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Monday, March 4, 2013

Students To Compete in Anne Arundel Science, Engineering Fair

The fair is set to take place from March 5-7 at North County High School.

School science fairs provide an opportunity for students to research a topic of interest on their own and the best of these projects move on to the next level of competition. This week, more than 300 students will present their research at the Anne Arundel County Regional Science and Engineering Fair to be held at North County High School in Glen Burnie. Winners will be announced Thursday at an awards assembly to be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. “These student researchers represent our best promise of an emerging workforce of degreed and highly skilled technical workers who begin developing their mathematics and science skills early in their educational career,” said Rochelle Slutskin, Coordinator of Science for AACPS, in a prepared statement. …

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Anne Arundel Student Jack Andraka is First Lady's Guest at State of the Union

The North County High School student from Crownsville has taken his talents from the classroom in Glen Burnie to the White House.

Anne Arundel County's own teen celebrity scientist, North County High School student Jack Andraka of Crownsville, will be one of the guests in the audience at President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night. First lady Michelle Obama invited Andraka to the address as a representative for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, according to a statement from the White House press office. Andraka, 16, made a huge splash in 2012 with his invention of a paper-based sensor that can help more accurately and efficiently detect pancreatic cancer—a feat that won him first place in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, plus the attention of several patent-seeking companies. The video of Andraka…

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