WINNERS!

HotChalk and the Federation of American Scientists are pleased to announce the winners of HotChalk's 2009 Virtual Science Fair. Winning videos will be featured on the website for Immune Attack 2.0, an adventure in the molecular world, a video game by FAS. The 1st place winner’s school will also receive a LabQuest Quick Start Package from Vernier, valued at $349.

This year’s Virtual Science Fair entries fair were excellent. The students who submitted entries should be proud of their projects, as all were of top caliber. The winning entries addressed all aspects of a scientific presentation (Background and significance, Choice of methods, Experimental procedures, Analysis of results, and Discussion of the relevance of the results) and managed to do so in a clear, creative and humorous way. Presenting well reasoned scientific concepts to the public in an engaging format will help educate people in areas that concern the environment and personal health. We are proud to help students develop these skills.

Winners:

1st Place Winner:

Bianca Trifoi
Grade 10, Windermere Preparatory School, Orange County, Windermere, FL
Project: Sugar’s Effect on Cut Flowers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ugzRMhJqU
Judges Comments: Bianca's method, presentation, discussion of results were all excellent. The methods were clear, contained multiple controls and were well designed.

2nd Place Winner:

Nyasha Smith
Grade 8, AYA Educational Institute, Stone Mountain, GA
Project: Natural Preservation Science Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlSkDVdZ26c
Judges Comments: Nyasha choose an area of study that is highly relevant today. She presented background research about why artificial preservatives are harmful to our health, and presented an experiment designed to demonstrate how well food with natural preservatives.

3rd Place Winner:

Ahmad and Dania Saleem
Grade 10 & 12, Windermere Preparatory School, Orange County, Windermere, FL
Project: Atoms, a Poem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyE0LNBOCZI
Judges Comments: This method of information presentation is effective because it is engaging. Ahmed and Dania took on a concept that is difficult to talk about generally, because Atoms are too small to see, and made a discussion of key terms into something that is fun to listen to.

Honorable Mentions:

Nathan Barnett
Grade 9, Windermere Preparatory School, Orange County, Windermere, FL
Project: Structure of an Animal Cell Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA5RfoGiupM
Judges Comments: This video is an example of how modern technology and a creative mind can take us into tiny places we cannot normally visit, but that enrich our lives when we know them.

Akilah Ashshakir & Nyle King
Grade 9, AYA Educational Institute, Stone Mountain, GA
Project: A Comparison Between Low Fat and Regular Snacks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkY6nHqrE-Q
Judges Comments: Akilah and Nyle posed a very good question, made use of organic extraction techniques in a creative way.

Congratulation to all the winners!

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