Congratulations to all our Science Fair participants! First place winners will go to Bakersfield for the Kern County Science Fair on March 31. Here are all our winners:
4th Grade:
1st Place - Josef Ettling “When the Earth Shakes, What Breaks?”
2nd Place - Maria Makepeace “Do You Remember?”
3rd Place - Will Burris “How to Train a 'Hotshot'.”
4th Place - Adam Kollman “Which Liquids Make Corrosion Build Up Fastest on Iron?”
5th Place - Amanda Sliva “Microwave Popcorn: Not All Brands Are Created Equal.”
5th Grade:
1st Place (Tie) - Alex Quintana “Is It Easier to do it the Hard Way?”
1st Place (Tie) - Eve Christman “Reading In Color.”
3rd Place - Amy Lee “Differences of a Pendulum's Period.”
4th Place - Grace Welsh “Electromagnetism.”
5th Place (Tie) - Aubrey Farrar-Selle “Are Cats Left or Right Pawed?”
5th Place (Tie) - Jenny Stenger-Smith “Which Material (Epsom Salt, Table Salt, Baking Soda, or Sugar) Slows Down the Evaporation of Water?”
6th Grade:
1st Place - Brittany Wojciehowski “Heart Rate: Does It Increase More When Playing Video Games or When Watching Cartoons?”
2nd Place - Sean Rall “Which Fruit Has the Highest Percentage of Water?”
3rd Place - Phoebe Danhauser “Can You Measure Acceleration with a Pendulum?”
4th Place - Katie Anders “Does the Peel on a Fruit Affect Its Buoyancy?”
5th Place - Austin Blubaugh “The Strength of Wood.”
7th Grade:
1st Place - Aurora Ostrom “What Color of Fabric Fades the Most in Sunlight?”
2nd Place - Mary Champeny “The Penny Project.”
3rd Place - Jessica Vigil “Which Paint Defeats Marker Stains on Drywall?”
4th Place (Tie) - Neal Kollman “What is the Relationship Between the Cost of Monofilament Line and the Strength of It?”
4th Place (Tie) - Kevin LaBrie“Do Different Levels of Salinity Affect the Buoyance of an Egg in Water?”
