This month, Amazing Kids! highlights the amazing work of the kids from elementary and middle schools across America who won the 1999 ThinkQuest Junior Contest awards!

Check out the amazing work of these elementary and middle school kids who won special awards for educational website designs!
About ThinkQuest
Each year, ThinkQuest (www.thinkquest.org), an educational initiative committed to advancing learning through the use of computer and networking technology, sponsors an International competition in website design for kids ages 12 through 19. They also sponsor ThinkQuest Junior for elementary school students in grades four through six. The contestants are challenged to work in small teams to create their own fun, interesting and educational websites on a variety of different subjects. Each year, $250,000 in cash and awards are given to the winning teams, teachers and schools of the ThinkQuest Junior competition.
The purpose of the contest is to inspire kids to learn about and become interested in technology and computers, in a way that is both fun and challenging. (They call this “Internet Style” learning.) This type of learning requires that kids learn how to use the power of the Internet as a valuable tool for gathering information and working together. The amazing websites listed below represent the hard work of teams of kids and their adult coaches. You won’t believe your eyes when you see what these smart, industrious kids came up with!
To learn more about ThinkQuest, and to learn how you can enter the next ThinkQuest 2000 contests, visit the ThinkQuest website at: www.thinkquest.org. Who knows? Maybe you’ll be one of the next ThinkQuest winners!
Amazing ThinkQuest Junior Winners
ThinkQuest Junior 1999 Best of Contest Winner
- Pieces and Creases – A Fun Guide To Origami
Vidor Middle School, Vidor, TX
Arts & Literature Category Winners
Platinum winners
Gold winners
- Children’s Creative Theater
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5291
Hartman Elementary School
Florence Elementary School
Omaha, Nebraska
Silver winners
- Wilson Rawls
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5385
Hibbard Elementary
Rexburg, Idaho - Words and Tolkien
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5585
Barnstable Middle School
Marstons Mills, MA - Learn To Draw
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5794
Poulsbo Elementary
North Kitsap
Poulsbo, WA - Cyberstories: Featuring Facts, Fiction
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6066
Homeschool
Penn State
Abington, PA
Interdisciplinary Category Winners
Platinum winners
- How Our Hawaiian Islands were Formed
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5410
Kapolei Elementary School
Kapolei, HI - Journey To New Worlds: Exploration of Space and Hawaiian Voyaging
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6073
Aiea Elementary
Moanalua Elementary
King Kaumuali’i Elementary
Waimalu Elementary
Hawaii - Chess for Kids
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6290
Oak View School
Gentle Creations
Corvallis, Oregon
Gold winners
- Adventures At Sea
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6169
Lingle Middle School
Rogers, Arkansas
Silver winners
- Do We Really Know Dewey?
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5002
Nettleton Intermediate Center
Jonesboro, Arkansas - Great Inventions and Inventors
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5847
Sherwood
North Shore School District 112
Highland Park, Illinois
Science & Math Category Winners
Platinum winners
- Adventures of Lilo the Green Sea Turtle
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6067
Aiea Elementary School
King Kaumualii Elementary School
Aiea, Hawai’i
Gold winners
- Mars Madness
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5579
Enchanted Lake Elementary School
Kailua, Hawai’i - Endangered New Jersey
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5736
Heritage Middle School
South End School
Livingston, New Jersey - The Shocking Truth About Electricity
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6064
Homeschool
Fairfax, Virginia
Silver winners
- Project Environment: Kids In Action
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6076
Salford Hills Elementary
Souderton Elementary
Souderton Area
D. Souderton, Pennsylvania - Alaska’s Blooming Beauties
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6274
Interior Distance Education of Alaska
Social Sciences Category Winners
Platinum winners
- Creatures of the Night and You
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5135
Red River Academy
Texas - A Pioneer’s Journey to the Frontier
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6400
Floresville Elementary
Floresville, Texas
Gold winners
- I Want My NTV!
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5676
Litchfield Intermediate School
Litchfield, Connecticut - Fort Ross: A Piece Right Out Of History
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5723
North Star Academy
Redwood City, California
Silver winners
- Ancient Egypt: Stayin’ Alive
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6182
North Whitfield Middle School
Dalton, Georgia - Aloha Paradise?
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6369
Aiea Elementary School
King Kaumuali’i Elementary
Kapaa Middle School
Hawai’i
Sports and Health Category Winners
Platinum winners
- Yo, It’s Time For Braces
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5029
The Harry Eichler School – PS 56
Queens, New York
Gold winners
- Human Body
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5777
Hinkle Creek Elementary School
Noblesville Intermediate School
Noblesville, Indiana - Baseball and Math
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6082
John F. Pattie Elementary School
Rural Retreat Elementary School
Dumfries, Virginia
Silver winners
- Surfing in Hawaii
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5282
Lehua Elementary
Pearl City, Hawai’i - Seeing Disabilities from a Different Perspective
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5852
Sherwood
North Shore SD 112
Highland Park, Illinois - Jump Into a Healthy Life
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5407
South Bristol School
Wiscasset Primary School
South Bristol, Maine
Links
- Visit the ThinkQuest website to learn more about the exciting, educational and fun ThinkQuest Junior contest. http://www.thinkquest.org/tqjr/
- Find the list of the 1999 ThinkQuest Junior winners at the ThinkQuest Library. http://www.thinkquest.org/library/99tqjr_winners.shtml .
- Visit the ThinkQuest library to see the winners from previous years’ contests too! http://www.thinkquest.org/library/entries.shtml.
- Learn how you can participate in the ThinkQuest Junior 2000 contest. Visit http://www.thinkquest.org/tqjr/jr_participate.shtml. But you better hurry! The deadline to apply is in January, 2000!