We’ve posted previously about Cobb students involved in the the scientific endeavor of crystal growing.
They’re part of an organization called STARS, which stands for Structural Nucleic Acid Anticancer Research Society, which formed in 2019.
As she has informed us before, STARS student Susanna Huang, a Walton High School graduate now attending Georgia Tech, has passed along word of the 2022 winners of the Cobb County Crystal Growing Competition.
That was held recently at Dodgen Middle School with 8th grade physical science teacher Debbie Amodeo, and this Friday they’ll be honored in a special ceremony at East Cobb Park.
“Over the course of several days, we taught her students how to grow crystals, led hands-on activities for growing the crystals creatively with the students, gave them the opportunity to submit their crystals to the competition, and hosted mega Kahoots with King-sized candy bars as prizes,” Susanna tells us.
She passed along the individual winners, and there are quite a few that you can read through at this link, and we’ve attached some photos she also sent us.
The recipients of the Medals of Scientific Excellence and those given Scientific Achievement Awards will, in addition to their medals, be given crystal pendants.
Friday’s ceremony starts at 5 p.m. with a reception. There will be a raffle drawing where nine students will be chosen to take home a National Geographic Mega Crystal Growing Lab ($40) for vibrant-color crystals and real gemstone specimens.
This awards ceremony is funded by the American Crystallographic Association, which boasts more than 40 Nobel Prize Laureates and over 1,300 members from 37 countries worldwide (https://www.amercrystalassn.
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