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Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Finalist, Garrett Yazzie, 14, of the Navajo Nation in Pinon, Arizona, explains how he built a solar water heater from a 1967 Pontiac radiator at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC on October 16,

Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Finalist, Garrett Yazzie, 14, of the Navajo Nation in Pinon, Arizona, explains how he built a solar water heater from a 1967 Pontiac radiator at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC on October 16,
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Image 1 of 8 from Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge finals underway Team members, Taylor Jones, right, 12, of Maryville, TN and Ruslan Werntz, 16, of Coppell, TX, generate a wave to measure wave dynamics and testing wave barriers during an exercise in the Tsunami Science to explore the “Forces of Nature” Photographer: Team members, Colleen Ryan, right, 12, of Chillicothe, Ohio, and Alexander Uribe, 14, of Eagle Mountain, Utah, test the chemical and physical properties of methane gas in the “Methane Mamba” to explore the “Forces of Nature” Photographer: Robin Weiner Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Finalists, (l) Alexander Uribe, 14, of Eagle Mountain, Utah, and (r) Nilesh Tripuraneni, 14, of Fresno, California, discuss Tripuraneni’s project on using electrolysis to produce hydrogen from seawater, at the N
Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Finalist, Elijah Mena, 14, of Gales Ferry, Connecticut explains his project on Ethanol production using mushrooms at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC Photographer: Paul Morigi Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Finalist, Jacob Perry, 11, of Livingston, Montana, displays how wind can be used to create energy at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC on October 16, 2005. (Paul Morigi) Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge Finalist, Garrett Yazzie, 14, of the Navajo Nation in Pinon, Arizona, explains how he built a solar water heater from a 1967 Pontiac radiator at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC on October 16, Jacob Perry, 11, of Livingston, MT and his teammates test how tornados and hurricanes form during an exercise in the Eye of the Storm exercise to explore the “Forces of Nature” at Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge. Photographer: Robin Weiner
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October 18, 2005 The seventh Annual Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge finals are underway at the University of Maryland this week. The 40 finalists are competing in team-based, interactive simulated challenges designed around the theme of "Forces of Nature." In the wake of the recent natural disasters that ravaged the Gulf Coast of the United States and Southeast Asia, each student will face challenges - from fog banks, to hurricanes, to tsunamis - that utilize their broad range of knowledge in order to understand the implications and scope of natural disasters. The action-packed activities will be taped for broadcast on the Discovery Channel.

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