MAY 2026
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BARSTOW UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SITE EVENTS SCIENCEPALOOZA ROCKS BARSTOW UNIFIED
The head of “Saving Slowpoke” shows off a desert animal, left, to students at Sciencepalooza 2026. Henderson Elementary School students, middle, proudly display their marshmallow water molecules, courtesy of Central High School (CHS). CHS students, right, perform an experiment on pressure using hot and cold temperatures.
Sciencepalooza 2026 provided Barstow Unified School District (BUSD) students with an opportunity to get hands-on with science and see the art of science up close. Students met some of the animals that live in our desert, including a tortoise, king snake, hedgehog and more. “Saving Slowpoke,” a local desert tortoise advocacy group, shared with students the need to protect the tortoise from extinction. BUSD Superintendent Deanna Swearingen received a crash course in the importance of the tortoise to the desert’s ecosystem. Central High School students showed young kids how pressure impacts metal in hot and cold environments by taking an empty soda can, heating up the can, then dunking the can in ice cold water, causing the can to crumple.
Superintendent Deanna Swearingen, left, joins the head of “Saving Slowpoke,” a local desert advocacy group, to show off the group’s mascot. A member of the Wild Wonders team, right, holds a large snake for students to admire during Sciencepalooza 2026.
Another part of Sciencepalooza 2026 was our students showcasing their science experiments. Congratulations to all of our students who received awards at the Sciencepalooza 2026 Awards Show. Several of our students qualified to take their projects to the San Bernardino, Inyo, Mono Science and Engineering Fair (SIMSEF) later this year.
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