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Friday, May 30, 2008
Santa Barbara Science Fair Results now Online
A complete list of Santa Barbara County Science Fair award winners, including projects that qualified for the state science fair and special award winners, are posted online at SBSciencefair.org.
All Best in Fair and Best in Division awards at the county level went to students in the Santa Barbara High School District.
Best in Fair Winners
- Best in Fair Junior: Mackenzie Spencer, Goleta Valley Junior High, “Spaced Out”
- Best in Fair Senior: Scott Hempy, San Marcos High, “Does Altitude Affect the quantity of Cosmic Rays Detected in a Cloud Chamber”
Best in Division Winners
- Junior Biological: Jaimie Mayner and Alana Petteway, La Colina Junior High, “A Twinkle in Your Eye”
- Junior Behavioral: Mackenzie Spencer, Goleta Valley Junior High, “Spaced Out”
- Junior Environmental: Vy-Luan Huynh, Goleta Valley Junior High, “Effectively Using Iron and Phytoplankton to Sequester Carbon”
- Junior Microbiological: Hannah Giorgi, Goleta Valley Junior High, “Well Water—Ways to Eliminate Iron Bacteria Infestations”
- Junior Physical Science: Brian Pinner, La Colina Junior High, “Magnets: Hot or Cold?”
- Junior Mechanical: Nickolas Zurlinden, Goleta Valley Junior High, “Stability of Rockets”
- Senior Life Science: Kenneth Pessino, San Marcos High School, “A Preliminary Investigation into the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Red Sea Urchins and Kelp Bass”
- Senior Physical Science: Scott Hempy, San Marcos High, “Does Altitude Affect the quantity of Cosmic Rays Detected in a Cloud Chamber”