Discovery Channel Winners

This past spring, tens of thousands of students in grades 5 through 8 competed in Science Service-affiliated science fairs. Winners at those fairs were then nominated to enter their projects in the 2005 DCYSC. From this outstanding pool of students, DCYSC judges selected 400 talented semifinalists based on the scientific merit of their work and their ability to communicate the science of their projects.

Among these 400 amazing entries, 40 finalists will be chosen to enter their projects in the 2005 DCYSC. The finalists were chosen based upon the excellence of their projects presented at local Science Service-affiliated science fairs across the country. During the DCYSC finals, the finalists will present their research projects to judges to demonstrate their communication skills and creative thinking.

Twenty-nine students from the 2005 Metro Richmond Science Fair entered their projects into the DCYSC.

Name
Grade
School
Cydnee Alvarez 7 Liberty Middle School
Claire Bailey 7 Byrd Middle School
Alexis Bennett 7 Moody Middle School
Elizabeth Gray 7 Moody Middle School
Kyle Herman 7 Manchester Middle School
Imran Khatri 7 Moody Middle School
David Newill-Smith 7 Manchester Middle School
Justin Nyczepir 7 Manchester Middle School
Apurva Pande 7 Moody Middle School
Shanna Su 7 Moody Middle School
William Brownhill 8 Short Pump Middle School
Arielle Effron 8 Byrd Middle School
Shoma Ghosh 8 Short Pump Middle School
Ramin Haidari 8 Stonewall Jackson Middle School
Catherine Jansch 8 Moody Middle School
Christopher Lee 8 Byrd Middle School
Kelly Lugbill 8 Moody Middle School
Alexander Mait 8 Manchester Middle School
Joey Matt 8 Byrd Middle School
Suraj Mishra 8 Moody Middle School
Carolyn Pelnik 8 Moody Middle School
Karina Prigoda 8 Moody Middle School
Nitya Rao 8 Manchester Middle School
Philip Tickle 8 Moody Middle School
Kaitlyn Turner 8 Byrd Middle School
Jack Van Arsdale 8 Byrd Middle School
Melanie Weismuller 8 Byrd Middle School
Marcus Wingate 8 Moody Middle School
Kaitlyn Winston 8 Byrd Middle School

 

Two students from the 2005 Metro Richmond Science Fair were selected as semifinalists in the competition.


Alexis Haley Bennett

Moody Middle School, 7th grade
The Effect Of Talking On A Cell Phone And Listening To Music On Reaction Time

Apurva Pande

Moody Middle School, 7th grade
The Effect Of Salt On The Heat Retention Capacity Of Water

 

More information is available on the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge at their web site, http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/dysc/.