Science Alliance

Science Alliance Presentation

Thank You to Our 2023/24

Science Alliance Sponsor!

Science Alliance is an after-school program available in all SRVUSD high schools created to pair curious and motivated 5th grade students (buddies) with high school students (mentors).

Mentors encourage and guide their buddy on a journey of science and methodical inquiry under the guidance of a credentialed teacher at one of the high schools. 

The year-long journey includes six buddy-mentor meetings, interesting lessons and learning opportunities. The program concludes with a district-wide Science Fair to be held on April 13, 2024, where buddies share the project that they worked on throughout the program. The program has been widely recognized as helping to prepare the 5th graders for middle school lab science and teaches positive role-modeling skills to high school mentors. 

We are pleased to announce the 2023-2024 Science Fair winners:

First Place Winner:

Avani Anand – What’s In Our Stomach?

Second Place Winner:

Aadish Sule – Metal and Liquid Mixology: Finding Battery Brilliance

Third Place Winner:

Akhil Sadasiva – Relaunch Rocket Module

 

Honorable Mention:

Saumyaa Mangla – In-TRUSS-ting Bridges

Finalists:

Maanya Reddy Pratap – How Different Kinds of Flour Impacts Cake
Pratik Patel – What Light Spectrum is Best for Solar Panels?
Marlowe Kim – The Reaction Time Race
Isabella Meng – Making Sustainable Biofabrics from Seaweed and Food Waste
Shristi Pachipulsu – Oxidation of Steel Wool 
Arshi Ayeetha – Iron vs. pH levels
Devyam Dandwekar – Bottle Launch
Shruti Vadapalli – The effect of different memory tricks on memory 
Jacob Lim – Human vs AI Race
Beyant Sethi – Model Rocket Extravaganza

 

A big Thank You to our Science Alliance advisors:

  • Minu Basu
  • Shirley Darroch
  • Matthew Robison
  • Oliver Tuggle
  • Lakshmi Warrier