For Immediate Release – Lawton, OK, May 8, 2006
CU announces Science and Math Expo winners
Cameron University recently hosted the 2006 Science and Mathematics Exposition for local and area
students enrolled in kindergarten through sixth grade.
The exposition recognizes students’ interest and appreciation for science and mathematics, as well as
geography and scientific illustration. Two special awards are given during the expo to students for their
outstanding accomplishments in mathematics and sciences.
The Mae Jemison Award was given to Michael Recklein from Crosby Park Elementary School for his
research project in “Volcanic Ash versus Temperature”.
The award is given in recognition of Dr. Mae Carol Jemison who was the first African American astronaut to
go into space. As a mission specialist, she performed experiments on motion sickness, weightlessness and
calcium loss in bones. Today, the Jemison Group, a technology firm in Houston, researches advanced
technology to specifically be used to improve communication and health care in western Africa.
The Marie Curie Award, the expo’s second special award, was given to a group project presented by Dallas
Sealey and Morgan Merritt from Sullivan Village Elementary School for their project “Wrangling the Wind:
Building a Wind Turbine.” Through her discovery of radium, Curie paved the way for nuclear physics and
cancer therapy. She earned a degree in physics and went on to pursue a mathematics degree. Curie was
honored with a Nobel Prize for Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium.
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