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"Classroom Coral Reef"
2008: Environmental Science
Director: Scott Krebbeks
Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School (NY)
http://www.skrebbeks.edublogs.org

Flight for Survival: Kindergartners' Journey with the Whooping Cranes
2008: Environmental Science
Director: Laurie Sullivan
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary (VA)
http://www.whoopingcranes.blogspot.com/

Help for the Endangered Snail Kite
2008: Environmental Science
Director: William Bartenslager
Palm Beach Central High School (FL)
http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/palmbeachcentralhs/organizations/nsta/index.htm

Migration Mystery: The Life History of the Hudsonian Godwit
2008: Environmental Science
Director: Andrea Pokrzywinski
Lower Kuskokwim School District (AK)
http://www.lksd.org/user/andrea/migrate/Migration_Mysteries/Migration_Mysteries.html

Science in the Service of Society: Installing a Community Garden in the Urban Setting
2008: Environmental Science
Director: Ed Ingman
The Charles School at Ohio Dominican University (OH)
http://panthergarden.thecharlesschool.org/about/

The Emergence of Tree Buds as an Indicator of Climate Change in Alaska
2008: Environmental Science
Director: Tim Lundt
Mat-Su Career & Technical High School (AK)
http://www.matsuk12.us/177020427788263/site/default.asp

Thermostats: Mercury Hazards
2008: Environmental Science
Director: Dr. Hector Ibarra
West Branch Middle School (IA)
http://www.mercuryhazards.org/

Harnessing Green Energy through the Development of Fuel Cells to be Installed onto a Modified Hydrogen Vehicle
2008: Physical Science
Director: Dr. Paul J. McElligott
Fountain Hills High School (AZ)
http://www.hs.fountainhillsschools.org/index.cfm?pID=3095

Switched on Physics: Engineering, Waves and Alternative Energy
2008: Physical Science
Director: Alexander S. Graham
Pasadena Memorial High School (TX)
http://www.pasadenaisd.org/pmhs/pipeorgan/

Turbine Technology: The Physics Behind the Wind
2008: Physical Science
Director: Maureen Foelkl
Chapman Hill Elementary (OR)
http://chapmanhill.salkeiz.k12.or.us/windpower_home.htm

Cultivating Literacy and Science
2008: Literacy and Science Education
Director: Sheila Ochoa
Little Bay Primary (TX)
http://sites.google.com/site/lbpscienceliteracygarden

Let There Be Night
2008: Literacy and Science Education
Director: Art Klinger
Penn High School (IN)
http://www.lettherebenight.com/

Project GREENwich: Using Literature to Reinforce Ecological Instruction in the Science Classroom
2008: Literacy and Science Education
Director: Nicole Dixson
Greenwich Central School (NY)
http://www.greenwichcsd.org/hs/dixson/Project%20GREENwich.htm

A Bird’s Eye View to Habitat Reclamation
2007: Environmental Science
Director: Angela Turner
Normangee High School (TX)
http://www.spaceaudit.com/doxcamjewett.html

California Kelp Restoration Project
2007: Environmental Science
Director: Steven Doucette
Pacifica High School (CA)
http://www.kids4kelp.net/

Lynnhaven Legacy
2007: Environmental Science
Director: Mark Kinzel
Lynnhaven Middle School (VA)
http://www.lynnhavenms.vbschools.com/Lynnhaven_Legacy_home.html

Project PRIDE (Pineland Restoration in Dade Environments)
2007: Environmental Science
Director: Lisset Perez-Munoz
West Miami Middle Community School (FL)
http://www.freewebs.com/wmmspride/index.htm

Saving the Terrapin: Students to the Rescue
2007: Environmental Science
Director: John Wnek
Marine Academy of Technology & Env Sci (NJ)
http://www.ocvts.org/instructors/htm/jwnek/instructor_mates_sharedtime%20page%2036.htm

Science Exhibit Development: Thermal Infrared Light
2007: Physical Science
Director: Jeffrey Regester
Greensboro Day School (NC)
http://academic.greensboroday.org/~regesterj/sis/info/PastProjects/TAPESTRY.htm

The Living Classroom Sustainability Lab
2007: Physical Science
Director: Christel Driscoll
Lincoln Middle School (ME)
http://blogs.portlandschools.org/lmsdome/

What's in My Backyard? Connecting Students to Community Science
2007: Physical Science
Director: Ray Barber
Pleasant Valley High School (CA)
http://www.chicousd.org/~rbarber/tapestry/tap_overview.html

Using Hot Wheels Cars to Teach Physics
2006: Physical Science
Director: Leanna Aker
Columbia Junior High School (WA)
http://www.fifeschools.com/cjh/staff/laker/toyota2006.htm

Carpe Camera-Seize the Media through a Scientific Lens: Video Podcasting Student Inquiries to the Worldwide Community
2006: Literacy and Science Education
Director: Laurie Sullivan
K. W. Barrett Elementary (VA)
http://carpecamera.blogspot.com/

Living in Our Ocean of Air
2006: Literacy and Science Education
Director: Loris Chen
Eisenhower Middle School (NJ)
http://www.wyckoffschools.org/eisenhower/teachers/chen/oceanofair.htm

Comparative Wildscape Population Census
2005: Environmental Science
Director: Laura Davis
The Branch School (TX)
http://www.thebranchschool.org/articles/article.html?id=35

Redondo Bluffs Re-Vegetation and Restoration
2005: Environmental Science
Director: Mary Simun
Redondo Union High School (CA)
http://www.simun.inspiringteachers.com/photo.html

Impacts of Physics
2005: Physical Science
Director: Cheryl Shepherd-Adams
Hays High School (KS)
http://www.hayshighindians.com/academics/classes/csadams/tapestry/tapestry%20index.htm

Mission to Mars
2005: Physical Science
Director: Mary Margaret Callahan
Seattle Girls' School (WA)
http://www.seattlegirlsschool.org/community/mcallahan/missioninfo.html

Seeing is Believing: Infrared Imaging for Energy Conservation
2005: Physical Science
Director: Carol N. Burch
Hannibal Central School (NY)
http://www.hannibalcsd.org/eyesonenergy/index.htm

Ennis Insectory Project
2004: Environmental Science
Director: Mellissa Newman
Ennis High School (MT)
http://mtwow.org/Ennis-Project.html

Queen Anne's County Bird Breeding Atlas Project
2004: Environmental Science
Director: George M. Radcliffe
Centreville Middle School (MD)
http://www.qacps.k12.md.us/bird/birdhome.htm

Sand Dunes Revegitation and Restoration
2004: Environmental Science
Director: Mary Simun
Redondo Union High School (CA)
http://www.simun.inspiringteachers.com/photo.html

Asthma and Air Quality: The Big Sky Connection
2004: Physical Science
Director: David Jones
Big Sky High School (MT)
http://www.umt.edu/cehs/k12_outreach.html

Frosted Flakes-The Science of Snowflakes
2004: Physical Science
Director: Timothy McCollum
Charleston Middle School (IL)
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/%7Ecxtdm/met/snow/flakes.html

In the Footsteps of Roger Revelle
2004: Physical Science
Director: Debra Brice
San Marcos Middle School (CA)
http://footsteps.ucsd.edu/

Periodicity to Picasso: Material Science and Art
2004: Physical Science
Director: Sue Ann Dobbyn
San Andres High School (NM)
http://www.zianet.com/sadobbyn/artindex.htm

Improving the Quality of Wastewater Treatment Using Alternative Energy Sources
2003: Environmental Science
Director: Thomas R. Mellon
Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School (WI)
http://www.kmlhs.org/we_care/default.htm

Indoor Air Quality in the Cedar Valley
2003: Environmental Science
Director: Jody Stone
Price Laboratory School/Northern University HS (IA)
http://ists.pls.uni.edu/~stone/radon_index.htm

Used Oil Filters: Hazard Awareness & Change for the Future
2003: Environmental Science
Director: Hector Ibarra
West Branch Middle School (IA)
http://www.west-branch.k12.ia.us/MiddleSchool/clubsorganizations/oilfilter/oilflter.htm

Alpha Prime: The Next Space Odyssey
2003: Physical Science
Director: Evan Jones
Breck School (MN)
http://realscience.breckschool.org/middle/5th/alphaPrime/home.html

Determining The Source of Groundwater Arsenic Near Sweet Home
2003: Physical Science
Director: Malia Hee
Crescent Valley High School (OR)
http://www2.corvallis.k12.or.us/cvhs/science/1stsem0304sweethomepage.html

Transit of Venus
2003: Physical Science
Director: Art Klinger
Penn High School (IN)
http://www.transitofvenus.org

Inquiring into Literacy
2003: Literacy and Science Education
Director: Sheryl Schaaf
Forks Elementary & Middle Schools (WA)
http://www.forks.wednet.edu/middle/science/schaaf8web/tapestry/tapestry.htm

Tracking the Tundra Swan
2000: Environmental Science
Director: Dwight Brown
Bountiful High School (UT)
http://www.uen.org/swan/

Looking for the Best Grain
2000: Physical Science
Director: Yomare Polanco
Roosevelt School (NJ)
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/suprema/bestgrain.html

Miracles Do Happen
2000: Physical Science
Director: Nina Vehslage
Brownstown Central High School (IN)
http://www.btownccs.k12.in.us/bchs/science/toyota/default.html

Racing Pigeon Project
2000: Physical Science
Director: Jessie Garza III
E.A.G.L.E. Alternative High School (WA)
http://share4.esd105.wednet.edu/garzajj

Project Create - An Engineering Experience
1999: Physical Science
Director: Susan Leeds
Howard Middle School (FL)
http://www.howard.ocps.k12.fl.us/teachers/leeds/

Ecological Succession Following Fire
1997: Environmental Science
Director: Anna Wilder-O'Neil
La Costa Canyon High School (CA)
http://visearth.ucsd.edu/VisE_teach/LCCHS/LCCHS.html

Tracks At Your Doorstep
1997: Environmental Science
Director: Maxine Henry
Forest Park Elementary School (MI)
http://www.up.net/~mahenry/