未来的发明家和工程师在科学博览会上竞争和学习
2023年4月17日
365彩票在线过滤 hosts 71st annual 新墨西哥 Science and Engineering Fair
索科罗,N.M. – Prompted by challenges posed by wildfires, water shortages, and the COVID-19 pandemic, future scientists, engineers, and inventors showcased their innovative ideas and solutions 参加了由365彩票在线过滤主办的全州竞赛. 第71届新墨西哥州大会 Science and Engineering Fair 2023 was held April 14 and 15, 2023, at the university in 罗, welcoming middle and high school students from across 新墨西哥. The competition featured students’ posters on topics ranging from nutrition to water quality.
Brian Patterson, a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist, said he enjoys judging the competition every year for the opportunity to learn what questions are on the 年轻科学家的思想以及他们如何进行研究.
“It’s very diverse in all the different projects they look at,” he said. “有趣的 thing is talking to the kids about how they did their experiments.”
马里奥•巴尔加斯, a sophomore at Taos Academy Charter School, tested fire retardants’ effects on the environment, including invertebrates such as earthworms. 他的科学 实验测量了蚯蚓的活动和重量.
“It was a big thing,” he said of the aftermath of the spring 2022 wildfires in northern 新墨西哥.
瑞安Tortalita, a 10th-grader at Grants High School, remembers how difficult it was 在COVID-19大流行开始时寻找清洁产品. 他的实验得到了验证 自制的抗高乐湿巾和来苏喷雾的溶液.
“It was hard to find cleaners in 2020,” to stop the spread of germs, he said.
Aditi Ganti, an eighth-grader at AIMS Middle School in Albuquerque, examined the process of desalination of seawater as a way to produce usable water in the future. 她的经历 对职业规划有影响吗.
“I like a wide range of subjects, especially math,” she said, adding that her future most likely will involve a subject in the science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM)领域.
阿丽莎挤瓦尔德, a sixth-grader at Wood Gormley Elementary in Santa Fe, toured the Mineral Museum at the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources during the 科学展览. She’s 考虑到医学、科学和工程.
“我有很多选择,”她说.
NMSEF结果可在以下网址查阅: nmsef.zfairs.com