1999 AAPT High School Physics Photo Contest Winners
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Each year, AAPT supports a high school photo contest. Physics students around the country are challenged to submit one 8 x 10 black and white or color photo illustrating a physics concept. The students are required to take the photo themselves and include with it a written summary of the physics occurring in the photo. The following pictures were judged at the Summer Meeting in San Antonio, TX. Students submitted entries into two different catagories: Contrived and Natural.

Contrived Category

First Place: Center of Mass
Lissah Lorberbaum
John Burroughs High School
755 South Price Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63124
Teacher: J. Mark Schober

Natural Category

First Place: Cohesion, Adhesion, and Refraction
Laura Rosow
Wayland High School
264 Old Connecticut Path
Wayland, MA 01778
Teacher: Kenneth Altshuler

Second Place: Puddle of Light
Maria Allocco
Niles West High School
5701 Oakton Street
Skokie, IL 60077
Teacher: Martha Lietz

Second Place: The Upside Down Sphere
Carl Westine
South Salem High School
464 Rural Ave, SE
Salem, OR 97302

Honorable Mention: Reflection
Kendall Brodarick
John Burroughs School
755 South Price Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63124
Teacher: J. Mark Schober

Honorable Mention: The Physics of Wrinkles
Katherine MacArthur
John Burroughs School
755 South Price Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63124
Teacher: J. Mark Schober

Video Contest

Student Category:
First Place: Calculating the Inward Force on Helicopter Blades
John Przyborski, Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, PA
Teacher: Bob Reiland

Second Place: Dynamic Bridges - Bridge Resonance
Bob Barrett, Messiah College, Grantham, PA