2004 AS&EF winners

2004 Science Fair Winners

2004 AS&EF Individual Finalists (Open to Senior High)

Place	Project Title	Last Name	First Name	School
1st	Mathematical Analysis of Inverse Retrograde Cannons	Peterlin	Ana	Monroe High School (Fairbanks)
2nd	MHC Variation in Caribou	Edwardson	Susan	Barrow High School

2004 Most Outstanding Science Teacher Awards

Category	Teacher's Name	School
Elementary	Emily Roseberry	Hopson School
Middle School	Dana Phillips	Colony Middle School
High School	Sandra Lloyd	Kotzebue High School

2004 Most Outstanding School Projects- School Trophies

Category	School
Middle School	Colony Middle School
High School	Dimond High School

2004 University of Alaska Awards

Award	Project Title	Last Name	First Name	School
(Grades 6-8) UA College Tuition Savings Plan Certificate, $1,500 in Tuition for 1 year	Ketchikan's Ditches: The Unknown Threat	Keene	Molly	Schoenbar Middle School (Ketchikan)
(Grade 12) UA Chancellor's Scholarships Certificate and Tuition waived for 12 credits per semester for 1 year	MHC Variation in Caribou	Edwardson	Susan	Barrow High School

2004 Senior High Category Winners

Category	Project Title	Last Name	First Name	School
Biochemistry	Mercury on the Brain	Robbins	David	Barrow High School
Botany	Banana Cloning	Calhoun	John	Dimond High School
Chemistry	Structural Fire protection in the wildland urban interface	Chadwick	David	Dimond High School
Engineering	A question of shape	Sorum	Elise	Valdez High School
Environmental Sciences	Oily hair?	Walther	Natalie	Dimond High School
Mathematics	Math analysis of inverse retrograde canons	Peterlin	Ana	Monroe Middle School (Fairbanks)
Medicine and Health	Is your fingerprint a perfect 10?	Poulos	Devon	Dimond High School
Microbiology	Safety hazard: microscopic organisms on the rims of soda cans	Catano	John	Grace Christian School
Zoology	MHC variation in caribou	Echwardson	Susan	Barrow High School
Team Projects (all disciplines)	How do we learn best?	Wittenberger/ Lewis	Kirsten/ Meaghan	Galena City High School

2004 Discovery Young Scientist Award AND Middle School Category Winners

Category	Project Title	Last Name	First Name	School
Behavioral & Social Sciences	Reading with the Brain's Hemispheres	Buttler	Joan	Holy Rosary Academy
Biochemistry	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	Pospisil	Galen	Romig Middle School (Anchorage)
Chemistry	Diaper Absorbancy	Ganesan	Meena	Jane Mears Middle School (Anchorage)
Engineering	Tower Building	Kang	Hyunkyun	Jane Mears Middle School (Anchorage)
Environmental Sciences	Ketchikan's Ditches: The Unknown Threat	Keene	Molly	Schoenbar Middle School (Ketchikan)
Medicine and Health	Which Diet Best Lowers Blood Sugars	Foster	Shaylee	Wendler Middle School (Anchorage)
Microbiology	Are Gymnasts at Risk for MRSA Skin Infection	Hughes	Haley
Physics	Are Paint Ball Guns Dangerous	Miller	Cody	Dillingham Middle School
Zoology	Do Either Ravens or Magpies Have a Sense of Smell	Walsh	Erin	Dillingham Middle School
Team Projects (all disciplines)	Cooking with Solar Energy	Abeyratne/ McCall	Samantha/ Vivian	Kotzebue Middle & High School

2004 Military Awards

Organization	Award	Project Title	Last Name	First Name	School
Army Research Laboratory (for grades 9-12)
grades 9-12	Certificate	1) A Fuel and His Sunny Quickly Get Started	Walther	Katie	Dimond High School
		2) Rolling Along	Stassel	Brendan	Dimond High School
		3) MHC Variation in Caribou	Edwardson	Susan	Barrow High School
		4) Banana Cloning	Calhoun	John	Dimond High School
		5) Number Recognition	Glasen	Drake	Cordova Jr. Sr. High
		6) The Degredation of Man: Obesity, Hypertension, ans Diabetes Skyrocketing in American Adolescents	Orzechowski	Daniel	Service High School
		7) Strength of Ice in Arches	Galambush	Tenor	Cordova High School
		8) The Effects of Antiacids on Peas	Seitz	Andrew	Dimond High School
		9) Sound of Rock and Roll	Choi	Young	Dimond High School
		10) Medicinal Uses of Spruce	Abrams/ McTagart	Keira/ Meghann	Project Educational Residential School (PERS, Galena)
grades 9-12	Certificates and $50 Savings Bond	1) Mathematical Analysis of Inverse Retrograde Cannons	Peterlin	Ana	Monroe High School (Fairbanks)
		2) Structural Fire protection in the wildland urban interface	Chadwick	David	Dimond High School
		3) Oily hair?	Walther	Natalie	Dimond High School
		4) Is your fingerprint a perfect 10?	Poulos	Devon	Dimond High School
grades 9-12	Certificate and $100 Savings Bond	1) Remote Operated Underwater Vehicle	Chrisman	Jacqueline	Home school

Naval Research Laboratory
Grades K-8	Certificate	1) "The Effect that Music Has on Mice"	Blaney	Jessica	Colony Middle School
		2) Finding the Fuel	Katherine	Helligso	St. Mary's Middle School (Kodiak)
		3) Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	Pospisil	Galen	Romig Middle School (Anchorage)
		4) Ketchikan's Ditches: The Unknown Threat	Keene	Molly	Schoenbar Middle School (Ketchikan)
		5) Which Diet Best Lowers Blood Sugars	Foster	Shaylee	Camp Wendler Middle School
grades 9-12	Certificate and $75.00 bond	1) Remote Operated Underwater Vehicle	Chrisman	Jacqueline	Home school
		2) A question of shape	Sorum	Elise	Valdez High School
		3) The Degredation of Man: Obesity, Hypertension, ans Diabetes Skyrocketing in American Adolescents	Orzechowski	Daniel	Service High School
		4) Structural Fire protection in the wildland urban interface	Chadwick	David	Dimond High School

Air Force
grades K-12	Certifiates, Day Planners	1) Vitamin C in OJ	Sites	Haley	Taku Elementary
		2) Ketchikan's Ditches: The Unknown Threat	Keene	Molly	Schoenbar Middle School (Ketchikan)
		3) Which Diet Best Lowers Blood Sugars	Foster	Shaylee	Camp Wendler Middle School
		4) Are Antibacterial Cleaning Products Better Than Regular Products?	Weingartner	Molly	Dimond High School
ASM International Foundation (for Materials Engineering, no grade restriction)
	Certificates and medal	Tower Building	Kang	Hyunkyun	Jane Mears Middle School (Anchorage)

2004 National Organization Awards

Organization	Award	Project Title	Last Name	First Name	School
American Psychological Association (APA) and Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) (for grades 9-12)
	Certificate	How do we learn best?	Wittenberger/ Lewis	Kirsten/ Meaghan	Galena City High School

ASM International Foundation (for Materials Engineering, no grade restriction)
	Certificates and medal	Tower Building	Kang	Hyunkyun	Jane Mears Middle School (Anchorage)

Association For Women Geoscientists (for female entrant)
	Certificate	A question of shape	Sorum	Elise	Valdez High School

Eastman Kodak Company (for use of photographic or digital image processing, no age restriction)
	Certificate and Camera kit	Frustrating Fog	West	Ryan	Dimond High School

Herbert Hoover Young Engineer Award (no age restriction)
	Certificate and Medal	Fly Plane Fly	Nick	Timothy	Dillingham Middle School

Intel Excellence in Computer Science (grades 9-12)
	Certificate+$200	NO WINNER (No projects done in this area)

Intel Enivironmental Health and Safety (grades 9-12)
	Certificate and $200	Which Diet Best Lowers Blood Sugars	Foster	Shaylee	Camp Wendler Middle School

Inernational Society for Optical Engeneering
	Certificate and entered in their drawing	NO WINNER (No projects done in this area)

MU Alpha Theta (no grade restrictions)
	Certificate	Mathematical Analysis of Inverse Retrograde Cannons	Peterlin	Ana	Monroe High School (Fairbanks)

NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers) International Environmental Award for Engineering (no grade restrictions)
	Certificate	The Effects of Soil as a Filter	Nelson	Sidney	Dillingham

National Society of Professonal Engineers (grades 9-12)
	Certificate and 1 year subscription to "Engineering Times"	A question of shape	Sorum	Elise	Valdez High School

U.S. Metric Association (no grade restrictions)
	Certificate	NO WINNER (No projects done in this area)

Stockholm Junior Water Prize (grades 9-12)
	Certificate and entered in their drawing	A question of shape	Sorum	Elise	Valdez High School

Yale Science and Engeneering Association (for computer science, engineering, physics, or chemistry project, grade 11)
	Certificate and medallion	Investigation of Density	Douthit	Richard	Dimond High School

2004 Local Organization Awards

Organization	Award	Project Title	Last Name	First Name	School
National Weather Service
	(Not reported)

Alaska Science Consortium
Elementary	Certificate and $50.00 Check	1) Which Fermenteed Eskimo Foods Produce the Most Gas?	Roseberry	Katie	Barrow Middle School
		2) Freeze Damage to Fruits and Vegetables	Ford	Aiden	Rogers Park Elementary
		3) Bird Home Ranges	Green	Jack	Galena City School
		4) Tough Girls and Tough Boys Shake Hands	Irish	Bridget	Valdez Elementary School
		5) Ms. Ribelin's and Ms. Cooke's Kindergarten and 1st Grade Class Project			North Star Elementary
Middle School	Certificate and $150.00 Check	1) Do Either Ravens or Magpies Have a Sense of Smell	Walsh	Erin	Dillingham Middle School
		2) Mold and the Food Pyramid	Edwardson	Anna	Hopson Middle School (Barrow)
Senior High	Certificate and$500.00 Check	1) Medicinal Uses of Spruce	Abrams/ McTagart	Keira/ Meghann	Project Educational Residential School (PERS, Galena)

American Meteorological Society (grades 9-12)
	Certificate	1) Can Cold Weather Make You Fat?	Carson	Brandon	Wendler Middle School
		2) NO WINNER

American Chemical Society (1 for chemistry, 1 for biochemistry)
	(no data)	1) Acids and Bases: The Effects of Temperature On Buffer Capacity	Mahar	Scott	Dimond High School
		2) Structural Fire protection in the wildland urban interface	Chadwick	David	Dimond High School

Commissioned Officers' Association USPHS Alaska Chapter
	(no data)	(no data)

Cooperative Extension Service/AK Association Of Family & Consumer Sciences
	Certificates and $50 Savings Bonds	(no data)

Imaginarium (no grade restriction)
	Certificates and Imaginarium Passes/Membership	1) Wind Turbine	Willimas	Jecoliah	Inlet View Elementary
		2) Levitation or Lenz's Law	Kranich	Daniel	Rogers Park Elementary

IEEE
grades K-8	$250 Award, 6 Trophies, 6 Calculators	1) Emission Free Energy	Caves	Meaghan	Chugach Optional School
		2) How Does Humidity Affect Static Electricity	Allen	Robert	Rogers Park Elementary
		3) Conductors & Insulators of Electricity	Jenkinson	Carissa
grades 9-12		1-3) NO WINNERS

Society of Military Engineers (no grade restrictions)
Elementary	Certificates and Savings Bonds	1) Tunnels	Zencey	Kyle	(no data)
		2) Americoaster	Donatelli	Nicolas	Oceanview Elementary
		3) Why Does Our Radio Play FM	Benedict/ Youree	Breanna/ Cecilia	North Star Elementary
Middle School		1) What’s Hot and What’s Not	Woodley	Amanda	Central Middle School
		2) Tower Building	Kang	Hyunkyun	Jane Mears Middle School (Anchorage)
		3) What is Solar Power	Geesin	Whitney	Goldenview Middle School
Senior High		1) Remote Operated Underwater Vehicle	Chrisman	Jacqueline	Home school
		2) A question of shape	Sorum	Elise	Valdez High School
		3) Willow Rooting	Patterson/ Duval	Isabell/ Norman	Noorvik High School

Alaska Fly Fishers
Elementary	Invite to monthly meeting, plaque, $100 savings bond	1) Water Quality in Campbell Creek	Kitchens	Wesley	Rogers Park Elementary
Middle School		2) Ketchikan's Ditches: The Unknown Threat	Keene	Molly	Schoenbar Middle School (Ketchikan)
Senior High		3) Dueling Diversities	Jeffery	Nicole	Barrow High School

Alaska Geological Society
	Invitation to luncheon and $25 gift certificate	1) The Effects of Soil as a Filter	Nelson	Sidney	Dillingham Middle School
		2) Do All Rocks Contain Calcite	Yesner	Daniel	Aquarian Charter School
		3) Effects of Water on Rocks	Ilynykh	Margarita	Holy Rosary Academy
		4) Where the Rain Goes	McGimsey	Malea	Eagle River Elementary
		5) What Glacier Has the Clearest Water	Foster	Bradley	Baxter Elementary
		6) Where does a water well get it’s water from?	Wille	Bethany	Huffman Elementary

American Society for Microbiology -Alaska Branch
Middle School	$200.00 Savings Bond	Are Gymnasts at Risk for MRSA Skin Infection	Hughes	Haley
Senior High	$200.00 Savings Bond	Safety hazard: microscopic organisms on the rims of soda cans	Catano	John	Grace Christian School

Pioneer Marketing & Management (no grade requirement)
	$50 check	Mercury on the Brain	Robbins	David	Barrow High School
	$50 check	Structural Fire protection in the wildland urban interface	Chadwick	David	Dimond High School

Society for Technical Communication Alaska Chapter
K-3 Abstracts	Certificate and $50	Penguin Parkas	Hartley	Morgan	Baxter Elementary
4-6 Abstracts	Certificate and $50	1) Emission Free Energy	Caves	Meaghan	Chugach Optional School
	Certificate and $30	2) Does Soda Really Dossolve Teeth?	Cantor	Tilly	Birchwood Elementray
	Certificate and $20	3) Which Household Cleaner Did the Best Job Stopping Bacteria Colonies From Growing	Rogers	Rebecca	Huffman Elementary
	Honorable Mention Certificate	HM) Which Fermented Eskimo Foods Produce the Most Gas Over Time?	Rosberry	Katie	Hopson Middle School (Barrow)
7-8 Abstracts	Certificate and $50	1) Do Either Ravens or Magpies Have a Sense of Smell	Walsh	Erin	Dillingham Middle School
	Certificate and $30	2) Are Paintballs Dangerous?	Miller	Cody	Dillingham Middle School
	Certificate and $20	3 tied) Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	Pospisil	Galen	Romig Middle School (Anchorage)
	Certificate and $20	3 tied) How Does Your E String Sing?	Warbelow	Taija	Monroe Middle School (Fairbanks)
9-12 Abstracts	Certificate and $50	1) A question of shape	Sorum	Elise	Valdez High School
	Certificate and $30	2) Mercury on the Brain	Robbins	David	Barrow High School
	Certificate and $20	3) Structural Fire protection in the wildland urban interface	Chadwick	David	Dimond High School
	Honorable Mention Certificate	HM) A Fuel and His Sunny Quickly Get Started	Walther	Katie	Dimond High School
	Honorable Mention Certificates	HM) Medicinal Uses of Spruce	Abrams/ McTagart	Keira/ Meghann	Project Educational Residential School (PERS, Galena)
	Honorable Mention Certificates	HM) Which Types of Food Contain the Most Vitamin C	Ahsoak/ Edwardson	Flora/ Isabel	Barrow High School
7-8 Displays	Certificate and $50	1) Ice Breakers	Rinehart	Andrew	Wendler Middle School
	Certificate and $30	2) How Cool is This?-The Insulating Capabilities of Different Materials	Nelson	Brennon	Wendler Middle School
	Certificate and $20	3) The Effects of Temperature	Moore/ Gilleland	Taryn/ Christiana	Mears Middle School
	Honorable Mention Certificate	HM) The Science of Ski Wax	Butler	Alison	Frontier Charter School
	Honorable Mention Certificate	HM) How Does Your E String Sing?	Warbelow	Taija	Monroe Middle School (Fairbanks)
9-12 Displays	Certificate and $50	1) Structural Fire protection in the wildland urban interface	Chadwick	David	Dimond High School
	Certificate and $30	2) Are Antibacterial Cleaning Products Better Than Regular Products?	Weingartner	Molly	Dimond High School
	Certificate and $20	3) A question of shape	Sorum	Elise	Valdez High School
	Honorable Mention Certificate	HM) Oily Hair?	Walther	Natalie	Dimond High School
	Honorable Mention Certificate	HM) Mathematical Analysis of Inverse Retrograde Cannons	Peterlin	Ana	Monroe High School (Fairbanks)
	Honorable Mention Certificate	HM) Strength of Ice in Arches	Galambush	Tenor	Cordova High School

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