WCHS Students Awarded at ACSI Regional Science Fair
Posted April 20th, 2009 in High School, HS Special Events Comments Off
April 3, 2009 was a special day for WCHS as Charlie Pisuraj and Paige Park went to the ACSI Regional Science Fair which was held at Biola University in La Mirada. They each received a ribbon for their project.
This is the first year that Western Christian High School has participated. Charlie and Paige chose to do a team project in the Life Sciences. They were studying the effects of different colored light on the growth of Oregano. They used red green and white light to test their hypothesis.
So what were the results? Red light makes the oregano grow faster, but white light makes more oregano plants sprout overall. Green light made the oregano sprouts even brighter green in color!
Students and faculty alike got to experience a wide variety of the sciences at the fair. There were different demonstrations for everyone to see including a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and gas chromatography (burning gasoline to see what chemicals are in it).
Also, Biola University has its very own archeological site on campus (rare indeed!) with which they train their archeology students. The site was discovered several years ago while construction work was going on. The campus is located on what was a large lake long ago. The largest animal found at this site? A mammoth!
There were other demonstrations in sound, light and motion. People could test their reaction times, gripping strength. There was even a polygraph test! All in all, everyone had a fun time!
