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We received so many great, prize-winning entries that we’re announcing the winners in phases. We’re now ready to add these Phase 2 winners (and their teams) to the list. Congratulations! We’ll be posting more winners and winning procedures by June 1. Please stay tuned!
Phase 2 Winners, announced May 1, 2012
- Michelle Bond, The Children’s Science Center, Herndon, VA, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD: “Density: Why Do Some Things Float Better than Others?”
- Rosalina Bray, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, MD: “Observing Bacteria”
- Brad Charles: “Can Yeast Metabolize Artificial Sweeteners?”
- Ketki Chavan, Northwestern High School, Riverdale, MD: “Got Gas?”
- Heather Dolan, National Institute of Childhood Health and Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD: “Passive Transport (Osmosis) across the Cell Membrane”
- Angela Dufner, Lake Agassiz School, Grand Forks, ND: “Trash Tracker”
- Jennifer Dye, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH: “Pie Pan Oil Spill: The Risks and Challenges of Oil-Spill Cleanup”
- Lynn Lauterbach, Erwin Middle School, Loveland, CO, and Rice University, Center for Technology in Teaching and learning, Houston, TX: “Drug Beat”
- Craig Liddell, Enid High School, Enid, OK: “How Does It Grow?”
- Alycia Ovalle, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “How Fast Do Your Germs Spread?”
- Sejal Parekh, Health Advocacy Program, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA: “Candy Chromatography”
- Robert Ross for BioTeach Programs, MassBioEd Foundation, Cambridge, MA: “Burping Yeast,” with this teacher design team:
-- Kenneth Bateman, Wellesley High School
-- Aimee Gauthier, Boston Latin School
-- Whitney Hagins, Lexington High School
-- Margaret Keeler, Lexington High School
- Tori VanRiper, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “The Brain Adaptor Test”
- Marissa Vignali, BioQuest Academy, Seattle BioMedical Research Institute: “Exploring Infection with Mary Mallone”
Phase 1 Winners, announced March 1, 2012
- Jake Busboom, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “Dental Hygiene Eggsperiment”
- Franklin Carrero-Martinez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus: “Exploring Genetic Inheritance in Drosophila”
- Carla Easter, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD: “Isolation of Strawberry DNA Using Household Products” and “Do Microbial Agents Slow the Growth of Microbes on Potatoes?”
- Michael Espey, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD: “NIH Euglena: The Phototaxic Protozoa”
- Ethan Evans, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “Is Posture Really Important?”
- Anna Goldblatt, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “Eggstra Healthy Teeth”
- Ashley C. Grill, New York City, NY: “Stuffed Animal Science”
- Tara Henry, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “Exercise, Strengthen, Repeat”
- Kathy Ho, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital School and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA: “Enzyme Lab”
- Alla Keselman, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD: “Water Quality Experiment,” “Air Quality Experiment,” “Food Safety Experiment,” and “Impervious Surfaces”
- Jane Kim, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “Glucose Is Going to Make Your Teeth Gross”
- Sheila Krotz, San Ysidro High School, San Diego, CA: “Macromolecules and Dental Enzymes”
- Lynn Lauterbach, Erwin Middle School, Loveland, CO, and Rice University, Center for Technology in Teaching and learning, Houston, TX: “An Irritating Problem: Aspirin--Coated vs. Uncoated” and “Microbe Meals”
- Darren Myzak, Meade High School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Ft. Meade, MD: “Measuring Osmosis”
- Rachel Nutt, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “Stretch That Taffy: How to Prevent Injury by Warming Muscles”
- Randy Ostenford, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH: “Make a Battery from a Piece of Fruit”
- Hannah Popper, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “Pump It Up”
- Allie Quill, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “Greasy Chips Lab”
- Robin Taylor, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Fairfax, VA, and National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD: “Saponification”
- Patricia C. Tellinghuisen, Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science: “Protecting Skin from Ultraviolet Light”
- Christina Wagner, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “Flossing and Its Importance”
- Jason Wan, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, MD: “Building a Bone”
- Amber Wynn, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX: “What Do You See?”
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