Winner: Trevor Jones, Ann Arbor
Title: Determining how much sand, silt and clay is in a soil sample.
Method: Used the fact that particles with different sizes settle through water at different speeds to separate them into three size categories.

Winner: Julia Alexander, Ann Arbor
Title: How does thermal pollution affect aquatic life?
Method: Exposed aquatic plants to different water temperatures and recorded the effect on plant growth.

Winner: Sara Palmer, Addison
Title: The effect of leaf type, site selection, and leaf pack removal on stream invertebrates and water quality determination.
Method: Set different types of leaf packs in several different environmental settings and recorded the effects on invertebrate populations.