Student-teacher teams have knack for science Agoura Hills Acorn

20.05.10

Several Oak Park studentteacher science teams won awards recently in the fourth annual Edison Challenge, an environmental competition.

Co-sponsored by Edison International and USC, the contest attracted 67 student-teacher teams from throughout Southern California. Each team submitted an original science project related to energy and the environment. Winners were announced at an awards ceremony at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Television scientist Bill Nye “The Science Guy” was the guest speaker.

A team from Medea Creek Middle School won a first-place award for its project on “energy vampires,” which sought to raise awareness of energy wasted by electrical devices that are turned off but are still plugged into outlets. Just before Halloween the team’s students dressed as vampires and visited Oak Park residents door-to-door delivering brochures with energy-saving tips. In March the student team, led by teacher advisers Sharon Lavene and Elana Levine, organized an informational seminar for the community on residential solar installations. The team won a week on Catalina Island in June to participate in activities at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center.

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