In a few national-level competitions, our Tesla STEM Green team has finished: Our Magenta and Blue teams did quite well, too. Of our 6 entries, 3 made it into the next round with investors. The theme this year was Debate and Diplomacy in History and each of the Tesla STEM entries finished 1st or 2nd and will progress on to the State competition later this spring. Each group will receive a $100 gift card from Amazon. Thanks to Mrs. Prelerson for her encouragement to her students to participate in the Congressional Apps Challenge Hackathon over this weekend (http://www.congressionalappchallenge.us). The Tesla STEM Model United Nations club attended the annual Washington State Model United Nations Conference on March 2nd and 3rd, where they participated in debates on topics ranging from economics, human rights, world health and international justice. The IOAA is an annual competition for the top astrophysics students from over 40 countries. Places 1-3 will compete at the National competition this summer. The team gratefully acknowledges the support of Ms. Duenas, Mr. Crowe, Ms. Townsend, Mr. Leslie, and Mr. Chan in providing building access, lab and equipment access, and coaching. Grace Von Scheliha and Christina Goto Plant Assisted Learning: The Effect of Epipremnum Aureum on Student Cognition and Neural Oscillations. On Saturday May 4, three Tesla STEM students participated in the Washington State National History Day contest in an attempt to qualify for the National competition in June. Please congratulate these students if you see them! At the IOAA competitors compete in three roundstheory, data analysis, and observationalwhich collectively capture the necessary skills in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The contest has students predict the evolution of a technology (for my class, a biomedical tech) into ten years in the future. And congratulations toone of the three GRAND PRIZE WINNERS who won an all-expense paid trip to Phoenix to compete at ISEF.Aditi Subramanyam for her investigation withIdentifying TEAD Proteins and Disrupting the YAP1/TEAD Complex to Inhibit Oncogenic YAP1 Fusion Proteins. You can use STEM activities in a wide variety of ways with these cool bins. This was the first year our school participated in this Olympiad. Many of these students qualified to attend the National conference at the end of June in Washington DC. Civics It is important to note that while ISEF bids are incredibly note-worthy, so are ALL research projects that students completed across the board during their junior year. The Washington State Chapter of the Technology Student Association held its competition in late March in SeaTac Washington. This past Saturday 14 students from Tesla STEM competed in the State level competition for National History Day. AashrayChegu Vijay. This overall strong performance by Tesla STEM students (including 2 just missed third-place finishes), resulted in Tesla STEM being acknowledged as the 2023 Washington State History Day Outstanding School, Senior Division. Congratulations to Ms. Sheffels's AP Language students who entered and won prizes in the Holocaust Center for Humanity contest! Rohan Iyer Tesla announced the following education grants: $315,550 to FIRST Nevada and $127,100 to Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (VEX) as part of a multi-year investment for the establishment of a quality robotics program at every school in Nevada. Advice from my seat in investing: maintain the discipline of your investment process and be flexible when things dont work out.. Subject Science Grades 2-12 Time 1-2 hrs Student Project: Write a Poem About Space Are you a space poet, and you didn't even know it? Computational Analysis of Methanogen Metabolism Processes in Autotrophic Cyanobacteria for Carbon-Neutral Photosynthetic Methane Production. Award recipients are selected based on their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing; leadership ability; academic history; and plans for post-secondary education. For ExploraVision, the students predict what a current technology will be like 10+ years in the future. Below I have listed all the finalists and semi-finalists from our school some of whom will attend the National Competition in Louisville, Kentucky at the end of June. The top two entries in each of 5 categories at the State contestgo on to the National competition. They will have one more test to potentially qualify for the Final, which involves 10 days of instruction and 2 days of testing at a host university and a chance to represent the US at the International Biology Olympiad in Japan. Excused/Unexcused Absences. Eli Trepte 3rd place, Art: Qualifications. When I was your age, I did not know what a Monte Carlo simulation was. If he makes it through training camp, he will be traveling to Lithuania this summer to participate in international competition! National History Bee and Bowl Competition that strives to promote history education throughout the United States and around the world. Congratulations to Rui and Naman!! Several students from Tesla STEM's newly-formed Astronomy club wrote the USAAAO exam, and one student, Harish Krishnakumar, qualified to the NAC which will take place virtually on March 20th, 2021. March 2021: A total of 18 bio club students participated in the USABO Open Exam, the first oftwo rounds of challenging exams. Please congratulate the following ten groups who placed in the top 15 in the nation in their events: Chemistry Lab: Sebi Kumar & Yuchen Li, 15th, Dynamic Planet: Aashray & Yuchen Li, 1st, Forensics: Rithani Saravanakumar & Anjali Sreenivas, 10th, Remote Sensing: Aashray & Yuchen Li, 4th, Rocks and Minerals: Aashray & Yuchen Li, 1st, Trajectory: Farzad Hasan & Siddhant Porwal, 10th, Cybersecurity: Marcin Anforowicz & Aayush Sheth, 8th, Digital Structures: Marcin Anforowicz & Divij Aswinkumar 12th, Write It CAD It: Prerana Kota & Harish Krishnakumar, 10th. The Tesla team won the JV Division by winning the History Bowl titles, and Maxwell also had a victory in the JV History Bee. While ISEF bids are incredibly note-worthy, so are ALL research projects that students completed across the board during their junior year while engaging in remote learning. Thank you for your continued support of HOSA and the students that have achieved so much. Camas SciOly Invitational (12 December 2020): Team Model S: 1st place; Team Cybertruck: 6th place; Team Model Y: 18th place, Anatomy & Physiology: 1st place, Rohan Iyer & Anjali Sreenivas, Astronomy: 3rd place, Evan Kim & Yuchen Li, Chem Lab: 1st place, Saketh Dhulipalla & Sami Badal Khan, Circuit Lab: 2nd place, Sami Badal Khan & Aaditya Prasad, Code Analysis: 3rd place, Maxwell Soh & Nikhil Mehta, Codebusters: 3rd place, Aayush Sheth, Phillip Araujo, & Sahith Gorty, Designer Genes: 1st place, Nikhil Mehta & Rohan Iyer, Detector Building: 4th place, Sami Badal Khan & Aayush Sheth, Digital Structures: 6th place, Divij Aswinkumar & Evan Li; 3rd place, Neha Madanagopal, Disease Detectives: 1st place, Maxwell Soh & Anjali Sreenivas, Dynamic Planet: 1st place, Yuchen Li & Atharv Dixit, Environmental Chemistry: 1st place, Yuchen Li & Saketh Dhulipalla, Experimental Design: 5th place, Anjali Sreenivas, Aayush Sheth, & Aaditya Prasad, Forensics: 5th place, Harish Krishnakumar & Navaneet Girikumar; 2nd place, Saketh Dhulipalla & Sahith Gorty, Fossils: 5th place, Ethan Liao & Saathvik Somujayabalan; 2nd place, Yuchen Li & Atharv Dixit, GeoLogic Mapping: 1st place, Yuchen Li & Atharv Dixit, Machines: 6th place, Divij Aswinkumar & Saathvik Somujayabalan; 1st place, Evan Kim & Aaditya Prasad, Ornithology: 4th place, Nikhil Mehta & Matthew Lam, Sounds of Music: 1st place, Evan Kim & Phillip Araujo, Water Quality: 1st place, Maxwell Soh & Nikhil Mehta.