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http://www.ntid.rit.edu/media/full_text.php?article_id=520
An experiment about the effect of video games on heart rate took the top $500 prize at Rochester Institute of Technology’s first annual National Science Fair for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Amy Ann Lucero, of Sante Fe, N.M, earned first place in the high school division for comparing heart rates of video game rookies and experts of both genders before, during and after they played an X-box video game. Lucero is an 11th grader at New Mexico School for the Deaf in Sante Fe.
Eighth-grader Adam Richard from the Rhode Island School for the Deaf in Providence, R.I., won the $500 first place prize in the middle school division for his project, “Characteristics of Environmentally Safe Natural Plastics,” which compared the rate of decay and characteristics of plant and animal-based plastics.
Sixth-grader Mark Demarest, representing Boynton Middle School in Ithaca, N.Y., took second place –a $300 prize—for his project, “The Material Science of Soccer Goalie Gloves.” Demarest studied why certain materials are chosen above others for use in goalie gloves, designed to protect the goalie’s hands and to enhance the ability to catch a soccer ball.
Scott Matchett, of Twelve Corners Middle School in Brighton, N.Y., took home the $200 third-place prize in the Middle School Division for his project, a three-dimensional model of an atom.
The first-place team entry went to 12th grader Luis Fernandez and 9th grader Antonio Gomez, both of the Rhode Island School for the Deaf, for their project exploring the relationship between a golf club and a golf ball, using height and mass as test factors.
“We spent a great deal of time with each participant and evaluating each project,” said Vince Daniele, chairperson, NTID’s Science & Mathematics Department and one of the judges. “Everyone had exceptional projects, and we congratulate them all!”
RIT is widely known for its lab sciences technology, biotechnology, bioinformatics, chemistry, physics, and imaging and environmental sciences programs, and the support services the university provides for students with hearing loss.
RIT is home to the IT Collaboratory, an RIT-led research collaboration with University at Buffalo’s Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics and the NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University in nanomaterial, science, Microsystems, photonics, remote sensing systems and other technologies.
An experiment about the effect of video games on heart rate took the top $500 prize at Rochester Institute of Technology’s first annual National Science Fair for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Amy Ann Lucero, of Sante Fe, N.M, earned first place in the high school division for comparing heart rates of video game rookies and experts of both genders before, during and after they played an X-box video game. Lucero is an 11th grader at New Mexico School for the Deaf in Sante Fe.
Eighth-grader Adam Richard from the Rhode Island School for the Deaf in Providence, R.I., won the $500 first place prize in the middle school division for his project, “Characteristics of Environmentally Safe Natural Plastics,” which compared the rate of decay and characteristics of plant and animal-based plastics.
Sixth-grader Mark Demarest, representing Boynton Middle School in Ithaca, N.Y., took second place –a $300 prize—for his project, “The Material Science of Soccer Goalie Gloves.” Demarest studied why certain materials are chosen above others for use in goalie gloves, designed to protect the goalie’s hands and to enhance the ability to catch a soccer ball.
Scott Matchett, of Twelve Corners Middle School in Brighton, N.Y., took home the $200 third-place prize in the Middle School Division for his project, a three-dimensional model of an atom.
The first-place team entry went to 12th grader Luis Fernandez and 9th grader Antonio Gomez, both of the Rhode Island School for the Deaf, for their project exploring the relationship between a golf club and a golf ball, using height and mass as test factors.
“We spent a great deal of time with each participant and evaluating each project,” said Vince Daniele, chairperson, NTID’s Science & Mathematics Department and one of the judges. “Everyone had exceptional projects, and we congratulate them all!”
RIT is widely known for its lab sciences technology, biotechnology, bioinformatics, chemistry, physics, and imaging and environmental sciences programs, and the support services the university provides for students with hearing loss.
RIT is home to the IT Collaboratory, an RIT-led research collaboration with University at Buffalo’s Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics and the NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University in nanomaterial, science, Microsystems, photonics, remote sensing systems and other technologies.