Fourteenth Annual Chemathon - May 9, 1998
Teams, Contributors, and Award Winners
Teams
A total of 29 teams competed in 1998: eighteen at the first-year level and
eleven at the second-year level.
A total of 171 students from 19 different schools participated.
First-year teams
Allegany High School, Cumberland, MD
Boonsboro High Schhol, Boonsboro, MD
Connelly School of the Holy Child, Potomac, MD
Fallston High School, Fallston, MD
Fort Hill High School, Cumberland, MD
Gaithersburg High School, Gaithersburg, MD
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School, Frederick, MD
John Carroll School, Bel Air, MD
Joppatowne High School, Joppatowne, MD
Leonardtown High School, Leonardtown, MD
Old Mill Senior High School, Millersville, MD
Rockville High School, Rockville, MD
Springbrook High School, Silver Spring, MD
Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MD
Washington International School, Washington, DC
Watkins Mill High School, Gaithersburg, MD
Western School of Technology and Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD
Wootton High School, Rockville, MD
Second-year teams
Allegany High School, Cumberland, MD
Boonsboro High School, Boonsboro, MD
Fallston High School, Fallston, MD
Fort Hill High School, Cumberland, MD
Gaithersburg High School, Gaithersburg, MD
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School, Frederick, MD
Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Springbrook High School, Silver Spring, MD
Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MD
Watkins Mill High School, Gaithersburg, MD
Wootton High School, Rockville, MD
Contributors
The Coordinating Committee wishes to thank the following contributors to the
Fourteenth Annual Chemathon:
- Hewlett-Packard Company, Rockville (Bev Lesko): scientific calculators
for members of the first-place grand prize winning
teams at both levels
- McCormick & Company
Research and Development (Pat Hoffman):
Spicy Chemistry T-shirts for members of the second-place
grand prize winning teams at both levels
- Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society (Mike Zapf):
subscriptions to Chem Matters magazine awarded for members of
the third-place grand prize winning teams at both levels
- American Chemical Society CHEMTECH office (Marcia Dresner):
subscriptions to CHEMTECH magazine for the
teachers sponsoring the fourth-place grand prize winning teams
at both levels
- Fisher Scientific (Dave Keck): financial support for miscellaneous expenses
- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry (Bruce Jarvis):
Chemathon T-shirts given to all team members and team sponsors
Grand Prize Winners
First-Year Teams
First place: Wootton High School
Second place: Joppatowne High School
Third place: Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Fourth place: Allegany High School
Fifth place: Walt Whitman High School
Sixth place: Gaithersburg High School
Seventh place: Fallston High School
Eighth place: Boonsboro High School
Ninth place: Springbrook High School
Tenth place: Rockville School
Second-Year Teams
First place: Walt Whitman High School
Second place: Wootton High School
Third place: Allegany High School
Fourth place: Fallston High School
Fifth place: Montgomery Blair High School
Sixth place: Boonsboro High School
Seventh place: Watkins Mill High School
Eighth place: Gaithersburg High School
Ninth place: Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Tenth place: Fort Hill High School
First-year Event Winners
Bionic Eye
- Gaithersburg
- Allegany
- Rockville
- Walt Whitman
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
Chemical Jeopardy
- Wootton
- Boonsboro
- Walt Whitman
- Allegany
- Wash. International
Chemistry Signs
- Rockville
- Joppatowne
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
- Wootton
- Gaithersburg
Chemysterie
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
- Joppatowne
- Wootton
- Leonardtown
- Gaithersburg
Hydronium Hijinks
- Fort Hill
- Western Tech.
- Old Mill
- Leonardtown
- Springbrook
Mendeleev Madness
- Wootton
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
- Allegany
- John Carroll
- Wash. International
Threaded Ions
- Joppatowne
- Fort Hill
- Wootton
- Fallston
- Allegany
Viscoelastic Bounce
- Fallston
- Boonsboro
- Joppatowne
- Wootton
- Gaithersburg
Weighing by Redox
- Fallston
- Watkins Mill
- Joppatowne
- Wootton
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
Second-year Event Winners
Balancing Act
- Walt Whitman
- Wootton
- Fallston
- Mont. Blair
- Allegany
Beat the Clock
- Allegany
- Walt Whitman
- Wootton
- Boonsboro
- Fallston
Chemistry is Academic
- Wootton
- Gaithersburg
- Walt Whitman
- Fort Hill
- Fallston
Chemistry Signs
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
- Walt Whitman
- Watkins Mill
- Allegany
- Gaithersburg
Chemysterie
- Walt Whitman
- Fallston
- Boonsboro
- Watkins Mill
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
Make My [Fara]day
- Wootton
- Allegany
- Walt Whitman
- Fallston
- Springbrook
Threaded Ions
- Allegany
- Wootton
- Fort Hill
- Walt Whitman
- Boonsboro
Traveling Electrons
- Mont. Blair
- Boonsboro
- Fallston
- Wootton
- Watkins Mill
Viscoelastic Bounce
- Wootton
- Allegany
- Fallston
- Mont. Blair
- Walt Whitman
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