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0 responses 0 comments Using solar ovens in a natural disaster and measuring the flammability of plants grown on the desert floor are just two of the subjects under scrutiny by dozens of students who entered projects in the 20th annual Kern County Regional Science Fair held March 21 at the Rabobank Convention Center.
Senior and middle school division students placing first and second in each category earned the right to compete in the 56th annual California Science Fair to be held on May 21 and 22 at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Third-place finishers are top alternates.
Approximately 600 students in grades four to 12 from 140 schools competed in many categories ranging from aerodynamics and hydrodynamics to thermochemistry.
Entries were judged on scientific thought and engineering goals, creativity, organization, completeness, clarity, effort, and motivation. Students had to explain their displays, log books, and hypotheses to a panel of judges.
The science fair is administered by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools with primary sponsorship provided by Aera Energy LLC.   Additional sponsorship and support is offered by Chevron North America Exploration and Production, Occidental of Elk Hills, and Kern County Science Foundation.
The following are 2007 Kern County Regional Science Fair Awards Southwest winners.  A (*) indicates eligibility for state competition.

High school division
Grades nine through 12
• Aerodynamics/hydrodynamics: *First place: Taylor Hill of Stockdale High.
• Earth and environmental science: *Second place: Nicholas Okita of Stockdale High; third place: Guy Rodgers, Siri Grandhe, and Susan Iyican of Stockdale High.
• Physics and astronomy: *First place: Maliha Ahmed of Stockdale High.
Middle school division
Grades six through eight
• Aerodynamics/hydrodynamics: Third place, Jillian Selby of Actis Junior High.
• Agricultural science: *First place, Jonathan Enns of Stockdale Christian Middle School; third place, Justin Yu of Reagan Elementary.
• Applied mechanics: Honorable mention, Cory Camp of Stockdale Christian School.
• Behavioral and social sciences: *First place, Mackenzie Carter of Stockdale Christian School.
• Chemistry: *First place, Jotthe Kannappan of Warren Junior High;  *second place, Shalin Shah of Reagan Elementary; and third place, Kristen  Albers of Stockdale Christian School.
• Electricity and electronics: *First place, Tim Okita of Warren Junior High; and *second place, Joshua Brinkmann of Sandrini Elementary.
• Materials science: *Second place, Sona Shah of Warren Junior High; honorable mention, Amil Shah of Reagan Elementary; and special recognition, Tyler Warner of Stine Elementary and Nadya Abu-Khazneh of Laurelglen Elementary.
• Mathematics, computer science and games: *First place, Jacob Braun of Stockdale Christian School.
• Molecular biology and microbiology: *First place, Elizabeth Koo; and *second place, Navi Dhaliwal — both from Warren Junior High.
• Physics and astronomy: *First place,  Alec Swager of St. John’s Lutheran School; and special recognition, Ezekiel Eicher of Stockdale Christian School.
• Plant biology: Third place, Thomas Salinas of Stockdale Christian School.
• Thermochemistry and kinetics: Honorable mention, Dalton Sparks of Sing Lum Elementary.
Intermediate division
Fourth grade
(Not eligible for the state science fair)
• Astronomy, earth, and environmental science: Second place, Nicolas Nistor of Buena Vista Elementary.
• Mathematics, computer science and games: Second place, Paloma Santos of Laurelglen Elementary.
• Heat chemistry and physics: Third place, Kristin Redner of Laurelglen Elementary.
• Food and health science: Second place,  Antonia Vladimirov of Sing Lum Elementary; and special recognition, Tanner Henderson of Berkshire Elementary.
• Physics: First place,  Akane Takahashi of Hart Elementary; second place, Tiffany Yeh of Stockdale Elementary; and third place, Josh Dhaliwal, Reagan Elementary.
Intermediate division, fifth grade
(Not eligible for the state science fair)
• Astronomy, earth, and environmental science: First place,  Adam Julander of Hart Elementary.
• Chemistry and chemical reactions: Second place, Kendra Jauch of Sing Lum Elementary.
• Engineering, mathematics, and games: Second place, Schuyler Borges of Hart Elementary; third place, Jonathan Abbott of Castle Elementary; and honorable mention,  Aaron Aragon of Sandrini Elementary.
• Heat chemistry and physics: Second place, Aaron Blazer of Van Horn Elementary; third place, Patrick Crowley of Stockdale Elementary; and honorable mention, Sam McGrath of Hart Elementary.
• Food and health science: Second place, Andrew Wilbur of St. John’s Lutheran School.
• Materials and consumer science: Third place, Kevin Casillas of Buena Vista Elementary.
• Physics: Second place,  Aleesha Somani of Reagan Elementary; and honorable mention, Kayla Olivas of Panama Elementary.
• Plant biology: Honorable mention, Noah Holle of St. John’s Lutheran School.
The 2007 Kern County Regional Science Fair Award for Excellence, for grades nine through 12, was given to Sirsha Grandhe of Stockdale High.

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