Google Science Fair Hispanic contestants

For those of you that have not heard of the Google Science Fair, it is a competition hosted by Google (of course) intended for children and teenagers from all over the world to participate in.

Thousands of projects from over 100 different countries were considered and many of the final selections were in fact Hispanic kids.

 The Fair consisted of three different age categories 13 to 14, 15 to 16 and 17 to 18 and three different regional categories: the Americas, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), and Asia.

30 finalists were selected from each region, 10 from each age group, making it 90 in total. 11 of these 90 entries were from children in Hispanic countries, two from South America and the other 9 from Spain.

Out of these 90, 21 of the world’s young and brightest scientists were selected to gather at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View in order to present their projects to a panel of esteemed judges.

Projects had very high standards and participants followed a science model similar, if not identical, to one all real scientists use when researching. Projects were expected to consist of a summary, step 1 (About Me), step 2 (The Question), step 3 (Hypothesis), step 4 (Research), step 5 (Experiment and Procedure), step 6 (Data), step 7 (Observations), step 8 (Conclusion), references and acknowledgements.

It is encouraging, if not inspiring, that such young kids are determined and motivated to try to make a difference in the world with their inventions.

One final winner was selected from each age group and a team of three boys from Logrono, Spain won the 15-16 age category with their project entitled “The Secret Life of Water.”

Ivan Hervias Rodriguez, age 17

 

Marcos Ochoa, age 16

 

  Sergio Pascual, age 15

The three boys, Ivan Hervias Hernandez, Marcos Ochoa and Sergio Pascual studied hidden microscropic life in fresh water, documenting and observing the organisms that exist in a drop of water and how these organisms work and influence our environment, at a larger scale.

Ricardo Enrique Alba Torres, age 17

Jessice Bibiana Alba Torres, age 15

 Other Hispanic contestants and winners included; Ricardo Enrique Alba Torres (17) and Jessica Alba Torres, (15) from Bogotá, Colombia, and Alejandro Andres Fuentes Herrera, (15) from Rancagua, Chile.

The contestants from Spain included Carlos Vega García (13) from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Ana María Santos Espósito (13) from Montequinto, Isabel Medrano Sáinz, (14) from Logroño, Pablo González Recio (17), Alvaro Cuevas Alvarez (16), and Alejandro Sánchez Lechón from Madrid, Gonzalo Balbás Moñivas (16) from Madrid, Judith Calvo Rull (16) from La Garriga, Eduardo Sancho Calzada (17), Alejandra Bargues Carot (18) and Laura García Marco (17) from Burjassot, and Adrian Diaz (17), Sandra Garrido Romero (18) from Alcorcon.

Each winner received prizes from Google and their Science Fair partners such as CERN, LEGO, National Geographic and Scientific American.

To check out these contestants' projects and the steps they took to develop such astonishing results, visit Google Science Fair.