Saturday, 11 May 2013, saw several STEM-related events going simultaneously within the Antelope Valley. Among them were the Tech Trek Awards held at the Palmdale School District Boardroom, where 35 seventh-grade young ladies received certificates acknowledging their scholarships to attend a one-week summer Tech Trek camp at either Whittier College, UC Irvine, or UC Santa Barbara sponsored by AAUW. The keynote speaker for the morning was Taylor Lenton, QHHS grad and chemistry Ph.D. student at Cal Tech.
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| SOAR Prep student Elisa Washington receives Tech Trek scholarship certificate from Sylvia Weiss |
Also on Saturday, the AV Wind Turbine Challenge saw 10 teams from SOAR and 5 from Palmdale High Schools competing in this first annual event held at AV College. The third place team (based on energy output tested in a wind tunnel, as well as innovation and other characteristics judged by Kriss Vanderhyde and Joel Beckmann) was the Hurricaneers, the second place team was named . . . First Place, and the first place team hailed from the FAST Academy at Palmdale High School; winners received cash awards courtesy of TerraGen.
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| Hurricaneers - 3rd place |
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| First Place - 2nd place |
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| CCNC from FAST Academy - 1st place |
Finally, the Agriculture and Environmental Science Academy at Littlerock High School hosted its annual "Ag and Environmental Science Expo" which featured events including soil testing, transplanting, recycling, and a petting zoo, among others.
LHS A&E Academy at Expo 2013
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