Great news from Ms. Nancy Costa at PS 131:
"Our Life Under The Sea Website won 2nd Place and The New 7 Wonders website received an Honorable Mention Award in the TQNYC Website Challenge.
More great news! Our New 7 Wonders Website is also going to be showcased on the international website http://www.new7wonders.com They were very impressed with our website and will now be seen by people from around the globe!
For the third consecutive year, our ThinkQuest NYC website teams have made the finals of this website competition. In the two prior years, one of our teams made the finals and the other the semi-finals. On June 4th we were thrilled to learn that this year both of our teams made the Finals and received their awards on the 11th at the Awards Ceremony. With over 500 website entries over three divisions, this is amazing! We should all be very proud of our students.
Both of my teams integrated the use of Scratch into their websites. I'm sure that the judges were impressed!
To view the work created by Ms. Costa's students, click here:http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC085362 The New 7 Wonders of the World http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC085372 Life Under The Sea
In related news, Mr. William Wonders' students at JHS 49 in Brooklyn won 1st Prize in the NBC Universal Digital Media Competition for their wonderful video, Circle Of Life. Jonthon Coulson's students at Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics made the finals with 924 Trees a Day. Ms. Faye Shaw's students at IS 55 made it to the finals with their thought-provoking Say No To Gangs. The group attended the Awards Ceremony that was held at Columbia University on Wednesday, June 11th. Congratulations !
All of the digital documentaries can be viewed here.