2025 Science Fair Winners

The Newcomb Academy PTSA is proud to highlight these students for their outstanding, best-in show submissions to the 2025 Science Fair:

Grade 6-8

Best Experiments: 

This category received the most submissions, so we selected one winner from each grade.

Katherine M. (8), who tested the effects of temperature on the rate that candy dissolves in liquid.

Kalliope A. (7), who tested an analogue for the glucose-based "antifreeze" solution that enables wood frogs to survive being frozen in winter.

Declan D. (6), who swabbed rooms in his house and grew the resulting bacteria in petri dishes to determine the dirtiest room. 

Best Research Project:

Finley T. (6), who shared her impassioned learnings about the critically-endangered vaquita porpoise.

Grade 4-5

Best Engineering Design Project:

CW W. (4), who learned to weld and build electronic circuits to construct an automated soda can opener.

Best Experiment:

Lucas B. (4), who tested the wet-or-dry food preferences of 18 different cats.

Best Research Project:

Karina K. (5), who studied the geographic distribution of bird species across the Earth.

Honorable Mention awards

The judges and faculty also selected some honorable mention projects. In alphabetical order:

Brooklyn B. (2): Outstanding Research Project

Piper B. (2): Outstanding Biology Experiment

Mars C. (2): Outstanding Research Project

Evan C. (4): CSULB Women in Computing Club Choice

Olivia E. (5): Outstanding Food Science Experiment

Evelyn F. (3): Outstanding Presentation and Display

Fa'alili F. (2): CSULB SharkSat Team Choice

Cameron H. (3): Outstanding Research Project

Dylan K. (4): CSULB Video Game Development Association Choice

Jaxson K. (3): Scientific Tenacity Award

Grant L. (2): Outstanding Observation Project

Bruno L. (2): Outstanding Research Project

Noah N. (2): Outstanding Botany Project

Audrey P. (K): Future Scientist Award

Mackenzie P. (2): Outstanding Physics Project

Allison S. (6): Outstanding Zoology Experiment

Ariana S. (6): Outstanding Chemistry Experiment

Bowie T. (1): Newcomb Faculty Choice