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1 Mary Jane Burke March 11, 2019 Marin County Superintendent of Schools 415/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARIN COUNTY SECONDARY SCIENCE FAIR Sixty projects were entered in the Marin County Secondary Science Fair for seventh through twelfth grade students. The projects were on display at the Bay Model Visitor Center in Sausalito from March 5 - March 7, Students developed a hypothesis, tested that hypothesis through data collection and analysis, and then developed conclusions based on their investigations. The Science Fair Program is coordinated by the Marin County Office of Education, under the leadership of Mary Jane Burke, Marin County Superintendent of Schools. A special thanks to all of the volunteers who helped judge the competition and to the teachers and parents who provided support to the students. GRAND PRIZE winners in the Marin County Secondary Science Fair: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Dylan Gibson, 8 th Grade, Project Title: Debunking Bigfoot: Understanding the Causes Behind California Bigfoot Sightings ENGINEERING SCIENCE Andrew Hanna, 8 th Grade, Saint Raphael School Project Title: Seismic Vibration ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Seamus Goulden, 11 th Grade, Sir Francis Drake High School Project Title: San Geronimo Golf Course, Potential Environmental Impacts of Possible Development Scenarios LIFE SCIENCE Adriana Golden, 11 th Grade, The Branson School Project Title: Effects of E-Cigarette Flavor and Nicotine Concentrations on Alveolar Cell Viability 1

2 MATH AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Aurelia Moriyama-Gurish, 11 th Grade, Marin Academy Project Title: Novel Machine Learning: Classification of Tidal Disruption Events PHYSICAL SCIENCE Yael Carranza, 8 th Grade, Saint Raphael School Project Title: Parachutes Are Falling Down The following are Special Recognition Awards given by the organizations listed. The winner of the ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN GEOSCIENTISTS AWARD is: Katherine Saltz, 7 th Grade, Project Title: Heat Under Our Feet The winner of the COOK SILVERMAN SEARCH AWARD is: Aurelia Moriyama-Gurish, 11 th Grade, Marin Academy Project Title: Novel Machine Learning: Classification of Tidal Disruption Events The winner of the MARIN COUNTY DENTAL SOCIETY AWARD is: Adriana Golden, 11 th Grade, The Branson School Project Title: Effects of E-Cigarette Flavor and Nicotine Concentrations on Alveolar Cell Viability The winner of the U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BAY MODEL AWARD is: Joshua Palmateer, 7 th Grade, Project Title: Helping the Drought One Sip at a Time 2

3 Winners by Category and Grade: Place Name School BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Sasha Grewal Cole Nadershahi Elizabeth Roper & Jack Suchodolski ENGINEERING SCIENCE Nicholas Hanson Conor Doherty Varun Aruldas ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Collette Treewater Gwynne Spurr Emerald Lin & Sabrina Nguyen Joshua Palmateer Arvin Chaudhuri Piper Egan Grace Bottomley & Devika Menon & Isabella Springer Lori Gerstenfeld & Madeline Wolfson 3

4 LIFE SCIENCE Alex Hobbs Brianna Frade & Siena Hayes Nate Maretzki Ariana Rehman Juliet Reichardt Nedine Ghattas & Aris Sarganis Saint Raphael School Saint Raphael School Shail Belani Georgia Vollert Matthew Kropelnicki Grade 10 Sydney Pearson The Branson School Grade 11 Ariana Brisco-Schofield Sir Francis Drake High School Jordan Paff Marin Academy MATH AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Grade 10 Amrit Baveja The Branson School Grade 11/12 Duncan Bailey (11) & Noah Arias (12) & Austin Patel (12) 4

5 PHYSICAL SCIENCE Haley Lakritz Katherine Salz Asa Dunn & Jordan Wadford Jonathan Evers Aria Saluja Preston Cook Ben Bishop Serine Ghattas John Francis Dy Sarah Jackson Andy Lopez & Marcello Maldonado Saint Raphael School Grade 11 Petra Boyd Sir Francis Drake High School Chloe Holder & Madeline Wolfson 5