Awards

Awards

Best Overall Solution

This award is based on the team's efforts in three categories: Device Performance, Engineering Process, and Style and Presentation. Excellence in all three categories will earn teams this top award.

Middle School Winners

1st Place: Avalanche - Terman Middle School, Palo Alto

2nd Place: Aquarius - Joaquin Miller Middle School, San Jose

3rd Place: Tokay Colony - Tokay Colony Elementary, Lodi

High School Winners

1st Place: The Mortals - Cupertino High School

2nd Place: H2Owned - Cupertino High School

3rd Place: Aquastic 4 - Cupertino High School

Device Performance Award

Middle School Winners

Most Reliable: Aqua Point - Joshua Chadbourne Elementary, Fremont

Most Efficient: Raging Waters - Fremont School, Salinas

Most Sustainable: Aqua Ducks - Sunnyvale Middle School

High School Winners

Most Reliable: 1HitKao - Cupertino High School

Most Efficient: P.H.L.O.W. - St. Francis and Mission San Jose High School

Most Sustainable: Screeching Beagles - various

Engineering Process Award

Middle School Winners

Most Resourceful use of materials: Shockwaves - Peter Burnett Academy, San Jose

Most Innovative Design: H20 Power - Chadbourne Elementary, Fremont

High School Winners

Most Resourceful use of materials: Squirtle Squad - Los Altos High School

Most Innovative Design: Dihydrogen Monoxide - Cupertino High School

Style and Presentation Award

Middle School Winners

Best Verbal Presentation: Nommo Montagari - Lawson Middle School, Cupertino

Most Interesting Device: Aqua Flow Team - The Pistons � Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto

High School Winners

Best Verbal Presentation: Operation Hydration - Cupertino High School

Most Interesting Device: Middle-Eastern-Asians - Cupertino High School

Featured Judges' Choice Awards

Middle School Winners

Most Spectacular Failure: H20 Show - Challenger Harwood

Teamwork: The Water Bears - Old Orchard School, Campbell, CA

Traveled the Farthest: High Peak Water Lifters - Keeseville, NY

High School Winners

Most Spectacular Failure: Raising The Bar - Cupertino High School

Teamwork: AquaTechs - Horizon Home Study, Contra Costa County

Judges' Choice Awards

Middle School Winners

Best Costume: Water Doctors - Saint John Vianney, San Jose

Best Journal: H50 - San Carlos Charter Learning Center

Most Eco-Friendly: JAWS - St. Patrick School, San Jose, CA

Special: The Hobo Philosophers - Pacific Boychoir Academy, Oakland, CA

High School Winners

Best Costume: Super Splash Sisters - Cupertino High School

Best Journal: Vattaka - Chaboya Middle School, San Jose

Most Eco-Friendly: Team Geenyus - Mission San Jose High School

Special: Funky Shitake Mushrooms - Mission San Jose High School

Inspirational Awards

Middle School Winner

Most Perseverance: Flying Sea Cucumbers - Saint John Vianney, San Jose

Greatest Risk Takers: SLURP - Walter Hays, Palo Alto

Best Team Spirit: Water Wizards - Terman Middle School, Palo Alto

High School Winner

Most Perseverance: Don - Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose

Greatest Risk Takers: Watercolors - Cupertino High School

Best Team Spirit: Explode on Contact - Cupertino High School

Peer Award: Best Team Name

Middle School Winner

Best Team Name: Aquaforce - Discovery Charter School, San Jose

High School Winner

Best Team Name: H2Owned - Cupertino High School