Mar Vista Students Win L.A. Science Fair

Grand View Elementary students are among seven science teams from several Los Angeles schools to win a 3-day trip to the Santa Monica Mountains for demonstrating their knowledge in the sciences.

More than 60 young scientists from 17 different schools presented their projects to a panel of researchers from institutions such as Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the 22nd annual L.A.’s Celebrate Science Fair that took place on Sunday at California State University, Los Angeles.

Students from Grand View and other schools first competed in local science fairs before reaching the final competition at Cal State. The winners will be treated to a 3-day excursion to NatureBridge, an environmental education center with four California locations and one in Washington. 

The center in the Santa Monica Mountains allows students to experience one of the few Mediterranean-climate biomes in the world. A typical day involves hiking to Sandstone Peak to collect weather data or analyzing litter at Leo Carrillo State Park to learn about human’s impacts on the environment. 

Other winners include students from Anatola, Castelar, Euclid, Harvard, Huerta, Korenstein, and Loreto elementary schools. 

To learn more about the NatureBridge, visit www.naturebridge.org and visit www.lasbest.org for the after school program that sponsored the science fair.