2005 TRIO ThinkQuest
Best of Contest
Rain of Ruin
Rain of Ruin was designed to inform and educate visitors about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, an event that has profoundly impacted our world and continues to do so to this day. More specifically, the site focuses on the decision to drop the bomb and whether or not it can be justified. The website presents information leading to the bombings and its aftermath, and encourages visitors to use the information to form their own views about this important historical event.
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The Beauty of the Golden Ratio
Have you ever heard of the Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci numbers? Have you ever wondered why some remarkable architectural features are built in a certain way? Have you ever been curious about why some people look much more pleasing than others? In this site, we will examine possible explanations to these questions.
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The Sacred Carvings: Mdw Ntr
This website will inform young people about the mysterious language of Mdw Ntr. Mdw Ntr translates to mean "God's Words", and its Greek translation is the word hieroglyphics. Mdw Ntr originated in Ancient Egypt, called, KMT (Kemet), and was used consistently by priests. This website will let young people be more aware of Mdw Ntr, the culture of the people of KMT, and its impact on present day popular culture amongst youth. This website will let people know about Mdw Ntr in a fun and educational way. Our team is honored to be a trailblazer in the presentation of this
Visit Site AboutGold Award, Cultural History
International District: The Unknown Legacy
This website concerns the history of Chinatown in Seattle and its immigrants. This topic is important because Chinese and other Asian immigrants had a significant impact on Seattle. They contributed a lot, yet received no recognition, instead only harsh words and racist epitaphs. They were treated as second class citizens, shunned away from society and put into a little area of Seattle called Chinatown. This area has a lot of history, yet it is always overlooked. We want to educate Chinatown/International District's immigrants on how its social reality shaped their life.
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Japanese Prints
This website covers a brief history of ancient Japanese prints and how they came to be. Japanese prints have been a big influence in Japan's culture. Japanese prints are not all the same; instead they are all different in some way. Some of them use the same techniques and have their own style. We will be covering three of the many styles of Japanese prints. Three artists will also be covered throughout this website.
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Guernica
On April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, the Basque town of Guernica was bombed by the German squadron known as the Condor Legion, under the command of Francisco Franco. The Condor Legion was assigned aerial missions throughout Spain, as Nazi Germany's prime contribution to Franco's forces. As a result, there were approximately 10,000 deaths, most of which were elderly people, women, and children. The bombardment of Guernica became a world-renowned symbol of the horrors of war. It inspired Pablo Picasso's most anti- war work of art, called Guernica. In this painting, Picasso captured the anguish and despair resulting from the violence and dementia of Franco and his actions.
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Valiant Soldiers of WWII
This web site was created in honor of World War II Soldiers. It commemorates the unsung warriors that fought for the freedom of the civilized world. It focuses on three groups (Filipino, African American and Chinese) as they represent our team members' cultural-ethnic backgrounds. We want people to know of these groups' roles and hardships throughout World War II.
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U.B. Alive
This website was created in the defense of Upward Bound and all other associated programs with TRiO. Sadly the President of the United States has decided to say that money is more important than education. Because of the proposed Fiscal Year 2006 budget, Upward Bound will cease to exist if there is no action taken. We would like you to view what Upward Bound is from the students' eyes, and hopefully you can pass it on to the President.
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Home Remedies
This site provides both a list of remedies for common ailments, found through our research, and a list of remedies provided by forty students and staff we surveyed this summer. We also provide a list of remedy myths that may or may not work, so we do not recommend trying them.
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Bird Database
This summer, our research project was to learn about a database from Carol Lushbough, who works at USD. We also went into the field and collected bird data and added it to a database we created. This website chronicles that data.
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