Category Awards ~ WSSEF 2015

Best of Grade Category

Grade 1: J. Hazel   Crazy Science 2: Building to Save Matt

Grade 2: V. Adamala   The Effect of Temperature on Magnet Strength

Grade 3: T. Khandekar   Windmill Efficiency

Grade 4:  H. Biane   Beautiful Faces Craniofacial Abnormalities

Grade 5:  M. Hillier   Electromechanical Energy Conversion

Grade 6:  A. Pierce   Testing Tropisms

Grade 7:  I. MacMurchie    Breaking a Spider Web by Subjecting it to Wind Using a Mathematical Model

Grade 8:  S. Weber    Designing a Luminosity Meter to Detect Toxins Using Bioluminescence

 

People’s Choice Award presentation of trophy by GoDaddy

K. Upadhyay; R. Iyer; A. Nagvekar   Fun in the Sun: Fast Track to a Green Future

 

Washington State Science & Engineering Fair Science Student of the Year ~ Gwen Croswaite

H. Biane, Grade 4,    Beautiful Faces Craniofacial Abnormalities  (grades 1-6)

 

Washington State Science & Engineering Fair Science Student of the Year ~ C.J. Croswaite

S. Weber, Grade 8,    Designing a Luminosity Meter to Detect Toxins Using Bioluminescence  (grades 7-8)

 

Washington State Science & Engineering Fair Science Teacher of the Year

Marjorie Yergen, West Valley Junior High, Yakima, WA

 

Washington State Science & Engineering Fair Excellence in Scientific and Engineering School Achievement Awards

Grades 1 – 3:  Hansen Elementary School, Olympia, WA

Grades 4 – 6:  Technology Access Foundation (TAF) Academy, Kent, WA

Grades 7 – 8:  Kent Meridian Middle School, Kent, WA

Grades 9 – 12:  Sunnyside High School, Sunnyside, WA

Washington State Science & Engineering Fair School of the Year

Sunnyside High School, Sunnyside, WA