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Two students from the Rough Rock Community School of Rough Rock, Arizona,
recently won outstanding prizes and recognition at the National American Indian
Science and Engineering Fair (NAISEF), held in Albuquerque, NM, on March 23-25,
2006, for work based on projects with the Shortgrass Steppe (SGS) LTER/University
of Northern Colorado (UNC) EdEn partnership. The project is co-led by
SGS’s John Moore
and UNC’s Lori Reinsvold and Rob Wang, who have been very involved in
the hands-on activities with the students.
The Fair also recognized five other students or teams from the school for
excellence in their area of science and engineering. Teachers at Rough
Rock attributed the success of these five partly to the excitement about scientific
research generated by the SGS LTER/UNC EdEn partnership.
Will Rosenberg and Helena Al-Kubaisi, Teachers, Rough Rock Community School
Of the following NAISEF results, the first two student projects were
a direct result of Rough Rock’s partnership with UNC and the SGS
LTER.
Natasha Gail
Project Title: Conditions that Affect the Resolution of the Global Positioning
System
Grand Prize: American Science and Engineering Society (AISES) - Automatic
funding from AISES to attend the Intel International Science and Engineering
Fair in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 17-13.
First Place: Earth and Space Science
Special Awards for Geoscience Excellence (Association for Women Geoscientists);
Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science (The ASM Materials Education
Foundation); 3rd Place-The NASA Space Exploration Special Award (NASA
Glenn Research Center); Ability and Creativity in an Atmospheric Science
Exhibit (American Meteorological Society Computer & Computational
Sciences Divisions); Scholarship Award of $5,000 (Los Alamos National
Laboratory); Naval Science Award of $75.00 (The Office of Naval Research);
Outstanding Science Project Award (The United States Army); and Outstanding
Science & Engineering Award of jump drive, portfolio, and scientific
calculator (United States Air Force).
Alissa Riggs
Project Title: Water Quality on the Navajo Nation
Second Place: Environmental Science
Special Awards: Water Prize Award (United States Environmental Protection
Agency); Water Prize Award (Water Environment Federation); and nomination
for the US Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition.
Alissa was promised that if she does well at the Stockholm Junior Water
Prize Competition, she will advance to the Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair. |
The following results are only indirectly related to the partnership
with SGS LTER/UNC, in particular to the energy and enthusiasm developed
for scientific research in the above projects.
LaDonna Sam
Project Title: The Lung Capacity of Rough Rock High School Students
1st place: Medicine and Health
Special Awards: Senior Math Competition Award of $75.00 (American Indian
Science and Engineering Society)
Norvell Tsosie
Project Title: The Beliefs of Rough Rock High School Students Regarding
Marijuana
3rd Place: Behavioral and Social Sciences
Garrison Yellowman and Dan Yazzie, Team Project
Project Title: Rat-Trap Powered Vehicle & Motor Powered Vehicle:
A Comparison Study
2nd Place: Engineering
Raviana Nez, Vircina Nez and Misha Yazzie, Team Project
Project Title: Traditional Corn vs. Commercial Corn
3rd Place: Botany Natasha Thomas and Johanna Tsosie, Team Project
Project Title: Watermelon and Squash Grown Hydroponically
3rd Place: Botany
We believe that the successes of our students at NAISEF are a testimony
to the positive effect that the SGS LTER/UNC partnership with Rough
Rock Community School has had on our students. On behalf of the
students of Rough Rock Community School, we thank SGS LTER and
UNC for the support and opportunities that they provided to our
students as a result of this partnership. |
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