Junior Science & Humanities Symposium

Application Deadline

November 14, 2008

 

Intel Science Talent Search (STS)

Seniors Only

Application Deadline

November 19, 2008

 

9th and 10th Grade Only

Application Deadline

March 15, 2009

 

Junior Division Awards

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JUNIOR DIVISION WINNERS:

 

1st Place

 

Junior Division
1st Place
Behavioral & Social Sciences

School: Folsom Middle School          

Recipient: Millun Atluri

Grade: 7th

Title:  “Does Music Affect your Blood Pressure and Heart Rate?”

 

Junior Division
1st Place
Biological Sciences

School: Alta Vista School

Recipient: Hannah Kintzle

Grade: 8th

Title:  “Does Natural or Pharmaceutical Antibiotics Work Better at Preventing Antibiotic Resistance from Occurring Within E. Coli?”

 

Junior Division
1st Place
Engineering

School: Alta Vista School

Recipient: Ian Fisher

Grade: 8th

Title:  “Down Force of a Stock CAR”

 

Junior Division
1st Place
Math & Computer Science

School: Emerson Junior High School

Recipient: Lucas McGrew

Grade: 8th  

Title:  “What's My Vector?”

 

Junior Division
1st Place
Physical Science

School: Folsom Middle School

Recipient: Shyamal Buch

Grade: 7th

Title:  “Live Green or Dye Hard: Analysis of Nanocrystal Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Using New Low-Cost Robotic D-SCOPE”

 

Junior Division
1st Place
Team

School: Folsom Middle School

Recipients:  Ashu Shrestha & Satyaprit Das

Grade: 8th

Title:  “Energy Lost to Friction”

 

 

2nd Place

 

Junior Division
2nd Place
Behavioral & Social Sciences

School: Alta Vista School

Recipient: Chris Mendes

Grade: 8th

Title:  “Placebo Effect on Food Labeling”

 

Junior Division
2nd Place
Biological Sciences

School: Alta Vista School

Recipient: Ben Porter

Grade: 8th

Title:  “Plax vs. Listerine: Which Kills the Most Bacteria?”

 

Junior Division
2nd Place
Engineering

School: Sutter Middle School

Recipient: Aravind Vadali

Grade: 7th

Title:  “Solar Powered Hydrogen Fuel Cell”

 

Junior Division
2nd Place
Math & Computer Science

School: Granite Bay Montessori

Recipient: Tina Zolfaghari

Grade: 6th

Title:  “iROBOT”

 

Junior Division
2nd Place
Physical Science

School: Alta Vista School

Recipient: Shawn Phillips

Grade: 8th

Title:  “Water Bubbles”

 

Junior Division
2nd Place
Team

School: Valley Oak Middle School

Recipients: Han-ah Sumner & Helen Heo

Grade: 6th

Title:  “Effects of Music on Silkworm Development”

 

 

3rd Place

 

Junior Division
3rd Place
Behavioral & Social Sciences

School:  Alta Vista School

Recipient:  Shane Chandler

Grade: 8th

Title:  “Battle of the Brains: Boys vs. Girls”

 

Junior Division
3rd Place
Biological Sciences

School: Sutter Middle School

Recipient: Austin LaComb

Grade: 8th

Title:  “A Wii Bit of Exercise”

 

Junior Division
3rd Place
Engineering

School: Mitchell Middle School

Recipient: William Luce

Grade: 8th

Title:  “Frisbee Frenzy”

 

Junior Division
3rd Place
Physical Science

School: Alta Vista School

Recipient: Cole Brewster

Grade: 6th

Title:  “Electric Motor”

 

Junior Division
3rd Place
Team

School: Alta Vista School

Recipients: Anna Rea & Makayla Meng

Grade: 6th

Title:  “Skinny Worms”