Students' projects headed to state contestPublished on March 11th, 2010 By ROSE COX
Trey Henning took first place in the elementary school category for his project on hovercrafts. (Courtesy Photo, Story Miller) 
Ben Guge and Davis Sheffield earned first place in the middle school team category for their project “Frequency Busters – Infrared vs. Radio.” (Courtesy Photo, Story Miller) 
Jessica Andersen shows the first-place ribbon she earned in the middle school individual category for her project “Soakin' It All Up.” Teacher Story Miller stands at left. (Courtesy Photo, Story Miller) 
Cheyanne Shaishnikoff and Kanesia Price stand with project sponsor Jon Stanley in front of their project “Oil Spills & Chemical Dispersants,” which received a first-place Alaska Native Science and Engineering Society award in the middle school category. (Courtesy Photo, Story Miller) 
Middle school students Kei Kawada and Tristan Waldron talk with science fair judge Reid Brewer, center, about their first-place winning poster on wind power. (Courtesy Photo, Story Miller) 
Charity Haskins earned the 2010 Unalaska City School Science Fair grand prize for her project “Whatever Floats Your Boat.” (Courtesy Photo, Chris Price) Three projects by Unalaska's elementary and middle school students will make the leap to the Alaska Science & Engineering Fair to be held March 26-28 at Begich Middle School in Anchorage. Elementary and middle school students submitted 80 projects to the Unalaska City School Science Fair on Feb. 19. Elementary students explored everything from how a hovercraft works to the differences in heat produced by burning coal or wood. Middle school students tackled wind power, optical illusions and the science behind Unalaska's water supply, among other topics. Students worked individually and in teams, with the help of a sponsor who provided advice and information. Projects by middle schoolers Charity Haskins, Davis Sheffield, Ben Guge and Jessica Andersen will be entered in the state competition. Charity Haskins took grand prize for her project "Whatever Floats Your Boat," which tested the oxidization rate of different metals to determine the most suitable material for boat construction. Davis Sheffield and Ben Guge tested angles and positions of infrared signals to see how they affected transmission to earn first-place in the team category. Jessica Andersen's project explored the absorbency of different materials to determine which would be best for making fishermen's clothing, and took first place in the individual category. Elementary school projects were judged by Albert Burnam, D. McGirt, Ben Bolock, Jennifer Neumann, Brina Fraser, and Heather Vernard, Middle school judges were Frank Kelty, Forest Bowers, Dick Peck, Alaska statewide science fair mentor Kerry Irons, Sharon Svarney, Susie Golodoff, Ann Ehert and Reid Brewer. Rose Cox can be reached at rcox@alaskanewspapers.com |
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