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Kids! of the Month
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the Month!
Each month,
we showcase kids who are accomplishing amazing things.
We hope that by telling their special stories, we will inspire other kids
to accomplish their own amazing achievements.
Amazing
Kids! of the Month for October, 1999:
The Amazing
ThinkQuest Junior 1999 Contest Winners!
Check out the
amazing
work of these elementary and middle school
kids who won special awards for
educational website designs!
This month,
Amazing
Kids! highlights
the amazing work
of the kids from elementary and middle schools across America who
won the 1999 ThinkQuest Junior Contest awards!
Each year, ThinkQuest (www.thinkquest.org),
an educational initiative committed to advancing
learning through the use of computer
and networking technology. sponsors an International
competition in website design for kids ages 12 through 19. They
also sponsor ThinkQuest Junior,
for elementary school students in grades four through six. The contestants
are challenged to work in small teams to create their own fun, interesting
and educational websites on a variety of different subjects. Each
year, $250,000 in cash and awards are given to the winning teams, teachers
and schools of the ThinkQuest Junior competition.
The purpose of the contest is to inspire
kids to learn about and become interested in technology and computers,
in a way that is both fun and challenging. (They call this "Internet
Style" learning.) This type of learning requires that kids learn how to
use the power of the Internet as a valuable tool for gathering information
and working together. The amazing websites listed below represent
the hard work of teams of kids and their adult coaches. You won't
believe your eyes when you see what these smart, industrious kids came
up with!
To learn more about ThinkQuest, and
to learn how you can enter the next ThinkQuest 2000 contests, visit the
ThinkQuest website at: www.thinkquest.org.
Who knows? Maybe you'll be one of the next ThinkQuest winners!
Amazing
ThinkQuest Junior Winners!
Below is the list of the 1999 ThinkQuest
Junior winners, found in the ThinkQuest Library at: http://www.thinkquest.org/library/99tqjr_winners.shtml
.
You can visit the ThinkQuest library
to see the winners from previous years' contests too! Visit their
library at: http://www.thinkquest.org/library/entries.shtml
To learn how you can participate in
the ThinkQuest Junior 2000 contest, visit: http://www.thinkquest.org/tqjr/jr_participate.shtml.
But you better hurry! The deadline to apply is in January, 2000!
ThinkQuest
Junior Winners Table of Contents
(Please note:
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1. Best
of Contest Winner
2. Arts &
Literature Winners
3. Interdisciplinary
Winners
4. Science
& Math Winners
5. Social Sciences
Winners
6. Sports &
Health Winners
Other Amazing Winners:
Category: Arts & Literature
Platinum winners:
Energy
In The Air: Sounds From The Orchestra
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5116
E.R.C.H.A
Gold winners:
Children's
Creative Theater
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5291
Hartman Elementary School
Florence Elementary School
Omaha, Nebraska
Silver winners:
Wilson
Rawls
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5385
Hibbard Elementary
Rexburg, Idaho
Words
and Tolkien
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5585
Barnstable Middle School
Marstons Mills, MA
Learn
To Draw
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5794
Poulsbo Elementary
North Kitsap
Poulsbo, WA
Cyberstories:
Featuring Facts, Fiction
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6066
Homeschool
Penn State
Abington, PA
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Category: Interdisciplinary
Platinum winners:
How
Our Hawaiian Islands were Formed
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5410
Kapolei Elementary School
Kapolei, HI
Journey
To New Worlds: Exploration of Space and Hawaiian Voyaging
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6073
Aiea Elementary
Moanalua Elementary
King Kaumuali'i Elementary
Waimalu Elementary
Hawaii
Chess
for Kids
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6290
Oak View School
Gentle Creations
Corvallis, Oregon
Gold winners:
Adventures
At Sea
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6169
Lingle Middle School
Rogers, Arkansas
Silver winners:
Do
We Really Know Dewey?
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5002
Nettleton Intermediate Center
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Great
Inventions and Inventors
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5847
Sherwood
North Shore School District 112
Highland Park, Illinois
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Category: Science &
Math
Platinum winners:
Adventures
of Lilo the Green Sea Turtle
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6067
Aiea Elementary School
King Kaumualii Elementary School
Aiea, Hawai'i
Gold winners:
Mars
Madness
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5579
Enchanted Lake Elementary School
Kailua, Hawai'i
Endangered
New Jersey
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5736
Heritage Middle School
South End School
Livingston, New Jersey
The
Shocking Truth About Electricity
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6064
Homeschool
Fairfax, Virginia
Silver winners:
Project
Environment: Kids In Action
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6076
Salford Hills Elementary
Souderton Elementary
Souderton Area
S.D. Souderton, Pennsylvania
Alaska's
Blooming Beauties
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6274
Interior Distance Education of Alaska
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Category: Social Sciences
Platinum winners:
Creatures
of the Night and You
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5135
Red River Academy
Texas
A
Pioneer's Journey to the Frontier
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6400
Floresville Elementary
Floresville, Texas
Gold winners:
I
Want My NTV!
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5676
Litchfield Intermediate School
Litchfield, Connecticut
Fort
Ross: A Piece Right Out Of History
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5723
North Star Academy
Redwood City, California
Silver winners:
Ancient
Egypt: Stayin' Alive
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6182
North Whitfield Middle School
Dalton, Georgia
Aloha
Paradise?
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6369
Aiea Elementary School
King Kaumuali'i Elementary</font></font>
Kapaa Middle School
Hawai'i
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Category: Sports & Health
Platinum winners:
Yo,
It's Time For Braces
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5029
The Harry Eichler School - PS 56
Queens, New York
Gold winners:
Human
Body
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5777
Hinkle Creek Elementary School
Noblesville Intermediate School
Noblesville, Indiana
Baseball...and
Math
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6082
John F. Pattie Elementary School
Rural Retreat Elementary School
Dumfries, Virginia
Silver winners:
Surfing
in Hawaii
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5282
Lehua Elementary
Pearl City, Hawai'i
Seeing
Disabilities from a Different Perspective
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5852
Sherwood
North Shore SD 112
Highland Park, Illinois
Jump
Into a Healthy Life
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5407
South Bristol School
Wiscasset Primary School
South Bristol, Maine
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Want to Know More about
ThinkQuest Junior?
Visit the ThinkQuest website to learn
more about the exciting, educational and fun ThinkQuest Junior contest:
http://www.thinkquest.org/tqjr/
...and good luck!
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