UP, UP AND AWAY AT A.V. SCIENCE FAIR.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- More than 200 Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley eighth-graders took part Friday in an annual math and science fair in which they tested wind-measuring devices they designed and built, rode in a hot-air balloon and met with professionals in the fields of engineering Engineering is a collective term to describe the application of scientific theory in the design, creation, and maintenance of technology. According to 1992 NSF data, the largest fields of engineering are Civil, Electrical / Electronic, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering (by number of , meteorology meteorology, branch of science that deals with the atmosphere of a planet, particularly that of the earth, the most important application of which is the analysis and prediction of weather. , physics, chemistry and math. In keeping with this year's theme, Mojave Winds, some students helped launch and got to ride in a hot-air balloon. ``The first class was the hot-air balloon. I had never been in one before. It was really fun,'' said Rose Anton, a 13-year-old from Palmdale Learning Plaza. ``We blew up the hot-air balloon. He picked two people at a time to go up in it just a little bit. Me and another girl were in it the second time.'' The Bohn-Meyer Math and Science Odyssey is named for Marta Bohn-Meyer, a former chief engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Research Center The Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . The event, held at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. , provides hands-on activities aimed at sparking students' interest in math, science, and technology and promoting interest in careers in those fields. Bohn-Meyer, who was a supporter and regular participant in the event, died in a private plane accident in 2005. Students from 14 schools participated, and there were educational workshops for teachers as well. Part of the day's activities included student teams demonstrating devices they made to measure the direction and speed of the wind. Their devices were built without any electrical components and were judged at the event. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Above, Shae Kellogg, 13, of Amargosa Creek Middle School and Dalia Navarro, 13, of Desert Willow School look inside the hot-air balloon of Stephen Langjahr, a professor of anatomy and physiology at AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C in the Before the Wright Brothers, Lighter-than-Air Flight workshop at the 2007 Bohn-Meyer Math and Science Odyssey at Antelope Valley College. Inset, Caitlin Voracek, 13, and Kellogg, center, both of Amargosa Creek get liftoff with Langjahr. (3) Charles Jones, a research coordinator at Edwards AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , teaches juggling in his Jester Phudd-Juggling Mathematician workshop at the 2007 Bohn-Meyer Math and Science Odyssey. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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