.

For the Experimental projects, the students were judged on scientific thought and the use of the scientific method, originality of their idea, creativity of their approach, development and practicality of the idea, their display, their presentation and the interview with the judges.

In the end, we hope the students learned from their projects, apply that knowledge, present it and understand it.  All of these things are what determined the winners.  And they are:

 

1^st Place Rube Goldberg 

 Nicholas Broihier and Henry Lopez

2^nd Place Rube Goldberg

 Annie Yang and Jenny Chen

3^rd Place Rube Goldberg

Rainer Duve and Jim Kim

 

1^st Place Experimental - (Battle of the Bats)

Jacob Orosco, Deborah Kaufeldt-Boardman, and Albert  Lopez 

2^nd Place Experimental - (Air Quality Testing)

 Annais Rojas and Alexandra Brouke 

3^rd Place Experimental - (Are You Smarter Than the Stroop Effect?)

Amii Young and Chaya Stewart

Congratulations to all the students for a job well done.

-Lauren Brunjes