2014
Winning teams develop public outreach effort to protect honey bee populations, device that helps prevent pipes from freezing, and hyperboloid-shaped house to withstand earthquakes. WASHINGTON, D.C.—June 17, 2014—Bright ideas, solid research, and teamwork won three teams of middle-school students top prizes in the Christopher Columbus Awards, a nationwide program of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, […]
Students develop a public outreach effort to protect honey bee populations WASHINGTON, D.C.—June 17, 2014—Bright ideas, solid research, and teamwork won three students from Tyncastle Academy, in Banner Elk, N.C., the top prize in the Christopher Columbus Awards, a nationwide program of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, that challenges middle-school students to explore opportunities for […]
Students develop a hyperboloid-shaped house to withstand earthquakes WASHINGTON, D.C.—June 17, 2014—Bright ideas, solid research, and teamwork won three students from Gahanna Middle School East, in Gahanna, Ohio, a top prize in the Christopher Columbus Awards, a nationwide program of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, that challenges middle-school students to explore opportunities for positive change […]
Students develop a device that helps prevent pipes from freezing WASHINGTON, D.C.—June 17, 2014—Bright ideas, solid research, and teamwork won three students from STEM Enrichment, in Hollis, N.H., a top prize in the Christopher Columbus Awards, a nationwide program of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, that challenges middle-school students to explore opportunities for positive change […]
May 27, 2014 Washington, D.C. – A team of three middle school students from Hockessin, Delaware, that eased shrinking landfill space by devising a statewide, curbside composting plan was among select groups invited by President Barack Obama to exhibit today at the fourth annual White House Science Fair. Students Eric Long, Max Huhn and Aaron […]
