2001 TRIO ThinkQuest Finalists

The Department of Education and TRIO ThinkQuest are pleased to announce the TRIO ThinkQuest 2001 Competition Winning Sites. Links are provided below to the Ten Winning Sites. These sites were produced by students for this contest, and do not necessarily represent the views of TRIO ThinkQuest or its staff. [View our disclaimer.]

These sites were selected by a highly experienced team of judges, each of whom has no connection to the TRIO community. All of them have judged for the ThinkQuest competition for several years. These judges reviewed 29 semifinalist sites.

Winning Sites

Best of Contest:

Best of Contest

Angel Island http://etrio.org/TR0111163/ Upward Bound, University of Washington, WA

Category Winners:

The winners in each category are listed below. The listing is not by any rank order.

Interdisciplinary

Airplanes: Cutting Edge Technology http://etrio.org/TR0110764/ Upward Bound California State University, Chico, CA Survival Skills http://etrio.org/TR0111161/ Upward Bound University of Washington, WA

Arts & Literature

Kindred Spirits: Angel Mythology http://etrio.org/TR0111165/ Upward Bound University of Washington, WA

Science & Mathematics

Tiny Bots http://etrio.org/TR0111728/ Upward Bound Math/Science California Lutheran University, CA Cells: The Basic Unit of Life http://etrio.org/TR0110561/ Upward Bound Math/Science Florida A&M University, FL Terraforming http://etrio.org/TR0111162/ Upward Bound University of Washington, WA

Social Sciences

Violence in Schools http://etrio.org/TR0110761/ Upward Bound California State University, Chico, CA Memories of the Secret War http://etrio.org/TR0110763/ Upward Bound California State University, Chico, CA

Sports & Health

byslexia or dyslexia? http://etrio.org/TR0111164/ Upward Bound University of Washington, WA

Members of the ten winning teams received a copy of Microsoft software. Some winning teams were invited to join TRIO staff in presenting at TRIO meetings during the year. All teams that participated will receive a certificate from the Department of Education.

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Congratulations

We extend our congratulations to all of the TRIO Program Directors, staff, and students who elected to participate in the TRIO ThinkQuest Pilot Year Program. Our thanks to the TRIO ThinkQuest Advisory Committee who worked so very hard to plan and implement this competition. We thank the judges who supported this program with their participation. We hope that this experience has been fun and educational for all of you who participated. We look forward to the next TRIO ThinkQuest Competition.

Dr. Robert Belle, Director,
Office of Federal TRIO Programs,
U.S. Department of Education