SCIENCE fair

PROJECT PRESENTATION— Mila-Nai Colon Yau, right, of Thousand Oaks High School presents her project on the synergistic effect of horsetail and ginger on bone density loss in zebrafish to judges at the Ventura County Science Fair on March 9.

Continuing a tradition of scientific excellence, Thousand Oaks students fared well again at this year’s countywide science fair.

Students from Conejo Valley Unified School District’s middle and high schools placed first in several categories, with others coming in the top three of their divisions at the Ventura County Science Fair, now in its 70th year.

The competition took place March 19 at the Ventura County Office of Education conference center, featuring nearly 500 projects, submitted by 650 students from 25 different Ventura County schools.

Local science and education professionals volunteered to serve as judges, and winners were announced March 24.

The annual fair aims to strengthen students’ skills in multiple scientific fields and increase their interest in pursuing science-related careers.

The 35 highest-scoring submissions in the county competition will advance to the California Science and Engineering Fair, which, for the first time will take place in Thousand Oaks. The state-level competition is set for April 12 and 13 at Cal Lutheran University.

Natalie Yip, also of TOHS, took first place in the biochemistry/ molecular biology category and will be competing in an the International Science and Engineering Fair in May.

Thousand Oaks High School student Natalie Yip is the only Ventura County Science Fair participant selected to compete in the International Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held in May in Ohio. Natalie’s project was titled “Investigating the Synergistic Effect of Hesperidin and Fisetin on Aspergillus Niger and Hippodamia Convergens.” This marks the second consecutive year a TOH student has been invited to the competition.

Other local student winners in categories ranging from behavior science to zoology at the county level are as follow: Lauren Edwards, Eden Reichel, Nika Pasandideh, Flora Yuan, Alexa May, Ammon Grano, Andrew Blanco, Benjamin Chung, Chia-Wei Hsiao, Sachi Brar, Grant Stillerman, Inay Vellore, Arth Dalsania, Neev Goudar, Brandon Sorrell and Aryana Azimie, Caleb Romeo, Lotus Ward and Taya Frodis.

—Makena Huey

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