Christopher Columbus Awards | Innovation Generation | Middle School Students Making a Difference
Winning Teams: Finalists 1999

Winning Teams

Finalists 1999
Entry Title:
 PPM Pool Cover
Coach:
 Steven Loyd
School:
 Hyde Park Middle School
City/State:
 Las Vegas, Nevada
Problem:
 Pool Safety.
Solution:
 A pool cover that uses PVC pipe to hold children who fall into the pool afloat.

Entry Title:
 S.O.S./Save our Songbirds
Coach:
 Jo Ella Allen
School:
 Antelope Crossing Middle School
City/State:
 Antelope Crossing, California
Problem:
 Left-behind lunch scraps cause environmental damage.
Solution:
 Make the community aware that lunch scraps left in schoolyards attracts predator birds which kill the songbirds responsible for keeping the insect population under control. A growing insect population can harm local crops.

Entry Title:
 Our Solution for Our Pollution
Coach:
 Jim Benz
School:
 Highland Middle School
City/State:
 Kansas City, Kansas
Problem:
 Anticipated environmental damage caused by the construction of the new high school.
Solution:
 Filling burlap bags with paper and placing them in the walls of the stream to collect dirt, pollution and overage of water flow from the new school.

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Entry Title:
 Alarmists: The Light for Life Project
Coach:
School:
 Pattengill Middle School
City/State:
 Lansing, Michigan
Problem:
 Smoke inhalation deaths from house fires.
Solution:
 Modifying smoke detectors to emit a high intensity strobe light.

Entry Title:
 Bus Door Bust
Coach:
 Jenny Hines
School:
 Hadley E. Watts Middle School
City/State:
 Centerville, Ohio
Problem:
 Coat strings can get caught in a school bus door.
Solution:
 Replace rubber door linings with bristles, which allow straps, hooks and other items to pass through easily.

Entry Title:
 The Erosion of Our School Retention Ponds
Coach:
School:
 Fontainebleau Junior High School
City/State:
 Mandeville, Louisiana
Problem:
Solution:
 Planting vegetation around the edges of the ponds and building a rock breakwater.

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Entry Title:
 Pak Rax
Coach:
 Vera DeLoach
School:
 Millennium Middle School
City/State:
 Sanford, Florida
Problem:
 Serious safety hazard on busses when backpacks, instrument cases, and other items block exit paths or become airborne in an accident.
Solution:
 A practical and effective under-seat storage system designed to contain loose items.

Entry Title:
 Aluminum Recycling for Trees for Schools
Coach:
School:
City/State:
 Manassas, Virginia
Problem:
 Lack of recycling at school.
Solution:
 To start an aluminum-recycling program at school.

Entry Title:
 Tracking Railroad Activity-Crossing Kids Safely
Coach:
School:
 Saddle Brook Middle School
City/State:
 Saddle Brook, New Jersey
Problem:
 Injuries and deaths due to train and railway crossings.
Solution:
 Integrate heat flux sensors and infrared into the functioning of the train.

Entry Title:
 Eazy Zap Cap
Coach:
 Jim Frank & Laura Lewin
School:
 Cold Spring Harbor High School
City/State:
 Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Problem:
 Difficulty of opening a child-proof container.
Solution:
 A devise that permits opening of child-proof containers without bending joints.

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