Los Altos School District

Project Awards 2013

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Blach Intermediate School	Meghan	Greenbaum	Connery Danson	Wood	2nd Award, Chemistry Category	Cooking with Lactose: Breaking it Down (Chemistry)	7
					1st place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, Letter, and IFT Information, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)
					Labcoat, Labcoat Award for Lab Bench Finesse
	Cindy	Kane	Nishita	Sunkara	Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Plastic Problems (Environmental Sciences)	7
Gardner Bullis School	Niki	Mitchell	Jay	Chiruvolu	1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category	Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed (Environmental Sciences)	6
					2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers
					Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society
					Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
			Benjamin Maxwell	Dillon	1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category	Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed (Environmental Sciences)	6
					2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers
					Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society
					Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
			Clark Steen	Webster	2nd Award, Chemistry Category	Gluten Free Brownies (Chemistry)	6
Springer School	Doug	Core	Kenneth Stiles	Derryberry	1st Award, Physics Category	Did I Mention Surface Tension? (Physics)	6
			Rohan Achyuth	Katpally	1st Award, Physics Category	Did I Mention Surface Tension? (Physics)	6