Past Award Winners: 2001 Category Winners  
 
Lower Division  
 
Agriculture and Biology
1st Hannah Kafer, 3rd grade “Where are the Wheat Crops?” Grand Avenue Elementary, Chickasha  
  2nd Kerianne Cox and Paige Siewert, 6th grade “Pressured Pets” Monroe Elementary, Enid  
  3rd Elizabeth Johnston and Jamie Reeves, 6th grade “The Chase Is On” Monroe Elementary, Enid  
 
Climatology and Forecasting
1st Jason Burton, 6th grade “How Weather Effects Airplane Flight” Monroe Elementary, Enid  
  2nd Larissa Frye, 6th grade “What Will the Affect of La Niña have on the temperatures in North Central Oklahoma?” Monroe Elementary, Enid  
  HM Andrea Howard, 6th grade “How Close Are They” Monroe Elementary, Enid  
 
Moisture
1st Cole Schank and Jack Shaughnessy, 4th grade“The Iceman Cometh” Peters Elementary, Tulsa  
  2nd Jon Pontious, 6th grade “Mesonet Tower” Monroe Elementary,Enid  
  3rd Sarah Edwards, 4th grade “Freezing Differences” Peters Elementary, Tulsa  
 
Mesonet Tower Models
1st Cody Ressel and Kyle Ressel, 3rd grade “The Mighty Mesonet Power Tower” Comanche Elementary  
  2nd Lyndsey Lawrence, 6th grade “The Iceman Cometh” Lowrey School, Tahlequah  
  3rd Tessa Altenhofel, 6th grade “Power Tower” Cordell Elementary  
  3rd Cohlton Eaton, 6th grade “Mesonet Tower” Monroe Elementary, Enid  
  HM Weston Schmidt, 6th grade “Oklahoma Mesonet” Cordell Elementary  
 
Standard Weather Parameters
1st Brett Pitts, 3rd grade “Chill Out” Comanche Elementary  
2nd Ryan Goodwin, 4th grade “Static Electricity” Peters Elementary, Tulsa  
  3rd Daniel Hulsey, 4th grade “Wind Evaporation” Peters Elementary, Tulsa  
  HM Brock Browning and Seaton Lazalier, 4th grade “Going, Going, Gone” Peters Elementary, Tulsa  
 
Solar Radiation
1st Jami Frazer, 6th grade “How Snow On The Ground Effects Air Temperature at 1.5 m.” Monroe Elementary, Enid  
2nd Tabitha Lawrence, 6th grade “Cooling Off” Lowrey School, Tahlequah  
 
Upper Division  
 
Behavioral Sciences
1st Kasey Painter, 7th grade “Right Place Wrong Time” Emerson Jr. High  
2nd Bobbie Bigby, Morgan Finley, Ben Gray and Kate Stambaugh, 8th grade “Weather It Was Death” Thoreau Demonstration Academy, Tulsa  
  3rd Loren Jamison, Wes Martin and T. J. Osburn, 8th grade “How Does Humidity Affect Certain Aspects of Health?” Tahlequah Jr. High  
 
Climatology and Forecasting
1st Josh Pillow, 8th grade “Forecasting Winter Storms” Ketchum Public Schools  
 
Moisture
1st Sara Snell, 8th grade “Just Dew It” Lowrey School, Tahlequah  
  2nd Annie Cole, 7th grade “Cloud Casting” Lowrey School, Tahlequah  
  3rd Alix Newman, 7th grade “Wonders of Water” Lowrey School, Tahlequah  
HM Charlotte Daniel, Nick Elliott, and Jarred Roundtree, 8th grade “How Does Temperature Inversion Relate to Visibility?” Tahlequah Jr. High  
 
Standard Weather Parameters
1st Donovan Austin, Austin Burns, and Houston Green, 7th grade “Uneven Ends of the Wind” Gage Jr. High  
  1st Tiffany Barnes, 9th grade “Albedo’s Ego” Tahlequah Jr. High  
  3rd J. R. Day, Stephanie Gran, and Chris Dubbs, 8th grade “What Time of Day Does the Wind Blow the Fastest?” Tahlequah Jr. High  
 
Technology and Economics
1st Myca Chumley, Ruby Jones, and Vicky Murray, 8th grade “To Freeze or Not to Freeze, That’s Ground Insulation!” Gage Jr. High  
  Jessica Dimmitt, Kellie Erickson, and Shelby Latta, 7th grade “The Effect of Weather on Cars” Gage Jr. High  
  3rd Justin Burns, Eric Long, and Jon Simms, 8th grade “Solar Racer” Gage Jr. High  
  HM Kendall Myers and Devon Woods “Float-N-Boat” Gage Jr. High  
 
 
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