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The 2012 Arizona Science 
Olympiad State Tournament

A visual tour of some events

By Bette Sharpe Glendale Daily Planet

The 2012 Arizona Science Olympiad State Tournament Division C was held Saturday, March 3 at Glendale Community College, 6000 W. Olive Avenue, Glendale, Arizona.  Registration began at 6:45 a. m. on Saturday.  It was estimated that 400 students, coaches and a few parents came from around the state to participate.  Teams from grades 9-12 will compete with each other in 26 different events.

The AZ Science Olympiad - Division C state tournament is hosted by GCC
and affiliated with the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science

DETAILED SCORES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2151. This solar over melted a marshmallow worthy of a S'more.  Young scientist, Zimo Han holds both parts of his solar oven.  The marshmallow was in in empty area of the black bottom part in his right hand.  He is already planning to make some improvements to his design for next year.  Zimo Has is a junior at University High School in Tuscon.		Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. Josh Brock, Coach Nancy Gifford and Caleb Turdy of Push Ridge Christian Academy.
Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2155. Sarah Arnold from Cienega High School. Vail, Arizona, is at the controls while Dan Puffer, and Bill Puffer are evaluating her demonstration.  The robot is Mario.		Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2158. This robot has five motors and doing a pretty good job lifting the PVC pipe and then placing that pipe in one of the containers.  The robot must stay within the box outlined on the floor in blue tape.  The description for the Robot Arm competition read that participants will design, build and test a robotic arm similar to those used int industry before coming to the competition.  The arm's ability to sort objects is demonstrated while its ability to do so are evaluated.
Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2130. Josh Brock and Caleb Turdy of Push Ridge Christian Academy attend to their helicopter under the watchful eye of the official.		Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2169. Sarah Arnold of Cienega High School looks pleased to have completed this event .
Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2021 Xavier and Michael Rodriguez of Skyline Tech, Ahwatukee, Arizona ready their helicopter in the Helicopter competition.  Students were instructed to constructed and tested their free flight rubber-power helicopters prior to the tournament to maximize flight time.		Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. Two students add sand to the gray bucket to test the strength of their tower.  The more sand is added until, usually, the towers breaks.  The sand is weighed and helps to determine the team's score.
Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2182. This is not what this team wanted to happen so early in the demonstration.		Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. Some of the models for this year's Wind Watts competition were complex, like this one.
Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2221. Luca Valente of Empire High School is on his school's Red Team.  He carefully adjust his device in front of the wind tunnel as supervisor and Judge Gary Campbell looks on.		Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2213 George Barela shows one of the notebooks accompanying a hand crafted device that will hopefully convert wind generated from a standard 19 " box fan and tunnel to DC electric power.  the paperwork is a necessary component of the requirements.
Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2283. Patrick Seykora and Rob Dusz prepare their gravity vehicle ready for its run.		Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. Kyle Bloom watches his helicopter fly.
Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2315. Agripina Paluch, Arizona Science Olympiad State Director, stands in front of the estimated 400 high school students who participated in this year's Olympiad. Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 2303. Ribbons were given to teams placing 7th, 6th 5th and 4th, place.  Medallions were given to teams placing 3rd, 2nd and 1st.
Submitted to-/Glendale Daily Planet Catalina Foothills takes home the trophy for overall best performance in the 2012 Arizona Science Olympiad. The picture sent  shows both Blue (1st place) and Silver (3rd place) teams together.

The AZ Science Olympiad - Division C state tournament is hosted by GCC
and affiliated with the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science

*2012 Arizona Tournament - Results by event

• Anatomy & Physiology - This event encompasses the anatomy and physiology of selected body systems, this year limited to respiratory, excretory & digestive systems.

• 1st        St. Gregory College Prep    Jessica Couch, Bonnie Sang
• 2nd        Empire-Red    Sirtay Singh, Jishian Ravinthiran
• 3rd        University-Black    Ly Pham, Harmony Zhang
• 4th        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Kevin Lin, Harrison Jacobs
• 5th        Corona del Sol    Lihong Tang, Daydep Kothapalli
• 6th        Desert Mountain-Maroon    Christina Huff, Hannah Murphy
• 7th        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Angela Liu, Jacquelyn Desa

• Astronomy- Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of mathematics and physics relating to stellar evolution and Type Ia supernova events.

• 1st        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Juliet Wilhelm, Reena Debray
• 2nd        Corona Del Sol    Simona Kovatcheva, Patric Cao
• 3rd        Accelerated Learning Lab    Navid Sohrab, Tianyu Xu
• 4th        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Shoujit Banerjoe, Peter Angeli
• 5th        SSA-Tucson    Rizwan Zaki, Patrick Dearborn
• 6th        McClintock    Kaitlyn Kartchner, Evelyn Postelnicu
• 7th        Empire-Red    Sumedha Ravishankar, Alex Frank

• Chemistry Lab - Teams will answer a series of questions and/or perform laboratory processes focused on the areas of oxidation/reduction and periodicity.

• 1st        Saguaro-Black    Sidney Stoffer, Nolan Oster
• 2nd        Desert Mountain-Gray    Alex Newmann, Brendan Cahill
• 3rd        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Anjgela Liu, Peter Angeli
• 4th        Accelerated Learning Lab    Zhiyuan Lin, Tianyu Xu
• 5th        Canyon del Oro-Green    Jeannie Wilkening, Abigail O'Connor
• 6th        University-Black    William Lee, Jimmy Yao
• 7th        University-White    Shueyang Sun, Kenny Tran

• Disease Detectives - Students will use their investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health, and disability in populations or groups of people with a focus on food borne illness.
  • 1st        Catalina Foothills-White    David Hung, Ellen Green
  • 2nd        Hamilton    Naomi Jing, Nissrin Chiban
  • 3rd        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Addy McCourt, Brandon Hum
  • 4th        Mountain Pointe-Maroon    Jessica Zho, Lauren McDonald
  • 5th        University-Black    Ly Pham, Harmony Zhang
  • 6th        University-White    Jerine Hu, Yurika Isoe
  • 7th        Corona Del Sol    Lihong Tang, Deydeep Kothapalli
    
    
• Dynamic Planet - Students will use process skills to complete tasks related to Earth’s fresh waters.
  • 1st        Saquaro-Black    David Maples, Trevor Van engelhoven
  • 2nd        Corona del Sol    Jean Juang, Simona Kovatcheva
  • 3rd        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Shoujit Banerjee, brandon Hum
  • 4th        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Reena Debray, Ellen Green
  • 5th        University-Black    Charlie Boa, Monique Tran
  • 6th        Canyon del Oro-Green    Brittany Rudolph, Jeannie Wilkening
  • 7th        Empire-Red    Lauren Rosen, Samantha Schuster
    
    
• Experimental Design - Given a set of unknown materials and parameters, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up a controlled experiment.
  • 1st        Empire-Red    Lauren Rosen, Samantha Schuster, Sumedha Ravishanker
  • 2nd        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Samud Cotter, Abby McCourt, Shoujit Bonirjee
  • 3rd        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Reena Debray, David Hung, Hiromi Migawaki
  • 4th        Desert Mountain-Maroon    Munica Urity, Eric Juariz, Mikitha Ramohalli
  • 5th        Desert Vista    Jestin Cavanough, Joseph Ohem, Michael Wang
  • 6th        McClintock    Kaitlyn Kartchner, Eveline Postelnika, Melina Gariboric
  • 7th        Accelerated Learning Lab    Storm Dotoon, Matine Yuksel, Monica Seng
    
    
• Fermi Questions - A “Fermi Question” is a science related question that seeks a fast, rough estimate of a quantity, which is either difficult or impossible to measure directly. For example, the question “How many drops of water are there in Lake Erie?” requires an estimate of the volume of a drop, the volume of Lake Erie from its approximate dimensions and conversion of units to yield an answer. Answers should be an estimate within an order of magnitude recorded in power(s) of ten.
  • 1st        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Jack Sorrell, Dante Archangeli
  • 2nd        Accelerated Learning Lab    Zhiyuan Liu, Matine Yursel
  • 3rd        Desert Mountain-Maroon    Vidur Gupta, Shane Kravetz
  • 4th        Saguaro-Black    Daniel Simonson, Nolan Oster
  • 5th        Coronado    Charlie Unfricht, Alyssa Hallas
  • 6th        University-Black    Conrad Hom, Shelby Yuan
  • 7th        Corona Del Sol    Michael Kim, Dong-Hyuun Kim
    
    
• Forensics - Given a scenario and some possible suspects, students will analyze evidence to solve a crime.
  • -1st        Saguaro-Gold    Bailey Scalise, Nyssa Burdick
  • 2nd        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Abby McCouft, Peter Angeli
  • 3rd        Accelerated Leaning Lab    Estefania Ortiz, Crystal Nunez
  • 4th        Empire-Red    Sumedha Ravishoukavi, Samantha Schuster
  • 5th        Morenci    Frank Oyas, Crawford Peterson
  • 6th        Canyon del Oro-Gray    Marnah Ahmael, Judi Pablano
  • 7th        Mountain Pointe-Maroon    Jessice Zho, Lauren McDonald
    
    
• Forestry - This event will test knowledge of North American trees on the official list.
  • 1st        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Sam Cotter, Jacquelyn Desa
  • 2nd        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Kevin Lin, Hiromi Miyawaki
  • 3rd        Empire-Red    Lula Valenti, Anziza Othroa
  • 4th        University-Black    Chris Chan, Ly Pham
  • 5th        Saguaro-Gold    Bailey Salise, Patricia Seykora
  • 6th        Canyon del Oro-Green    Jakub SaFar, Brittany Rudolph
  • 7th        Saguaro-Black    Adrianna Linz, Trevor Thiss
    
    
• Gravity Vehicle - Competitors must construct a ramp and a vehicle that uses gravitational potential energy as its sole means of propulsion. The vehicle must be able to travel a specified distance, and the competitor must be able to predict the time it takes to travel that distance.
  • 1st        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Jack Sorrell, Abby McCourt
  • 2nd        Catalina foothills-White    David Hurg, Bryan Hu
  • 3rd        Accelerated Learning Lab    Crystal Nunez, Navid Sohrad
  • 4th        Saguaro-Black    Trevor Van Engelhoven, David Maples
  • 5th        University-White    Hannah Gardner, Ariana Parrish
  • 6th        Desert Mountain-Gray    Varun Gupta, Alex Neumann
  • 7th        Skyline Technical    Ana Martinez, Delora Griffeth
    
    
• Helicopters - Students will construct and test free flight rubber-powered helicopters prior to the tournament to maximize flight times. Performance of helicopters will be evaluated on site.
  • 1st        Corona Del Sol    Ziming Dong, Daniel D'Sorza
  • 2nd        Saguaro-Gold    Harrison Whyte, Destiny Hulgan
  • 3rd        University-White    Hannah Gardener, Daniel Manjooron
  • 4th        University-Black    Henry Lei, Sam Colaya
  • 5th        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Frank Jiang, Osama Miyawki
  • 6th        Accelerated Learning Lab    Monica Seng, Zhiyuan Lin
    
  • 7th        McClintock    Eveline Postelnica, Kyle Bloom
    
    
• Microbe Mission - Teams will answer questions, solve problems and analyze data pertaining to microorganisms.
  • 1st        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Kali Cornn, Brandon Hum
  • 2nd        Empire-Red    Sumedha Ravishankar, Lauren Roger
  • 3rd        University-Black    Shelby Yuan, Chris Chan
  • 4th        Desert Mountain-Maroon    Christina Huff, Joe Nuremberg
  • 5th        Desert Vista    Alex Sohn, Glen Fitzgerald
  • 6th        St. Gregory    Jaxon Rickel, Bonnie Sang
  • 7th        Mountain Pointe-Gold    Alex Stoben, Allen Wilburn
    
    
• Optics - Teams compete in activities and answer questions related to geometric and physical optics.
  • 1st        Accelerated Learning Lab    Yangwentao Fang, Tianyu Xu
  • 2nd        Centennial    Josh Smith, Stephen Smith
  • 3rd        Corona del Sol    Max Yang, Joseph Park
  • 4th        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Jason Wang, Juliet Wilhelm
  • 5th        University-Black    Mengda Qi, Henry Lei
  • 6th        Empire-Red    Samantha DeBonis, Edward Van Alst
    
  • 7th        SSA-Davis Monthan    Erik Wankasky, Tristan Fatula
    
    
• Protein Modeling - Students will use computer visualization and online resources to guide them in constructing physical models of proteins. For the 2012 competitions, students will model proteins involved in the regulation of apoptosis.
  • 1st        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Kali Cornn, Angela Liu, Osamu Miayawaki
  • 2nd        Corona Del Sol    Michael Kim, Jean Juang, Dong-Hyun Kim
  • 3rd        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Harrison Jacobs, Julia Ni, Wendy Wang
  • 4th        University-Black    Mengda Qi, Sam Celaya
  • 5th        Desert Mountain-Gray    Taylette Nunez, Aditi Poduval,
  • 6th        Accelerated Learning Lab    Sandra Kay, Steven Flores, Soomin Jeong
  • 7th        Empire-Red    Lacey Jones, Sirtaz Singh
    
    
• Remote Sensing - Teams use maps and remote sensing technology to explain human impact on the Earth.
  • 1st        Canyon del Oro-Green    Jeannie Wilkening, Brittany Ruddolph
  • 2nd        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Kali Cornn, Jack Sorrell
  • 3rd        Hamilton    Allie Sedgwick, Elizabeth Bradley
  • 4th        Corona Del Sol    Jean Juang, Thamihola Edimsoonyce
  • 5th        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Julia Ni, Bryan Hu
  • 6th        Empire-Black    Blazius Nimrichter, Sydney Miller
  • 7th        McClintock    Julia Weiss, Thelesa Labato
    
    
• Robot Arm - Participants will design, build and test a robotic arm similar to those used in industry prior to the competition. This arm’s ability to sort objects will be demonstrated and evaluated.
  • 1st        Accelerated Learning Lab    Wyall Ingalls, Cymon King
  • 2nd        Saguaro-Black    Daniel Simonson, Woody Johnston
  • 3rd        Catalina Foothills-White    Sutton Hathorn, Alex Szwaykowdki
  • 4th        Cienega    Sarah Arnold
  • 5th        University-Black    Sam Calaya, Henry Lin
  • 6th        Corona Del Sol    Carter Dote
  • 7th        Saguaro-Gold    Zach Colwell, Robert Dusz
    
    
• Rocks & Minerals - Teams will demonstrate their knowledge of rocks and minerals.
  • 1st        Mountain Pointe-Maroon    Tim Chan, Raphael D'sa
  • 2nd        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Kevin Lin, Hirami Miyawaki
  • 3rd        Catalina Foothills- blue    Sam Cotter, Jacquelyn DeSa
  • 4th        University-Black    Atticus Wolf, Chris Chan
  • 5th        St. Augustine    David Eluer, Sean Farley
  • 6th        Saguaro-Black    Sage Beumgarten, Patrick Amlijell
    
  • 7th        Desert Mountain-Gray    Alec Whitaker, Hom Pyan
    
    
• Sounds of Music - Prior to the competition each team must build two different instruments, of any type, based on a 12 tone tempered scale, prepare to describe the principles behind their operation, and be able to perform a major scale, a required melody and a chosen melody with each instrument.
  • 1st        Accelerated Learning Lab    Steven Flores, Soomin Jeong
  • 2nd        University-Black    Harmony Zhang, Xiao Wang
  • 3rd        Saguaro-Black    Woody Johnston, Nolan Ostar
  • 4th        Saguaro-Gold    Patrick Seykora, Moraelin Hicks
  • 5th        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Frank Jiang, Andrew Good
  • 6th        Morenci    Christopher Montano, Carlos Ogas
  • 7th        McClintock    Karen Chang, Devin Crow
    
    
• Technical Problem Solving - Teams will gather and process data to solve problems.
  • 1st        Corona Del Sol    Joseph Park, Max Yang
  • 2nd        Desert vista    Michael Wang, Justin Cavanaugh
  • 3rd        Coronado    Charlie Unfricht, Alyssa Hallas
  • 4th        University-Black    Conrad Hom, Charlie Bao
  • 5th        Accelerated Learning Lab    Jerry Lin, Storm Dotson
  • 6th        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Samuel Cotter, Dante Archangeli
  • 7th        Desert Mountain-Maroon    Maegan Lu, Naveen Dasari
    
    
• Thermodynamics- Teams must construct an insulated device prior to the tournament that is designed to retain heat. Effectiveness will be evaluated on site. Students must also complete a written test on thermodynamic concepts.
  • 1st        Accelerated Learning Lab    Storm Dotson, Matine Yuksel
  • 2nd        Desert Mountain-Maroon    Nikitha Ramohalli, Susan Sajadi
  • 3rd        University-Black    Mangda Qi, Andrew Loucks
  • 4th        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Osamu Miyawaki, Frank Jiang
  • 5th        Saguaro-Black    Nolan Oster, Patrick Almhjell
  • 6th        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Wendy Wang, Jason Wang
  • 7th        Corona Del Sol    Joseph Park, Atreya Tadepalli
    
    
• Towers - Team members design and build the most efficient load-bearing tower.
  • 1st        Accelerated Learning Lab    Estefania Ortiz-Satiago, Ryan Fang
  • 2nd        Saguaro-Gold    Tiffany Wei, Moraelin Hicks
  • 3rd        Corona Del Sol    Ziming Doug, Daniel D'Souza
  • 4th        Paragon Science Academy    Abdurahman Hashi, Senan Smoudi
  • 5th        Pusch Ridge Christian    Eric Strong, Jonathan Vos
  • 6th        University-Black    Mengda Qi, Henry Lei
  • 7th        Desert Vista    Michael Wang, Joseph Chen
    
    
• Water Quality - This event will focus on evaluating aquatic environments.
  • 1st        Accelerated Learning Lab    Sandra Kay, Monica Seng
  • 2nd        Desert Mountain-Maroon    Joe Nuernberg, Christina Huff
  • 3rd        Canyon del Oro-Green    Brittany Rudolph, Jeannie Wilkening
  • 4th        Empire-Red    Anniza Othon, Tishian Ravinthiran
  • 5th        Mountain Pointe-Maroon    Raphael D'sa, Megan Kilgore
  • 6th        Hamilton    Savannah Pearson
  • 7th        Marana-Gold    Jake Rochester, Vanyel Trickey

• Write It /Do It - A technical writing exercise where students write a description of a contraption and other students will attempt to recreate it using only the written description.

• 1st        Cienega    Jamie Hernandez, Kari Matthias
• 2nd        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Marina Archangell, James Xu
• 3rd        Saguaro-Black    Micole Jakebzyk, Sidney Stoffer
• 4th        McClintock    Karen Chang, Devin Crow
• 5th        Empire-Black    Vanessa Match, Elizabeth Crooks
• 6th        University-Black    Harmony Zhang, Xiau Wang
• 7th        Willow Canyon    Britnee Ford, Samantha Fultz

• Math Applications - Participants apply problem-solving techniques to a set of practical mathematics problems relating to science and technology. Description posted on web page.
  • 1st        Accelerated Learning Lab    Jerry Liu
  • 2nd        University-Black    Xiau Wang
  • 3rd        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Bryan Hu
  • 4th        Corona Del Sol    Max Yang
  • 5th        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Jack Sorrell
  • 6th        Mountain Pointe-Black    Alex Nguyen
  • 7th        Holbrook     Random Skevington

   

• Solar  Power - In advance of the tournament, students will design and construct a device that uses solar thermal energy to bring food items to a specified temperature as rapidly as possible. They will be able to explain the principles of their design and show relevant testing data.
  • 1st        Desert Mountain-Gray    Austin Hardy, Tim Kaing
  • 2nd        University-Black    Atticus Wolf, Sam Celaya
  • 3rd        St. Gregory    Jodi Rickel
  • 4th        Catalina Foothills-Blue    Marina Archangeli, James Xu
  • 5th        Catalina Foothills-Silver    Sutton Hathorn, Alex Szwaykowski
  • 6th        Joy Christian    Lyzi Westfall, Merielle Alvorado, Corinne Belbe
  • 7th        Empire-Red    Laca Valente, Lacey Jones

   

• Wind Watts - This event requires participants to design and construct a device that will convert wind generated from a standard 19” box fan and tunnel to DC electric power.
  • 1st        University-Black    Conrad Hom, Attdius Wolf
  • 2nd        University-White    Jasper Sia, Alex Mercer
  • 3rd        Accelerated Learning Lab    Steven Flores, Navid Sohrab
  • 4th        Catalina foothills-Silver    Sutton Hathow, Eli Pivo
  • 5th        Saguaro-Gold    Wil Gilbreath, Grayson Meadows
  • 6th        Corona Del Sol    Carter Pote
  • 7th        Joy Christian    Jonathon Rodriguez, Gregory Taylor

The Arizona Regional Brain Bee at Midwestern University’s Glendale Campus

On Wednesday, February 15, Midwestern University welcomed some of Arizona’s top high school students for the annual Arizona Regional Brain Bee, an educational competition similar to a spelling bee that focuses on neuroscience. The 2012 Arizona Regional Brain Bee at Midwestern University was presented in partnership with the BHHS Legacy Foundation.

The Arizona Regional Brain Bee at Midwestern University’s Glendale Campus, presented in partnership with the BHHS Legacy Foundation, took place on February 15th. The Brain Bee is similar to a spelling bee, except that high school students answer questions about the brain and the central nervous system. Desert Vista High School’s Rajeev Parvathala took home top individual honors, while Corona Del Sol High School won first place in the team judging. First prize was a $2,000 scholarship to Midwestern University and paid expenses to help the winner compete in the National Brain Bee in Washington, D.C.

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