During the four-county regional fair held April 15-16, more than 75,000 fourth through twelfth grade students from Riverside, Inyo, Mono and San Bernardino (RIMS) counties competed for 765 slots.  Students received gold, silver and bronze medals, with the top two winners in each category in the Junior and Senior divisions selected to participate at the state level.  Thirty-four students from the Fontana Unified School District participated in the 2007 Inland Area Science and Engineering Fair at the National Orange Show and one student, Ernesto Nunez from Fontana High School, will be advancing to State.

Individual and group projects were judged in 19 categories of science - from microbiology to zoology, math and physics to electronics, and consumer sciences to earth sciences.  Only gold medal winners in the junior and senior divisions advance to the state competition.  In addition to our Gold Medalist, Ernesto Nunez, we also had several students win silver and bronze medals.

Silver Medal Winners

Junior/Senior Division

Angelica Guzman and Nicole Proels - Sequoia MS
Earth Science/Material Science (Team Project)
To Cultivate or not to Cultivate

Jose Jimenez - North Tamarind ES
Applied Mechanics Structures & Mechanisms/Mathematics and Software
Solar Angeles

Elementary Division

Ashleah Barrera - Hemlock ES
Consumer Science
Which diaper has the best absorbency?

Vanessa Diaz - Live Oak ES
Earth Science Environmental Education
Water Filtration

Rebecka Smith - Palmetto ES
Biology Animals and Other Kingdoms
Forever Young - Does Vitamin E slow down the aging process?

Jacob Randolph - Palmetto ES
Earth Science Environmental Education
Soil pH in the Inland Empire

Erik Maestre and Abraham Robles - Redwood ES
Physics (Team Project)
Going Green with Gray Water

Bronze Medal Winners

Senior/Junior Division

Elizabeth Jimenez and Janel Preciado - Sequoia MS
Earth Science (Team Project)
Not What You See

Jezyca Hernandez - Truman MS
Biochemistry/Chemistry
I'm Melting

Emmanuel Moncada, Crystal Romero and Karina Vega - North Tamarind ES
Earth Science/Material Science (Team Project)
Time for Decomposing

Jennifer Moreno - Sequoia MS
Environmental Science
Washed Away!

Pablo Parisi - Truman MS
Biochemistry/Chemistry
Which temperature effects rubber most

Vincente Martinez - Ruble MS
Applied Mechanics Structures & Mechanisms/Mathematics and Software (Individual)
Catapult and Rubber Bands

Stephanie Raguse - Fontana MS
Earth Science/Material Science
Ice, Ice, B.B.

Ryan Mota - Fontana MS
Environmental Engineering/Engineering Science
How do different types of fertilizers affect plant growth

Mayra Acuna - North Tamarind ES
Microbiology Plant Biology
Which way down?

Elementary Division

Samantha Lopez - Live Oak ES
Consumer Science
Which color candle burns the fastest?

Christopher Mims - Tokay ES
Physics
Making Electronics Move

Samuel Murillo - Tokay ES
Physics
Surface Travel

Bryana Acosta - Hemlock ES
Biology Animals and Other Kingdoms
The Amazing Heart

Joshua Johnson - Chaparral ES
Chemistry
Blowing Up

Mia Camden - Canyon Crest ES
Chemistry
Fire Up the Molecules

April You - Sierra Lakes ES
Consumer Science
How textiles affect the Ice's Melting

Nataly Morales - Live Oak ES
Physics
Which bulb is cooler?

At the state science fair to be held on May 19-20 in Los Angeles, more than 1000 students in grades 6-12 from 350 schools across the state will compete for awards totaling more than $50,000.

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