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Edgewood Academy fifth-grade students Gabriel Carmona, Alexandra Hernandez and Anh'thy Nguyen, jumped for joy when their names were announced as the first-place winners for their project “Water Filter,” at Bassett Unified’s fourth annual District Science Fair on Feb. 21 at Torch Middle School’s Watanabe Center.

Bassett Unified students from across the District gathered to showcase their science fair projects on chemical reactions, creating water filters and growing bean sprouts in water bottles to family, friends and staff during the fourth annual District Science Fair on Feb. 21 at Torch Middle School’s Watanabe Center.

Bassett High School senior Janeli Soto and junior, Steven Alaniz, junior,
hypothesized that exposing their petri dish of black worms to hydrogen peroxide would cause them distress, whereas orange juice would return them to a neutral state.

Seventh-grader Jaylissa Murga closed her eyes and concentrated, reciting her
methods and findings for her science fair project “Running with Speed” to her friends and
classmates, as students at Torch Middle School prepared to present their projects to the judges.

Edgewood Academy eighth-grader Andrea Moreno strapped on a smart watch and
cranked up the stereo to showcase that music with a fast beat would boost her heart rate while slower tunes would have a much smaller impact.

Bassett Unified School District TOSA’s Tom Covington and Michael Jephcott began their “TOSAs Talking Tech” podcast in 2015 to assist BUSD educators in professional development. Since then, the program has gained devoted listeners across California, who find the TOSA’s insights to be invaluable. Covington and Jephcott discuss their 100th podcast and what tech innovations educators can look forward to in the coming year.

Bassett Unified students researched the effects of hydrogen peroxide on worms,
recorded the decay of pumpkins and studied the effects of music on the heart, all in preparation for the District Science Fair, where the winners from all schools will present their individual and group projects.

A Don Julian Elementary second-grader, Joseph Valdez, battled 10 rounds as one
of the last three contestants in the Bassett Unified Spelling Bee’s kindergarten through second-grade competition until just one thing stood between him and first place: The word “penalty.”

Bassett High School senior Maria Gonzalez explained to students from Torch
Middle School and Edgewood Academy what a black light does, as one by one, students stuck
their hands into a box to see just how many germs were living on their hands.

A podcast launched in fall 2015 by two Bassett Unified teachers on special assignment (TOSAs) celebrated its 100th podcast this month and notched its 70,000th download by educators who are keen to learn ways to integrate technology into their instructional plans.