2009 -2010 Projects
The projects shown below were chosen as winners from the more than 40 entries submitted by students in the 2009-2010 Geospatial Semester.
1st - Wildland-Urban Interface - Luray High School (David Sours, Teacher - Ms. Tara Meadows)
and
The Wheels on the Bus - Page County High School (Anthony Cubbage, Teacher - Ms. Tracy Shifflett)
2nd - Effectiveness of Weather SIrens in Colonial Heights - Colonial Heights High School (M. Thompson, Teacher - Mr. Bill Ryan)
3rd - District 16 Little League - Heritage High School (Patrick Gotimer and Jonathan Vargas, Teacher - Mr. Jon Pruess)
Honorable Mention -
Gravesite Decay at Tinkling Spring Cemetery in FIshersville, Virginia - Shenandoah Valley Governor's School (Sawyer Jones, Greg Manor and Claire Trainum, Teacher - Dr. Kurt Michael)
Loudoun Country Road Maintenance - Potomac Falls High School (Arash Majdi and Kevin Yafuso, Teacher - Dr. Andrew Knight)
Old Town Creek Water Quality Study - Colonial Heights High School (M. Hess, Teacher - Mr. Bill Ryan)
Prevalence of Wi-Fi Signals in the Downtown Staunton Area - Shenandoah Valley Governor's School (Brandon Stinespring and Fallon Boardman, Teacher - Dr. Kurt Michael)
State of Emergency: How to React - Luray High School (Nolan Nichols, Teacher - Ms. Tara Meadows)
Water Quality of Old Town Creek - Colonial Heights High School (E. Bedford and Z. Murdock, Teacher - Mr. Bill Ryan)
Geospatial Semester students have also won awards at the
VAMLIS Conference.
