Triumph at Science Fair!
April, 2009
Trinity students were awarded some top honors at the recent ACSI Science Fair.
6 teams from our logic school participated in the regional ACSI science fair at Biola on April 3. The following students received medals:
First place for 6th-8th grade Physical Science team project: Jacey Massetto & Kat Waschak for "Got Distance?" They evaluated ways to increase launch distance of a trebuchet.
Second Place for 6th-8th grade Life Science team project - Alexa Hobelman, Taylor Totten & Brittany Weistling (pictured at left) for "iConcentrate" which evaluated the affect of different types of music on concentration.
Second Place for 7th grade Physical Science individual project - Grant Wolf for "Putting 101" which evaluated the affect on putting accuracy by adding weights to different locations on a putter head.
Third Place for 7th grade Physical Science individual project - Brenna Mills for "Bouncing Under Pressure" which determined the affect of basketball pressure on bounce height.
In addition, the following students received the highest "superior" rating by science fair judges:
Emily Chebul, Julia Howell and Emily Kim for "Stability Face-Off" which evaluated the relationship between building height and stability during an earthquake.
Christina DeMarois, Miranda Lopez and Cheyenne Tracy for "Got Diapers?" which looked at the relationship between diaper cost and absorbancy. (
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