1997 Overall Winners  
 
Lower Division  
 
First Place
Katy Koch - Cheyenne Elementary, Cheyenne, OK
"Thermo-Cracking"
 
  Prizes:
Trophy
USA Today Weather Book
Tornado Tube
 
 
Second Place
Clayton Painter and Mark Potts - Monroe Elementary, Enid, OK
"Solar Radiation is Really Cooking"
 
  Prizes:
USA Today Weather Book
Tornado Tube
 
 
Third Place
Cassie Mayhew and Joni Mittendorf - Gage Jr. High, Gage, OK
"A Breath of Fresh Water"
 
  Prize:
Tornado Tube
 
 
Upper Division  
 
First Place
Natalie Baker and Ali O'Connel - Emerson Jr. High, Enid, OK
"Farmers' Almanac Comes to Oklahoma"
 
  Prizes:
Trophy
USA Today Weather Book
Tornado Tube
 
 
Second Place
Bryce Cooper, Eric Girton, and Eric Wofington - Gage Jr. High, Gage, OK
"Is Sunlight Needed for Photosynthesis?"
 
  Prizes:
USA Today Weather Book
Tornado Tube
 
 
Third Place
Cheyenne Hallmark, Christan Rumley, and Jamie Wedel - Gage Jr. High, Gage, OK
"Keep the Heat!"
 
  Prize:
Tornado Tube
 
 
 
Oklahoma Mesonet University of Oklahoma