Science Projects Earn Recognition
HIGH POINT, N.C., May. 15, 2008 -- Two teams of Westchester Country Day School students received Honorable Mention for their projects from the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards, placing both teams' projects among the top 10 percent of all entries.
The competition is open to students in grades K-12 and asks them to consider current technology and explore what it could be like 20 years from now. Tenth-graders Ashley Acuff, Sloan Tucker and Natalie Payan submitted a project titled "Anterior Crutiate Ligament Injection." They proposed an injection to repair ACL tears without surgery.
"SEVE," the project submitted by 11th-grader Corley Gibbs, ninth-grader Jessica Grzyb and 10th-grader Amy Rowley, proposed a method of converting all donated blood into type O negative so it could be universally accepted.
The students were required to convey their vision in a paper and simulated Web page graphics. They received a certificate of recognition as well as a gift from Toshiba for their accomplishment. Other students that participated included:- Han-Ryong Kim, Ashley Saurel and Dylan Stone
Project: Artificial Ozone Creation - William Holland, Sara Moore and Mickey Williard
Project: Nanotechnology - Elizabeth Coughlin, Caroline Ownings and Ansley Smith
Project: Biogasoline - Sara Couch, Abbey Pfister and Courtney Shannon
Project: Characterizing Your Baby - Barrett Allen, Taylor Christiansen and Katherine Walker
Project: Coronary Ultra-Watch - Christopher Lewis and Thomas McGukin
Project: iGlasses
"I'm so proud of all the students who participated," said Mrs. McDonald. "They really stepped up to the difficult task at hand and gave 110 percent."
Westchester Country Day School, a college preparatory school, in High Point, N.C., seeks to educate each child toward moral, academic, artistic, and athletic excellence in a nurturing environment. As one of the Triad's leading K-12 private schools, Westchester boasts an expanding curriculum, strong fine arts program, and championship level athletic teams serving the needs of over 400 Triad-area students. The school is committed to enrolling young men and women of strong character and academic promise who come from families of varied social, economic, religious, ethnic, and racial backgrounds.
|
||
 |
||
 |
|
 |
 |
||