Pueblo Magnet High School

Science Students Awarded At Science & Engineering Fair

// March 28th, 2011 // No Comments » // Academics, Educational, Science, Student Awards, Student Recognition

Congratulations to the following Warriors on submitting winning projects to the Southern Arizona Region Science and Engineering Fair:

Karla Placencio & Christian Vasquez- Research on the Comparison of the Antibiotic Properties of Creosote and Related Species

Christian Vasquez & Karla Placencio

Tricia Hindley- Worked with a student from CDO at a neuroscience lab at the University of Arizona. Their research was on the Effects of Backward Movement on Spatial Memory Networks in the Hippocampus.

Tricia Hindley

The Pueblo results were as follows:

3rd Place – High School Plant Sciences
Christian Vasquez, Karla Placencio – Comparison of the Antibiotic Properties of the Creosote Bush and Related Species
Teacher – Andrew Lettes
Pueblo High Magnet School

Tricia Hindley: The Effects Of Backward Movement On Spatial Memory Networks In The Hippocampus, United States Army 2nd Place – Certificate + Pack

The list of award winners can be found at http://www.sarsef.org/winner2011.asp.

Chemical Reaction Experiment

// November 22nd, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Academics, Educational, Science, Video

Honors Chemistry students were conducting an experiment involving mentos & diet soda to test the chemical reaction between the two.  The result is a giant geyser of soda spewing from the 2 liter bottle.  The questions is why?

Students love to conduct this experiment and the reaction on their faces is always the same. They tried different variables to see which produced the highest geyser. Check out the video:

This experiment was part of a training for these honors students by the University of Arizona.  They will be tutoring other students in science.

Training session by University Of Arizona

You can try this at home yourself.  You will need:

• A roll or box of Mentos mints
• 2-liter bottle of diet soda (diet or regular soda will work, but diet soda is not as sticky)
• Piece of paper to use a funnel to drop Mentos in bottle

Anatomy Rube Goldberg Project 2010

// May 5th, 2010 // No Comments » // Academics, Class Projects, Science, Video

The Anatomy class finished their 2 week project of creating Rube Goldberg machines to demonstrate the anatomy of our eyes and ears.

The students had to build their contraptions using only recyclable materials. Here’s a video on what the 6 teams learned:

After they ran the machines the class celebrated with nachos. Thanks for inviting us to cover your project.

Ultrasound Technician Demonstration

// April 23rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Careers, JTED, Science, Video

Mina Trivedi, an Ultrasound Technician of M & B Image Corporation, came to Pueblo today and presented career information to some of our Anatomy students today.

Mina demonstrated different ultrasound procedures with her portable machine that cost more the $50,000. The images and sounds from the machine were amazing.

Mina Trivedi answering student questions

She started with images of the carotid artery and then the heart. Other students volunteered to get their kidney and gallbladder scanned. Here’s a small video of some images of the valves in the heart in action:

The demonstrations gave students an idea of the various procedures ultrasound technicians perform. Mina summarized the schooling required and stated how this career field is growing.

We appreciate her taking the time to share her knowledge and skills with out students.

Mina demonstrates gallbladder procedure

HOSA Biotechnology Conference 2010

// April 21st, 2010 // No Comments » // Academics, Biotechnology, Careers, Conferences, HOSA, JTED, Pueblo Pride, School Awards, Science, Student Awards, Winners

HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) Biotechnology students participated in the HOSA Spring Leadership Conference at the Doubletree Hotel from April 14 to 16.

Our students were great these past two days. They were polite, articulate, and full of Pueblo Pride.

Pueblo Biotechnology Students

Carlos Ramirez was elected Secondary Vice President of HOSA for the Southern region of Arizona. We have a state officer. This position required a speech and question and answer period. He ran successfully against the current HOSA HIstorian from Sunnyside. Carlos was wonderful.

Nine students attended the State Leadership Conference. Most had to be in the top 20 in the state after an online test in February.

Biotechnology Story
In Biotechnology, 95 students took the online test. Michael Dedrick was 5th, and Tricia Hindley was 9th. On Thursday both participated in the skills competitions. The two skills were microscopy and culturing bacteria. Today the final results were announced.

In the Arizona State HOSA Biotechnology competition, Michael placed second, and earned a trip to Nationals (Orlando), and Tricia placed 5th.

In the following competitions, students worked almost exclusively on their own, since these subjects were not explicitly covered in the biotech curriculum:

Jeffery/Brian Bishop- Medical Math
Cynthia Lona- Human Growth and Development
Hector Mendoza- Prepared Persuasive Speech
Carlos Ramirez- Epidemiology
Patrick Swindell, Gilberto Valenzuela, and Christian Vasquez- Creative Problem Solving Team

Students earned 4 medals:
Gold: Carlos Ramirez
Silver: Jeffery/Brian Bishop
Silver: Michael Dedrick
Silver: Hector Mendoza

They all qualify for Nationals.

Biotech Students Learn Sterile Technique

// March 23rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Academics, Biotechnology, Educational, HOSA, JTED, Science, Special Guests

Sam Gomez of the Tucson Medical Center stopped by Pueblo to provide some hands on training on sterile technique to some of our Biotechnology students.

In sterile technique, only sterile surfaces touch other sterile surfaces and exposure to the air is kept to a minimum.

Tricia & Michael practice how to put gloves on practicing sterile technique

Tricia Hindley and Michael Dedrick need to learn this technique for their upcoming Biotechnology competition for HOSA. We’ll keep you updated on how they do.

We are so appreciative of Mr. Gomez’s expertise and commitment to our students.

(Via Andrew Lettes)