European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday april 3. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 education news seventh sirah Kahn ii left and Ursula Bock 13, eel to if in Junior High school s band room in practice a duct. Sarah is the daughter of Mai. State and Teresa Kahne and Troila s parents re tech. Sol. Pc ill and Stur Tsuiji. Lubock. Enl Given no pro eco by Frankfurt student wins science contest b Dayt wai.c7.ak Ducal inn Fri let he1deu1erg. West Germany Lisa dry now eth s 12-Page paper was the kind of writing Only a scientist could love. Determination or tie activation Energy and order of reaction far a Light Scicli will never make the Hest Sci scr list Bui its 16-Vcur-old author could t care iras. La was a Relief the Frankfurt High schoo Ijunior said ask r if ing named Lau reate of the 4ih annual european Junior science and humanities symposium. The whole thing was kind of the judges certainly thought so. After reviewing 12 other presentations inc panel or science educators tabbed Lisa s Effort to represent the european schools in the notional Junior science and humanities symposium Competition May 2 io6al was in him. . The lop four runners up 10 Lisa plan to accompany tier to West joint As the european contingent to the National Competition sponsored by the army re search laboratories and inc Academy of applied science which has its Headquarters in North Carolina. National symposium Orciani its Lia a agreed to pay the students expenses. The announcement or the lop finishers saturday morning capped two Days of displays and lectures about Sci ence projects designed by students from 28 overseas schools including one each from Iceland and Bahrain most students represented depart ment of defense. Dependents schools but the symposium also a Small Bur. Capable european contingent. 1 a i i took two of the runners up honors Competition which was held at the Hei Delberg medical Complex. Lisa chose the subject of her project in Early november after watching groups of Young children Tarn Ligh Wicks during Irick or realing on halloween. Lisa s experiments focused on the density of Ziehl emitted from the nightsticks. Given nil through inc interaction of two liquid chemicals inside a plastic Coil. She concluded that heat affects the intensity and the longevity of the. Light inside the stick. If you need a lot of Light in a Short period of Lime you would treat the Light stick up she said. But if you would need Light for a longer period of time. You would Cool them Down. A Ligh Slick would usually last about four hours. Hut if you heat it up it would Only last an hour but the Light would be very. Yer Bright Haw Many hours did it take for Lisa to Complete the project hours How about months she said. La was really intense especially the last Thomli. Every month 1 worked after school.,. Sometimes i d work at lunch. Frequently i d have to slay Al the school until 7 or 8 . Twice i came in to Frankfurt High school on Lisa who Hopes to. Become a chemical Engineer thought her project was finished once she submitted her paper to symposium organisers in Early february. Rut then she was told she would have to deliver a 15-Minule Oral explanation of her project at the symposium before 170 students and science teachers. I had to a Plain what the reaction is and describe How 1 did the Experiment Lisa said. There were a whole Bunch of. Details thai 1 had to include. Since the speech could Only be 15 i nulls Lon i 1 had to do a lot of rewording to make it fit into that other Oral presentations i Ltd my i a those Given by
