Penn State Mont Alto Research Award winners

For the seventh straight year, Penn State Mont Alto has provided an award for the Franklin Science and Technology Fair: The Penn State Mont Alto Research Award. The award is presented to the individual student in each division who's project best exemplifies creativity using the scientific method. The prize consists of an award certificate (created by Prof. Hawkins) and a $100 U.S. Savings Bond. Here are the winning projects for 2004 (more information on the projects will be provided later):

The Primary Division (grades K-3)

Title:	No more tears: an onion experiment
Student:	Hayley Jones
School:	Grandview Elementary School
Description:	A nice experiment to determine why slicing onions produces tears; this young scientist covered eyes, nose and mouth separately to find out which organ is most sensitive to onion.

The Intermediate Division (grades 4-6)

Title:	How fast can a leopard gecko grow in eleven months?
Student:	Austin Davis
School:	Guilford Hills Elementary School
Description:	A year in the life of Ted, the leopard gecko! This project was a careful study of the growth of a leopard gecko.

The Junior Division (grades 7-8)

Title:	Which boat holds the most weight?
Student:	Kara Metzler
School:	Homeschooled
Description:	This project studied the effect of shape of a boat on its ability to float. The boats were similarly constructed, but used different shapes with approximately the same surface area as the variable.

The Senior Division (grades 9-12)

Title:	Field to fuel
Student:	Amanda Fignar
School:	Fannett-Metal High School
Description:	This timely project stduies the ability of different vegetables to produce alcohol as fuel. It reports on the yield of different vegetables according to biomass and acre.

Last updated: Wed Mar 31 08:57:44 EDT 2004 by Mike Doncheski

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