Teacher Project Grant Program

ACESS has approved 2010-2011 Teacher Project Grants of $500 each for the following projects:

• "Get Physical with Physics"- Penny Pletikapich, Litchfield Middle School, Fairlawn, OH
• "Growing Live Plants"- Bobie Jo Carson- Cloverleaf Middle School, Seville, OH
• "Science with Toys"- Jana Weinreich, Margaret Mason, Michelle Hanchey
and Pam Mattiazzo- Kleckner School, Green, OH
• "Gain Acess to Resources of Garden Club"- Laila Discenza- Visintainer Middle
School, Brunswick, OH
• "Hang on Sloopy II"- Elizabeth Terrill-Bchtel High School, Akron,OH
• "Learning Forensics"- Monique Binkley- Garfield High School, Akron, OH

ACESS announced the following 2009-2010 grants to teachers for their projects:

I. Project Name: Crime Scene Investigators - ACESS/ExxonMobil grant School: Our Lady of the Elms Middle School Teacher: Cristina Jones
II. Project Name: Competitive Rocketry with Mr Newton – ACESS/OMNOVA grant School: Firestone High School Teacher: Edwin J Cauffield
III. Project Name: Animal Ecosystem Exploration – ACESS/OMNOVA grant School: East High School Teacher: Carolyn Hofer, Steve D'Attoma
IV. Project Name: Using Forensic Science Problems as Teaching Tools - ACESS/ExxonMobil grant School: East High School Teacher: Josh Oldham
V. Project Name: Pinewood Derby Cars in the Science Classroom - ACESS/ExxonMobil grant School: Ellet High School Teacher: Steve Remenaric
VI. Project Name: Personal Care Chemistry - ACESS/ExxonMobil grant School: Litchfield Middle School Teacher: Penny Pletikapich
VII. Project Name: Hang on Sloopy: A Natural Balance in the Buckeye State I - ACESS/ExxonMobil grant School: Buchtel High School Teacher: Elizabeth L Terrill

ACESS is pleased to announce the following grants for teachers for 2008-2009

Mr. Andrew Brown
Crestwood High School
"A River Runs Through Us"

Cathy Corr and Terri Duesing
Crestwood Middle School
project "CMS Science Night-See it! Do it! Take it!"

Mr. John Guidubaldi
East High School
"CWRU Lego Robotics Competition"

Mr. James Sicker
Canton Central Catholic High School
"Van de Graaff"

Mr. Steven Wood
North Canton Hoover High School
"Engineering and Science Endeavor"

Bernie Caldwell
Lehman Middle School
project "Hydroponics-Growing with the Flow"

Mrs. Denise Johnson
Lehman Middle School
"A Day at Sippo Lake"

Ms. Johnna O'Neal
East High School
"2009 Envirothon",

Mrs. Patricia Wicks
Buchtel High School
"Get Your Feet Wet with Scientific Inquiry-A Water Lab Experience"

Previously seven grants of $500 each were awarded for the following projects:

1. Betty Indriolo, St Sebastian School. "Polymer Properties & Problem Solving."

2. Jeff Funk & Ryan Durr, Chamberlin Middle School. "DNA Lab Activity."

3. Ryan Durr, Chamberlin Middle School. "Genome Project ."

4. Heather Van Orman, Kimpton Middle School. "What is Density?"

5. Cristina Jones, Our Lady of the Elms Middle School. "Understanding Light and Sound."

6. David Ternent, Kimpton Middle School. "Force and Motion."

7. Jim Brown, Kimpton Middle School. "Rockets."