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Baker Middle School
Sponsor(s) :
John Pekar
Donna Wood

Chapter Name :
Life Science Club

School Principal :


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Narrative Report

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Report Submitted: 06/13/2008

Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
Sponsor(s) :
Sharif Robinson

Chapter Name :
Student Academy of Science

School Principal :
Sean Bulson
240-497-6300
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

BCC’s SAS science club held weekly meetings to foster an appreciation for science and technology. The meetings allowed students to discuss current events, science fair ideas, lab experiments, and develop research skills. The students also participated in guest lecture from Dr. Keith Mintzer. Dr. Mintzer presentation included a discussion on his daily activities, stem cell research, research advancement in disease prevention, and science current events.

Report Submitted: 05/26/2008

Cabin John Middle School
Sponsor(s) :
Jacquelyn Geer
Francine Pivinski

Chapter Name :
Cabin John Bay Huggers

School Principal :
Paulette Smith
301-469-1150
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

Our science club built and broke down chemical bonds. I found a lab on making polymers, and we talked about chemical reactions. We explored the world of DNA and concluded the year with a trip to the NIST DNA Labs.

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Cresthaven Elementary School
Sponsor(s) :
Samantha Shasanya


Chapter Name :


School Principal :


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Narrative Report

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Report Submitted: 06/03/2008

Damascus High School
Sponsor(s) :
David McGaffin
Deanna Schnepp

Chapter Name :
Damascus Student Academy of Science

School Principal :
Robert Domergue
301-253-7036
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

This year we did a number of field trips. Here are the links to the Bay trip and the bodies exhibit at the science center. http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=lrn_sub_teachers_residential_knoonan

http://www.mdsci.org/bodyworlds/index.html

The bay trip was combined with the AP environmental science class, which drew some new members into our club.

The bodies exhibit field trip was combined with A&P classes.

We also conducted a variety of experiments aimed at student interestes.

Report Submitted: 5/30/08

Frost Middle School (Robert Frost)
Sponsor(s) :
Jill Garber
Tim O'Keefe
Chapter Name :
Frost Student Academy of Science

School Principal :
Dr Joey Jones
301 279 3949
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

After spending the first semester doing activities to build up genetic and forensic backgound, this semester was a lot more of application of knowledge and extending concepts. Each field trip provided unique insights and experiences and added the realism to the models and activities we did in class. The NIH Forensics exhibit was especially valuable as we had a personal guide to start and the students were left on their own to explore. The final half hour was with the guide who went over their observations and answers to an exploration sheet and brought closure to the trip. One of the exhibits on Bertillonage led to an in class exploration the following week. The medical museum at Walter Reed gave the students insights to systems of the human body that they were unable to view in school. Our most unique find was the Stonestreet Museum in Rockville where a docent allowed the students to experience medicine and life in the 1800's...and it was right in our "backyard"! The year ended with a visit to the DNAcademy at Wootten where current high school students gave our 8th graders insight into the programs available there. Our hope is that we have gotten them excited about Science and Forensics and Genetics and will continue to purue these interests in high school. NIH - Erika Mills 301-594-1947 Walter Reed - Regina Hunt 202-782-2200 Stonestreet Museum - 301-340-2825

Report Submitted: 06/03/2008

Gaithersburg High School
Sponsor(s) :
Kenneth N. Ekechulwu

Chapter Name :
Student Academy of Science

School Principal :
Dr. Christine Handy-Collins
301-840 4700
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

Over the academic year 2007-2008, the Gaithersburg High School Science Club was involved in activities ranging from watching medical science-oriented videos from the Unitedstreaming™ Database System on a weekly basis to listening to a guest speaker talk about ethical issues in medical research and to receiving tutorials in solving academic problems in science.

Typical videos watched highlighted how DNA codes facilitate production of proteins in the nucleus of a cell. Deeper understanding of DNA sequencing has made it possible to design plasmids with genetically engineered codes that will make it possible to cure medical abnormalities that are currently untreatable.

Under the auspices of the Gaithersburg High School’s Academy of Science and Technology, Science Club members were invited to listen to a guest speaker, Dr. Richard Dutton, Director of Trauma Anesthesiology at R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, talk about Ethical Issues in Medical Research. It was surprising to realize that not all advances in science and technology are being put to use in medical care because of ethical issues associated with some of them. Scientists have to overcome extra huddles in order to come up with ethically acceptable approach to putting their discoveries to service of the humanity.

On two occasions, the science club students received tutorials to help them solve science projects and prepare for tests in various science subjects.

Report Submitted: 05/27/08

Walter Johnson High School
Sponsor(s) :
Pat Richards

Chapter Name :
WJ Academy of Science

School Principal :
Chris Garran
301-571-6900
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

During this school year, WJ has had a very active SAS chapter. We have had one speaker per month visit WJ at lunch to broaden our understanding of the "real world" of science. We have had two fun get togethers were we watched a science movie together while eating pizza. In addition, we helped Ashburton Elementary (one of our feeder schools) with their science fair and Mr. Augusto Odone came to speak at WJ about the progress his son is making while using Lorenzo's Oil. Lastly, we helped our peers better understand the concepts that they were learning in their science classes.

Report Submitted: 07/09/08

Magruder High School
Sponsor(s) :
Rosetta A. Jordan

Chapter Name :
Magruder C.S.I.

School Principal :
Mr. Lee Evans
301-840-4600
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

This year has been a successful year for Magruder, some of the highlights include visiting the Baltimore Science Center and viewing the exhibit Bodies. The exhibit showed human cadavers in various forms and the students were absolutely blown away. The students also enjoyed attending the portable morgue exhibit and presentations held at prince orchard high school. The portable morgue presentations were awesome because students were able to visit stations manned by different scientists and investigators. Some of the scientist in attendance were forensic anthropologist, molecular biologist, odontologist and pathologist. This field trip was actually like several field trips rolled into one. Students were able to interract with the exhitbit and the presenters were very enthusiastic, informative and "kid friendly." I strongly recommend this field trip. Dorothy Harris, at Quince Orchard High School would be the contact person for this if you are interested in taking your students. I also found the lunchtime with scientist to be very successful and plan to do more of this next year. Finally, the MD Bio travelling lab bus was a big success. The students enjoyed the labs, this is a great resource.

Report Submitted: 06/13/2008

Richard Montgomery High School
Sponsor(s) :
Helen J. Ghent-Paolucci
Virginia O'Donoghue

Chapter Name :
Richard Montgomery Science Club

School Principal :
Moreno Carrasco
301-610-8000
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

Book Clubs to discuss current science related books. Medical Career weekly meetings to discuss various topics. Guest speakers, including nurse practitioner, medical student, biomedical engineering undergraduate. Workshop to explore medical colleges and universities, special programs, and financial aide.

Julie Ghent-Paolucci: helen_j_ghent-paolucci@mcpsmd.org 301-670-9790

Report Submitted: 06/12/2008

Paint Branch High School
Sponsor(s) :
Elaina Berres

Chapter Name :
Student Academy of Science

School Principal :
Jeanette Dixon
301 989 5600
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

Attended a 7 hour Open Heart Surgery with 19 students at Inova Hospitals Education Dome. Students learned about risk factors for heart disease and we ate at the healthy heart café and discussed good life style decisions.

We did a sheep heart dissection in which the older student lead the younger students through the dissection.

We spend weeks doing career and internship development by doing a huge number of letters of recommendation and individual meetings with students to locate appropriate summer internships, camps, and college courses in science and math. This effort resulted in three students in our club were selected as HHMI interns, one student was placed at the Navel Academy doing an engineering internship, one student received a full scholarship to the “What is engineering?” college summer course at the Johns Hopkins University, and finally a senior was accepted in Montgomery Colleges Medical Careers program.

We attempted to take a group of students to the Sam Rhine Biotechnology Update Conference at Shady Grove and attend the Forensic NIH exhibit but it was too late in the year and it conflicted with AP review so we didn’t get enough students to fill the trip.

Report Submitted: 05/28/2008

Thomas Pyle Middle School
Sponsor(s) :
Peter J. Petrossian

Chapter Name :
Pyle Academy of Science

School Principal :
Michael Zarchin
301/320-6540
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Narrative Report

Pyle's Student Acadamy of Science continues its goals of exposing students to environmental issues through actvities associated with the Courtyard Club, academic support with after-school tutoring, and exposure to careers and related topics in science by mean of visiting scientists.

Contact: Peter Petrossian 301-320-6540

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Quince Orchard High School
Sponsor(s) :
Franco Canet
Helen Mortorff

Chapter Name :
Zeta

School Principal :
Caroll Working
301-840-4686
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

We started the second semester of school with a field trip we planned during first semester to the Baltimore Aquarium. Major activities we did second semester wes field trip to the National Zoo in Washington D.C., had a NASA guest speaker, and an Earth Day Guest Speaker about earth day events and future community service opportunities. We had a blast this year and would like to do the same field trips, but also include more to NIH and biotechnology related field trips or guest speakers.

Report Submitted: 05/20/2008

Rockville High School
Sponsor(s) :
Gregg Gochnour

Chapter Name :
Beta

School Principal :
Debra Munk
301-517-8105
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

This semester we were very involved in trips to The National Brain held at the Dana Center in Washington, DC, visiting the interactive Infectious Disease Exhibit at the National Academies of Science's Koshland Museum and the University of Maryland's Biotechnology Open House with bio-medical demos and discussion with medical students on their medical technology lab work. We had meetings to discuss summer internships, future trips, biomedical breakthroughs and actually looked at a real heart in a dissection at one of our meetings. Culminating this spring was the HHMI dinner and presentations by Parisa and Dahlia as our HHMI/NIH/MCPS Student Interns. It was a good year of student involvement and we thank you for your support of this SAS Program.

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Seneca Valley High School
Sponsor(s) :
Nova Cobble

Chapter Name :
SAS Seneca Valley

School Principal :


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Narrative Report

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Report Submitted: 06/13/2008

Sherwood High School
Sponsor(s) :
James Douglas

Chapter Name :
Sherwood Academy of Science

School Principal :
Bill Gregory
301-924-3250
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

Mrs. Joy Mele, a statistician from the FDA came and spoke to our class about research design and how she looks for bias and validity in clinical trials of experimental drugs. We had over 100 students enter 53 projects at the Montgomery Area Science Fair at the Reckford Armory. We had a grand prize winner who took 3rd place at the International Fair in Atlanta Georgia. Three of our members competed at the ISWEEP Olypmiad in Houston Texas and won third place out of 900 projects from all over the world. Our year concluded with the Sherwood Science Fair where the students were judged and were awarded over $3,000 in prizes donated by the community. Our Awards Dinner was Memorial Day at Sole d'Italia in Ashton.

We have two HHMI NIH Interns next year and two FAES NIH Interns this summer. We have three other NIH Interns this summer and one UMDCP Intern (Molecular Biology)this summer

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Viers Mill Elemantary School
Sponsor(s) :
Stacy Catlett-Muhammand

Chapter Name :
Jaguar Science Academy

School Principal :


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Narrative Report

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Report Submitted: 06/10/2008

Watkins Mill High School
Sponsor(s) :
Peyton Ford

Chapter Name :
Watkins Mill SAS

School Principal :
Kevin Hobbs
301-840-3959
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

This semester we looked at the environmental impact of Watkins Mill HS and how to lower our carbon footprint locally. We had a our group of students examine this question. The rest of the semester was used to discuss science inquiry questions.

Report Submitted: 05/29/2008

Wheaton High School
Sponsor(s) :
Heather Carias

Chapter Name :
Knights Pursing a Career in Science

School Principal :
Kevin Lowndes
301-929-2050
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

I worked with 5 students to fundraise money to attend the Experimental Biology Conference in San Diego, CA. The money that was fundraised plus travel awards that we received from Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) allowed myself and 5 students to stay in San Diego for 5 nights and interact with phenomenal scientists. This was a well earned privilege for some outstanding seniors.

The AP Biology classes did service learning projects to support an orphanage in Liberia (through Acres of Hope) and a hospital in Haiti (through Partners in Health). This is a project that I would like to continue for years to come. The students raised $500 for Haitian healthcare; this money is enough to cure malnutrition for 5 children. The students raised $1000 plus seven boxes of goods (clothing/toiletries/toys) for an orphanage in the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia.

We continue to work with Catholic University to bring a Nurse into the school every Monday at lunch to meet with the students. The Nurse discusses different health care topics and career options with the students.

Report Submitted: 05/22/2008

Wootton High School
Sponsor(s) :
Lesli Adler
John Fitz & Rebecca Firoved

Chapter Name :
Eta and DNAcademy

School Principal :
Dr. Michael Doran
301-279-8550
Below, please list the activities your group conducted and the number of hours you accrued on each activity.

Narrative Report

The DNAcademy provides personal assistance and tutoring for students in WHS to apply for opportunities listed in the POST. They assist with resume writing, applications, as well as support for course work. Last summer more than 50 WHS students participated in summer science internships. The SAS chapters assist the STARS Program (Science, Technology and Research Signature Program) to assure that the students in this program are able to meet their requirements. Especially those in the Molecular Biology perspective.

Additionally, the DNAcademy members provide education and community service activities. This school year, members have participated in three field trips. Our first field trip helped teach biotechnology to Frost Middle School students. Our second field trip was a tour of part of the NIH campus. For our third