
2003 Columbus Foundation Community Grant Winner |
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Entry
Title: |
SSS: Sensors Saving Students |
Coach: |
Joan Hurd |
School: |
A.M. Kulp Elementary School |
City/State: |
Hatfield, Pennsylvania |
Problem: |
Danger of getting off the school bus and crossing the street because vehicles illegally pass stopped school buses. |
Solution: |
School bus that will alert students that a car was passing the bus — this equipment would also take a picture of the car license plate so that a ticket could be issued. |
2003 First Place Winner |
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Entry
Title: |
Now You See It — Now You Don't |
Coach: |
Jon Hood |
School: |
Bexley Middle School |
City/State: |
Bexley, Ohio |
Problem: |
Excessive amounts of animal carcasses clogging landfills and incinerators. |
Solution: |
Morality Composting — burying a dead animal in a compost pile of sawdust where it will decompose quickly and with no odor. |
2003 Second Place Winner |
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Entry
Title: |
Walk N' Rest |
Coach: |
Diane Rabalais |
School: |
Fontainebleau Junior High School |
City/State: |
Mandeville, Louisiana |
Problem: |
Poor design of current walkers. |
Solution: |
Redesign current walkers so they include lights for better vision and movement at night and a seat do the person can stop and rest when needed. |
2003 Third Place Winner |
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Entry
Title: |
Purple Martin Houses |
Coach: |
Russ Tepen |
School: |
Carlinville Middle School |
City/State: |
Carlinville, Illinois |
Problem: |
The effects that West Nile Virus concerns have on the people and the community. |
Solution: |
Create Purple Martin colonies and an education program about them. Purple Martin's are birds that would control the mosquito population. |