Gilroy Unified School District
Project Awards 2010
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascencion Solorsano Middle School | Sarah | Brown | Clara Isabel | Virgen-Silva | 3rd Place Award - $100 Cash and cert, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | How will Different pH Levels Affect Daphnia and Duckweed? (Zoology) | 7 |
| Cathleen | Johnson | Samantha My | Dolan | $100 Cash Award, certificate, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | The Glowing Plants (Botany) | 6 | |
| Gianfranco Fabrizio | Filice | 1st Award, Physics Category | Will a Large Crystal With a Small Antenna Work Just As Well As a Small Crystal Radio With a Large Antenna (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Lucas | Miller | 1st Award, Physics Category | Does a Rocket that Spins When it Climbs in Altitude go Higher Than a Rocket that Doesn't Spin? (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Connections computer accessories, Kitislazender sports deluxe sling, magnetic floating pen/holder, certificates, and certificate holders, United States Air Force | |||||||
| Peter Brendan | Peddie | 1st Award, Physics Category | Does a Rocket that Spins When it Climbs in Altitude go Higher Than a Rocket that Doesn't Spin? (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Connections computer accessories, Kitislazender sports deluxe sling, magnetic floating pen/holder, certificates, and certificate holders, United States Air Force | |||||||
| Dawn | O'Connor | Giovanni DoValle | Aviles | 1st Award, Physics Category | What is the Effect of Scotch Tape on X-ray Production in a Vacuum? (Physics) | 8 | |
| $75 Cash Award plus Certificate and holder, Varian Medical Systems | |||||||
| 1st place student- Middle School - $100 plus cert, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | |||||||
| Bridget Lee | Brown | Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | The Effect of Caffeine, Tobacco, and Nicotine on Heart Rate in Daphnia magna. (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 7 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement, signed by Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service Award | |||||||
| Brent Daly | Butler | 1st Award, Botany Category | How Will the Salt Percent Threshhold in the Fast Plants Affect its Next Generation Offspring? (Botany) | 8 | |||
| Jordan | Carrasco | HM Certificate of Award (from National APA org), American Psychological Association | Pick Me, Pick Me! Would you Choose This or That? (Behavioral / Social) | 7 | |||
| Katrina Gabrielle | Carter | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Is UV vis Lethal to Acne Bacteria? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 7 | |||
| Heidi Helene | Costello | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Effect of Non-Point Source Pollution on Daphnia magna Viability (Environmental Sciences) | 7 | |||
| 1st Place - Multi-volume Set of Books on the Marine Environment, Monterey Bay Aquarium | |||||||
| Certificate, NOAA Medallion, letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |||||||
| Haleigh Ann | Dalke | Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category | What is the Effect of Doubling and Omitting the Ingredients Have on the Texture of Chocoolate Chip Cookies (Chemistry) | 8 | |||
| Alison Adair | Day | Third Place MS--$50 plus cert, RAE Systems | Optimal Ethanol Production Time (Environmental Sciences) | 7 | |||
| Katie | Guardino | HM Certificate of Award (from National APA org), American Psychological Association | Pick Me, Pick Me! Would you Choose This or That? (Behavioral / Social) | 7 | |||
| Sinead Megumi | Jernigan | 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | What Are the Long-Term Effects of Phosphorous Compounds and Medicine Run-Off Seperately and Synergistically on Aquatic Life? (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| 1st place- $50, certificate, and voucher for course materials and attendance at a safe boating course., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | |||||||
| Gardening Book & $25 class voucher, Common Ground Organic Garden Supply & Education Center | |||||||
| Hannah Louise | Marquez | Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | What is the Affect of Cinnamon on Mouth Bacteria? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 7 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement, signed by Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service Award | |||||||
| Safieh | Moshirfatemi | Certificate, NOAA Medallion, letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | What is the Effect of Runoff From a Golfcourse Below and Above the Course? (Environmental Sciences) | 7 | |||
| Alondra | Navarro | 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | What Effect, if any, Does Air Pollution Have on the Growth of a Vanessa cardui Butterfly? (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| Aliyah Nicole | Purnell | HM Certificate of Award (from National APA org), American Psychological Association | Pick Me, Pick Me! Would you Choose This or That? (Behavioral / Social) | 7 | |||
| Katelyn Marie | Visnaw | 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | What is the Effect of Exposure Time on UV Light Bacteriocidal Activity in E. coli (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 7 | |||
| James Bradford | Walling II | Certificate, NOAA Medallion, letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Do the Turbidity and Dissolved Oxygen Levels of Little Arthur Creek Change from Upstream to Downstream? (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| GR 6-8 : 2nd Place Award - $75 Gift card plus cert, California Water Environment Association | |||||||
| Honorable Mention MS - cert, American Society of Civil Engineers | |||||||
| Malina | Tarasco | Josh William | Bassi | Honorable Mention, Botany Category | Which Plant Will Absorb the Most Lead (Botany) | 6 | |
| Alea | Furushiro | 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | Which Type of Earbud Material Collects the Most Bacteria? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 6 | |||
| Nicole Kelly | Holder | 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | Which Type of Earbud Material Collects the Most Bacteria? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 6 | |||