Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Nominees

The Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge is a national competition for students in grades 5 – 8. Students are nominated by the judges at an Intel ISEF affiliated fair based on their ability to communicate the science of their project. Four hundred students nationwide are selected as semifinalists in the first round of the competition. The judges then review the applications of the semifinalists to select 40 national finalists to travel to Washington, DC in October to compete for a top prize of $20,000!

STAGE ONE

Thirty-one students from the 2006 Metro Richmond Science Fair were nominated by the judges to the DCYSC.  The students send in their entries to the competition in June.  The 400 national semifinalists will be announced in August and the 40 finalists will be selected in September, 2006.

Name
Grade
School
Vance Barden 7th Moody Middle School
Lauren Connelly 7th Short Pump Middle School
Teresa Dula 7th Byrd Middle School
Zachary Gartrell 7th Moody Middle School
Clayton Geipel 7th Moody Middle School
Anne Hamner 7th Moody Middle School
Anthony Hennig 7th Powhatan Junior High School
Marie Kuzemchak 7th Short Pump Middle School
Eric Pelnik 7th Moody Middle School
Ishani Premaratne 7th Moody Middle School
Janet Rafner 7th Byrd Middle School
Shelby Roller 7th Liberty Middle School
Nathan Saxman 7th Manchester Middle School
Caitlin Secrist 7th Moody Middle School
Carly Spraggins 7th Moody Middle School
Valerie Westerman 7th Moody Middle School
Christopher Zoghby 7th Manchester Middle School
Willy Zwain 7th Manchester Middle School
Susan Ballentine 8th Manchester Middle School
Chaitanya Bhave 8th Moody Middle School
Robert Elmore 8th Byrd Middle School
Brittany Freelin 8th Byrd Middle School
Lily Kubota 8th Moody Middle School
Caroline Lacy 8th Byrd Middle School
Laura Morgan 8th Short Pump Middle School
Valerie Ngoh 8th Moody Middle School
Apurva Pande 8th Moody Middle School
Amanda Phaup 8th Short Pump Middle School
Jacob Ramos 8th Short Pump Middle School
Michael Scipione 8th Moody Middle School
Amit Shukla 8th Matoaca Middle School

 

STAGE TWO

Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge announces top 400 Semifinalists!

 

8 are from Virginia

3 are from our Metro Richmond Science Fair

Anthony Hennig
Powhatan Junior High School, 7th grade
Crater Making 101: The Effect of the Entry Angle of a Projectile on the Shape of the Crater It Forms

Valerie Ngoh
G.H. Moody Middle School , 8th grade
The Effect of the Amount of Sugar on the pH Level of the Saliva in a Human's Mouth

Christopher Zoghby
Manchester Middle School , 7th grade
The Comparison of the Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MIC) of Antibiotics on Six Bacteria

There were 400 semifinalists chosen from across the country. The 40 finalists will to come to Washington , DC in October to compete in the finals. Stay tuned...finalists will be announced in September!

 

STAGE THREE

Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge announces top 40 National Finalists!

Anthony Hennig
Powhatan Junior High School, 7th grade
Crater Making 101: The Effect of the Entry Angle of a Projectile on the Shape of the Crater It Forms

http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/dysc/finalists/finalists2.html

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