Results from 58th Annual Science and Engineering Fair

Winners were announced on Thursday at the San Joaquin County Office of Education of the 58th annual Science and Engineering Fair.

Judges had spent the last two days reviewing 300 individual, group and whole-class projects, submitted by more than 600 K-12 students in the county. Overall, 26 schools from eight school districts, three private schools and three charter schools participated.

Several winners of the fair will proudly represent San Joaquin County in the California State Science Fair in Los Angeles in May. The winners are listed below:

Kindergarten through second grade:

• Class winner: Mrs. Hoptry’s class for “Pop Goes the Kernel” (Bethany Elementary; Lammersville Unified)


• 1st place (tie): Cade Riesenbeck for “Hot Marshmallows” (Dent Elementary; Escalon Unified)


• 1st place (tie): Theodore Harp for “There is More Than One Way to Crack a Nut” (Dent Elementary; Escalon Unified)


• 2nd place: Wyatt Riesenbeck for “Operation Parachute” (Dent Elementary; Escalon Unified)


• 3rd place: Elijah Gori for “Let’s Race” (Lammersville Elementary; Lammersville Unified)

Third through fifth grade:

• 1st place Science: Jordan Prawira for “Egg-cellent Parachute” (Altamont Elementary; Lammersville Unified)


• 1st place Engineering: Genevieve Casazza for “Preventing a Water Pipe from Freezing Without Electricity” (Dent Elementary; Escalon Unified)


• 2nd place: Mathilde Beckman-Forman for “Superhydrophobia Coating” (Wicklund Elementary; Lammersville Unified)


• 3rd place: Jake Bowen for “The Effects of Video Games on Children’s Eyesight” (Bella Vista Christian Academy)

Sixth through eighth grade:

• 1st place Science: Jacqueline Prawira for “Coffee-Doh Battery” (Altamont Elementary; Lammersville Unified)


• 1st place Engineering: Anna Matthews for “Going Green-Water Detector” (Elkhorn School; Lodi Unified)


• 2nd place: Alicia and Ashlyn Roice for “Cure the Burning Heart” (Altamont Elementary; Lammersville Unified)


• 3rd place: Ashley Teele for “Save the Avocado!” (Bethany Elementary; Lammersville Unified)

Ninth through 12th grade:

• 1st place: Baani Minhas for “The Effect of Honey on Shelf Life and Vitamin C Content of Fruits” (Mountain House High School; Lammersville Unified)

Environmental Awards

Environmental Award winners receive cash prizes donated by the San Joaquin County Audubon Society and the Synopsys Outreach Foundation.

• Sanskriti Singh for “Does the Ocean Ever Freeze?” (Altamont Elementary; Lammersville Unified)


• Miles McCarthy for “Filtration Station” (Tom Hawkins Elementary; Jefferson Elementary School District)


• Bernice Lozasa for “Recycling Gray Water” (Questa Elementary; Lammersville Unified)