WHAT: Middle school students from Pittsburgh, Saddle Brook, N.J. and
Washington, D.C. will be honored for being named regional semi-
finalists in the Bayer/NSF Award for Community Innovation, a
nationwide competition that challenges students to apply
science and technology to community issues.
The regional semi-finalists will be honored and will present
their winning solutions in front of a Carnegie Science Center
audience of children and adults participating in a science
center sleep-over event.
WHEN: Saturday, April 10, 1999 beginning at 7:15 p.m.
(expected time 30 minutes)
WHERE: Carnegie Science, Science Stage Theater
WHO: Sixth graders from Crafton Elementary School researched hot
stoves as a serious safety hazard for young children and
invented the "Burn-No-More Stove Guard," to help prevent burns.
Eighth-graders from Saddle Brook Middle School, Saddle Brook,
N.J., motivated by a schoolmate's death in a railroad crossing
accident, developed "Tracking Railroad Activity -- Crossing
Kids Safely (TRACKS)"
Sixth-graders from Maret School, Washington, D.C., designed an
affordable, safer and more comfortable wheelchair for the
elderly and disabled.
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INFO: One finalist team will be selected from each of 10 regions
nationwide, including this region. Finalists win all-expense
paid trips to Epcot at Walt Disney World May 31 to June 5 where
they compete in front of a renowned panel of judges for more
than $35,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds and the $25,000 Columbus
Foundation Community Grant.
CONTACT: Lynn Rubenson of Bayer Corporation, 412-661-0350, or cellular,
412-720-6064.
SOURCE Bayer Corporation
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