A pair of local students found success at the 2017 Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship, according to an April 10 announcement from Morgan Hill Unified School District.
Molly Waddington, an eighth grader at Britton Middle School, and Natalya Sanchez, a sixth grader at San Martin/Gwinn Environmental Science Academy, both received Honorable Mention awards among hundreds of student competitors at the Santa Clara County-wide competition.
Waddington’s “Robo Garden” project was recognized with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Intelligent Systems Award in the Physical Science and Engineering Category, according to the press release.
Sanchez’s “Eggshells vs. Fertilizer” experiment earned the Honorable Mention nod in the Biological Science and Engineering category.
Eighteen MHUSD students took part in the county science fair with guidance from science teachers James Levis (Britton), Eileen Resnick (Martin Murphy), Nora Haddad (SM/G) and Vee Zabala (SM/G).
For the annual Synopsys competition, middle school and high school students are challenged to go beyond their classroom studies to do independent project-based research. They can work independently or in teams to address questions in the fields of Computer Science, Environmental Science, Medicine & Health, Chemistry, Biology and a half-dozen other categories.
