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Mosquitoes And Malaria In India Are No Match For This Teen Girl Scientist |
Denise Restauri, Contributor
“I still remember the unbearably hot sun, the beeping rickshaws, and the sticky clothes on my back as I walked into a clinic three years ago on a trip to India. My loving uncle was diagnosed with dengue fever and I will never forget the look of pain in his eyes. But more than that, I will never forget seeing the long line of people outside of a tiny clinic waiting to get treatment for mosquito transmitted diseases… I desperately wanted to help the people I saw and was inspired to meet the need for improved mosquito control. However, I realized that it would be extremely difficult to give direct aid to every mosquito clinic. Rather, I decided to create a new mosquito repellent that would be able to impact the global community.”
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Commack H.S. Shines at 2012 Engineering & Technology Showcase |
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) and ConnectToTech combined to present the first ever high school competition for area students to feature their science and technology projects. Groups represented at the May 2, 2012 event included schools from Brooklyn as well as Nassau and Suffolk Counties for a total of 11 teams and were judged by local industry representatives, students and NYIT faculty and alumni.
Commack High School received three prizes including the Excellence in Engineering Award, taking home a check for $1,000, for their ‘Autonomous Robot Project’. The June issue of their school paper, The Commack Courier, includes an article (page 6) highlighting their achievements.
Congratulations to the winners at Commack High School as well as the other winners and participants! View more photos from the day on our Facebook page.
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Girls Taking STEM to a New Level |
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In February 2012, the White House hosted a Science Fair that highlighted young women in science and the projects that they created including nanoparticles that can assist in the treatment of cancer and UV light lunchbox that kills bacteria on food surfaces. See the video to learn more about these amazing young women. |
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March Madness – STEM Style |
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If only Mathletes got the same respects athletes did… Well, at the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, they do! BYU’s team of crack mathematicians will be showing their proofs at the six-hour-long contest that pits over 400 universities in a battle for top honors. Begun in 1938 the competition is held annually with the winning team taking home a prize of $25,000 and the individuals of that team receiving $1,000 each.
Read more about BYU’s team and see their video of a practice session. |
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Mini-grant helps Garden City Students |
Garden City Students Build Vertical Hydroponic Garden
May 6, 2011
Garden City News Online
"Garden City High School Science teacher, Michael Stano, received a mini-grant from Brookhaven National Labs (BNL) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to build a vertical hydroponic garden in one of the science classrooms. Mr. Stano explained, “I plan to use this in my AP Environmental Class next year..."
Read the full article. |
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