2004 Poster Competition and Project Competition

2004 Poster Competition & Project Competition

15th Annual Poster Competition

The American Statistical Association is proud to announce the winners of the 15th annual American Statistics Poster Competition. Poster entries came from among four grade level categories: K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. Many posters were entered in regional competitions in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Michigan, Northeast Ohio, and Washington, DC (the Washington Statistical Society). Each region awards its own prizes and forwards the top entries into the national competition. The Washington Statistical Society also pre-judges all entries that do not come through the regional competitions and forwards the best of those entries to the national judging.

Judges base their decision on overall impact, clarity of poster message, appropriateness of graphics, originality and creativity, and technical details. First place winners receive $200, a certificate and a trophy. Second place winners receive $100, a certificate, and a ribbon. Third place winners received $50, a certificate and a ribbon, and honorable mentions receive a certificate and a ribbon. Through the generous support of Texas Instruments, first place winners receive calculators. The ASA would like to recognize the many members that participated in judging and presenting awards this year.


2004 Poster Competition Winners
Grade K-3
FIRST PLACE Which letters are used most often? Tyler Unger, Gianna Mitchell, Ilana Siegal, Mckenzie Retino, Isabelle Arnson, Jennifer Blumer, Ingrid Zippe, Mikaela Grumbach, Maddy Varner, Brianna Owens - Grade 3 Adviser: Sandy Lieberman Hathaway Brown Shaker Heights, Ohio SECOND PLACE Weather around us Elaine Abee, Anna He, Olivia Pfund, Ruth Wang- Grade 3 Adviser: Mary Kirby Angling Road Elementary Portage, Pennsylvania THIRD PLACE (TIE) Wednesday tee-shirt colors Justin Abrams, Quinn Blowitski, Destiny Canada, Michael Crews, Jonathan Hernandez, Yegene Hong, Leea Kelly, Taylor Lawson, Kadeja Lewis, Corey Pettine- Grade 2 Teacher: Elise Devinney Adviser: Gwen Ceniviva Overlook Elementary Glenside, Pennsylvania Does using a strategy help one guess a number from 0 to 99? Courtney Black, Elizabeth Warner, Brittany Davis, Ashley Feldman, Alyssa Furth, Michelle Chapman, Carla Ruggieri, Alaina Radigan, Katy Collyer- Grade 3 Adviser: Sandy Lieberman Hathaway Brown Shaker Heights, Ohio	Grade K-3 First Place

Grade 4-6
Grade 4-6 First Place	FIRST PLACE More deer…more damage? Melissa Cuddy- Grade 6 Adviser: Jodi Chmielewski Pine-Richland Middle School Gibsonia, Pennsylvania SECOND PLACE Got game? Kate Koch - Grade 6 Adviser: Glenn Looman Shaker Heights, Ohio THIRD PLACE What thrills you? Melissa Sirera, Haley Burnside- Grade 6 Adviser: J.P. Prager Pine Richland Middle School Gibsonia, Pennsylvania HONORABLE MENTION What weather website has he most accurate forecast? Jenny Soracco- Grade 6 Adviser: Jodi Chmielewski Pine-Richland Middle School Gibsonia, Pennsylvania Backyard birdfeeder bird count Melissa Gump - Grade 4 Adviser: Denice M. Coles Kutztown Elementary School Kutztown, Pennsylvania

Grade 7-9
FIRST PLACE Sleep problems in the 7th grade and potential consequences Rachel E. Morlock - Grade 7 Adviser: JoAnne McKinley Brandon Middle School Ortonville, Michigan SECOND PLACE What students think about homework Julianne Jamison - Grade 9 Adviser: Vera Verga St. Joseph Academy Cleveland, Ohio THIRD PLACE The race for president Rose Halle, Rashmi Patil, Kaitlyn Narin, Robbie Neefe - Grade 8 Adviser: Christine Kincaid Dewey Carleton Middle School Sterling Heights, Michigan HONORABLE MENTION Why wait? Kaity Perkins, Hilary Krombel, Shannon Wynn - Grade 8 Adviser: Mrs. Cassidy and Mrs. Porcello Dag Hammarskjold Middle School Wallingford, Connecticut	Grade 7-9 First Place

Grade 10-12
Grade 10-12 First Place	FIRST PLACE John Fitzgerald Kennedy - what do Americans think? Jacqueline Jamison - Grade 12 Adviser: John Lesko and Paula Marshall-Schuetz St. Joseph Academy Cleveland, Ohio SECOND PLACE (TIE) Which statistics correlate with a schools average SAT score? Jeff Mattocks, Rachel Littlefield - Grade 12 Adviser: Brian C. Lego Grove City High School Grove City, Michigan Factors explaining college diversity Sheeba Joseph - Grade 11 Adviser: Mark Wentworth Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center Battle Creek, Michigan THIRD PLACE Dad says not to date. Does Father know best? Margaret Chochola, Nathan Pugh, Felicia Owens, Kristen Karasek - Grade 12 Adviser: Cheryl Clason Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

18th Annual Project Competition The American Statistical Association is proud to announce the winners of the 18th annual American Statistics Project Competition. Project entries came from among three grade level categories: 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. The quality of the submissions to the 2004 American Statistics Project Competition was higher than ever before. In many cases, the question of interest was one that allowed students to collect data, to analyze that data using both graphs and computations, and to answer the question based on the results of the analysis. The questions were often quite interesting and directly related to the students' lives. Both students and teachers are to be congratulated for completing such strong projects. First place winners receive $200, a certificate and a trophy. Second place winners receive $100, a certificate, and a ribbon. Third place winners received $50, a certificate and a ribbon, and honorable mentions receive a certificate and a ribbon. Through the generous support of Texas Instruments, first place winners receive calculators. The ASA would like to recognize the many members that participated in judging and presenting awards this year
2004 Project Competition Winners

Grade 4-6
FIRST PLACE-TIE Which tape is the stickiest? Jacob Beach, Krysta Sackett, Thomas Nguyen, Amira Khalaf - Grade 5 Advisor: Suzanne Kirby Clinton Elementary School Lincoln, Nebraska Eastridge shopping patterns: A look at Hyvee grocery receipts Jonathan Feingold, Aaron Matzke, Ben Bouma, Sean Douglas - Grade 5 Advisor: Christine Starr Eastridge Elementary School Lincoln, Nebraska SECOND PLACE It will al come out in the wash Cody Marie Wild - Grade 6 Advisor: Sandra Wild Penn Cambria Middle School Gallitzin, Pennsylvania THIRD PLACE Eating your way to an "A" and "watching" your grades slip away Margaret Koehler - Grade 6 Advisor: Karla Blak Creekside Middle School Monument, Colorado

Grade 7-9
	FIRST PLACE Math and memory - Do calculators really help? Stacey Dugan Montebello - Grade 8 Advisor: Susan Yelton Dent Middle School Columbia, South Carolina SECOND PLACE Cyclodextrin-based nanoporous polymers: A filtration agent for organic contaminants Wesley Hong - Grade 9 Advisor: Wesley Hausenfluke Ronald Reagan High School San Antonio, Texas

Grade 10-12
FIRST PLACE Patterns in the noise Liz Theurer - Grade 10 Advisor: Matt Walker Eastside High School Gainesville, Florida SECOND PLACE-TIE The effect of sulfur-feeding to sulfur-deprivation interval ratios in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 137C (green algae) on total hydrogen gas photoproduction Ioana Lupascu - Grade 11 Advisor: Jennifer Richter Spring Valley High School Columbia, South Carolina THIRD PLACE Despite sunscreen use, adolescents still get sunburn: Approaches to enhance sun safety awareness Shuba Bhat - Grade 11 Advisor: Marie Polce The Baldwin School Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania


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