Not Your Average Science Fair: Google Announces Winners of 2012 Contest

When you hear science fair," do homemade volcanoes and paper mache solar systems come to mind?

The Google Science Fair is a different animal entirely.

The companys second annual science fair was held yesterday at Google HQ in Mountain View, Calif. Students from around the world were invited to submit their science projects digitally, and 15 outstanding entries were selected based on criteria ranging from hypotheses to experiment design and data collection.

The finalists presented their projects yesterday, with winners selected in each of three age groups -- 13-14, 15-16 and 17-18 -- as well as a grand prize winner.

This year, one of Googles science fair partners, S…
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