Welcome to SEMAGNET’s 25th annual

Geography Fair

Communities:

Local and Global

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Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Burnell Hall

Bridgewater State University

Presented by SEMAGNET

Southeast Massachusetts Geography Network

Funding provided by:

Office of the Provost, Bridgewater State University and

the Massachusetts Global Education Consortium

PROGRAM

8:15 - 9:00 am SET UP

9:00 - 11:00 am JUDGING

Participants are requested to remain

with their projects to answer the judges’ questions.

11:00 am Musical program:

Genki Spark

Taiko drumming and Sisterhood

http://thegenkispark.org/

11:45 am AWARDS CEREMONY

* The tenth Dr. Glenn Miller Award

for Outstanding Achievement in Geography Education

to Robert Poirier

Geography Teacher, North Andover Middle School

** Presentation of 2011 Geography Fair Awards

GEOGRAPHY deals with both the physical and

the cultural realities of our world. It helps us understand the varied environments of the earth and the connections between places. With geographic knowledge we can see how decisions made at one place might affect people living in another region of the world.

The study of geography begins with knowing

WHERE? things are; it then asks WHY?

and then it asks HOW? those places affect our lives.

Only students will remain with their projects for the duration of the judging period, 9am – 11am. Parents, family, teachers, and friends are welcome to remain in the Cafeteria where coffee, soda, and snacks are for sale.

2011 Geography Fair Participants

SCHOOLS

Ahern Middle School, Foxboro

British School of Boston

Hobomock Elementary School, Pembroke

Horace Mann, Middle School, Franklin

John Nichols Middle School, Middleborough

Indian Brook Elementary School, Plymouth

Plymouth Community Intermediate, Plymouth

Plymouth South Middle School, Plymouth

Rochester Memorial, Rochester

INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES

Grades 4-6 (Individual)

Student / Project / School
1 / Evan Costa / England to Massachusetts / Rochester Memorial
2 / Erin Burke / Australia to Iceland / Rochester Memorial
3 / Mackenzie Drew / The Great Dismal Swamp and the Everglades / Rochester Memorial
School
4 / Alice Bednarczyk / Tokyo and New York City / Rochester Memorial School
5 / Carly Demanche / Temperate
vs.
Tropical Rainforest / Rochester memorial School
6 / Arissa Francis / A Comparison of the
Himalayan and Andes Mountains / Rochester Memorial School
7 / Erik Rivera / Comparing the Sahara and Gobi Deserts / Rochester Memorial School
8 / Ethan Rankin / From 60’ to 8000’:
Comparing Pembroke to Pakistan / Hobomock Elementary School

Grades 7-8 (Individual)

9 / Sebastian Britto / Alcatraz Island Plymouth, MA / PCIS
10 / Emily Burke /

Osaka, Japan Cape Town, South Africa

/ PCIS
11 / Joseph Hajnasr / Beirut, Lebanon & Olympia, Greece / PCIS
12 / Fiona Callahan /

Dublin, Ireland & Los Angeles

/ PCIS
13 / Ashley Coste / Paris, France & Tokyo, Japan / PCIS
14 / Lily Colbert /

Timbuktu, Mali Chinik, Alaska

/ PCIS
15 / James Addison / Old Plymouth, MA & Modern Plymouth / PCIS
16 / Andrew Armenio / Yumen, China & Los Angeles / PCIS
17 /

Zoila Aki

/ Cologne, Germany Lisbon, Portugal / PCIS
18 / Niranjana Das / Franklin, MA & India / Horace Mann Middle School, Franklin
19 / David Trombly / London, England &
Accra, Ghana / Plymouth South Middle
20 / B. DiMartino / Dallas & Las Vegas / Plymouth South Middle
21 /

Grace Sullivan

/ MicMac Tribe / PCIS
22 / James Sullivan / Paris Island, USMC / PCIS
23 / Christopher Anderson / Sweden / PCIS
24 /

Emma Stillman

/ The Masai / PCIS
25 /

Jill Wager-Benson

/ Seoul, South Korea / PCIS
26 /

Shruthi Sudhakar

/ Fire and Ice / British School of Boston
27 /

Emily Nguyen

/ Paris / PCIS
28 /

Joe Kroon

/ Giza and Cairo / PCIS
29 /

Alex Sinks

/ From the Harbor City to the Kremlin / PCIS
30 /

Kendyl Ryan

/ Paris and Beijing: a world apart / PCIS
31 /

Michael Delano

/ Medieval and Modern England / Plymouth South Middle
32 /

Joey Duggan

/ Russia / PCIS
33 /

Kerri-Anne Pendergast

/ Social Network / PCIS
34 /

Jordan Costa

/ Cape Cod / PCIS
35 /

Sarah Donaln

/ Plymouth, MA and Plymouth, U.K. / PCIS
36 /

Matt Haynes

/ Seattle / PCIS
37 /

Haley Robertson

/ Sonoma County / PCIS

PAIRS

Grades 4-6 (Pairs)

38 / Jack Sollauer & Jacob DeMaggio / Denmark to China / Rochester Memorial School
39 / Rachel Demmer & Georgia West / Patagonia to Greenland / Rochester Memorial School
40 / Maggie Farrell & Caitlin Stopka / Nairobi to Rome / Rochester Memorial School
41 / Liam Roe & Cameron St. Croix / Ontario / PCIS
42 / Emily Krause & Leanne Galanek / Madagascar / PCIS
43 / Madison Crowley & Kathleen Fisher / Natural disasters / PCIS
44 / Jackson Stone & Michael McHigh / Yukon Territory vs Egypy / Ahern Middle School, Foxboro
45 / Kara Milton & Nicole Cobb / Pembroke, Massachusetts
and
Vatican City: Small Town, Small Country / Hobomock Elementary School
46 / Mikayla Tavares & Elizabeth Bowen / Pembroke, Massachusetts and Baku, Azerbaijan: What Do These Places Share Beyond Latitude? / Hobomock Elementary School

Grades 7 – 8 (pairs)

47 / Melissa Smith & Caroline Lynch / Ireland versus Italy / Nichols Middle School, Middleboro
48 / Madison George & Rachel Bond / London and Cornwall, England / Plymouth South Middle
49 / Bobby Colbert & Nick George / South African Apartheid / PCIS
50 / Mason Jones & Ryan Gillette / International Space Station / PCIS
51 / Jeremy Harold & Jared Deorio / London, England and Kano, Nigeria / PCIS
52 / Alexxia Shortall & Jared Downie / Honolulu, Hawaii & Nine Miles, Jamaica / PCIS
53 / Chris Ferrante & Derrick Jones / Tasmania, Australia Venice, Italy / PCIS
54 / Molly Crocker & Ana Noriega / Ice or Acid? Which would you prefer? / Ahern Middle School Foxboro
55 / Navya Peddireddy & Srikari Tummla / High versus Low: Dubai Vs Juneau / Ahern Middle School, Foxboro
56 / Ally Curran & Kelli McCarthy / Australian Outback Venice, Italy / Ahern Middle School, Foxboro
57 / Amy O’Brien & Hannah Walker / Comparing Tokyo and Boston / PCIS
58 / Meghan Snowdale & Anna Donohue / Chinese food / PCIS
59 / Rachel Easter & Maddy Lapsley / England / PCIS
60 / Brian Kingsbury & Nate Fleet / Australian animals / PCIS
61 / Julia Travassos & Summer Fanning / Ireland / PCIS
62 / Liam Ginnetty,
& Thomas Fitzpatrick / D-Day
Iwo Jima / Plymouth South Middle
63
/ Maia Segatore &
Cassandra Harkins / Tokyo, Japan
London, England / Plymouth South Middle
64 / Jessica McWhirk
& Sara Buchanan / Tel Aviv, Israel
Palermo, Sicily / Plymouth South Middle
65 / Alyssa Goyette &
Nicole Lindquist / Barcelona FC
Real Madrid / Plymouth South Middle
66 / John Ross &
Makenna Rivera-Concannon / Volcanoes / Plymouth South Middle
67 / Emily Hoar &
Emerson Randlett / Food of Thailand
& China / Plymouth South Middle
68 / Melanie Mitchell &
Kayla Armfield / Mall of America
SM Mall of Asia / Plymouth South Middle

GROUPS (large)

Grades 4-6
69 / Ms. Franks’s 4th grade class
Alyssa Barker, Daniel Pang, Brendan Clark, Marie St. Germaine, Anya Rickertson, Jonathan Reardon, Robbie Dusseau, Armandea Connelly, Josie Dill, Johnny Kenny, Carter Nevulis, Emily Snyder, Isabella Pierce, Ginger Pomale / Seoul, South Korea and Brisbane Australia / Indian Brook Elementary School,
Plymouth

GROUPS (small)

Grades 4-6
70 / Christina Rogers, Lauren Platt, Gabrielle Shilcusky / Copenhagen and Madagascar / Ahern Middle School, Foxboro
71 / Jeanmarie Marshall,
Kate Canniff, & Emma Grimm / 40oN: Comparing Massachusetts to Turkmenistan / Hobomock Elementary School
72 / Madyn Godfrey, Kiarra Chiddick, &
Cassidy Guimares / Pembroke, Massachusetts and
Lisbon, Portugal: An Ocean Apart / Hobomock Elementary School
73 / Evan LeBlanc, Zachary Horvath, Colton Cappa, & Camden Cappa / The Philippines and Pembroke, Massachusetts:
East-West Perspectives / Hobomock Elementary School

Grades 7-8 (groups small)

74 / Casey Lynch, Max Tripp, and Nolan Perry / The Cajuns / PCIS
75 / Nicholas Curran, Jacob Burkhead, and Jake Harrington / Chinatown, San Francisco / PCIS
76 / Sophia Fosdick, Payton Reifuss, and Erin Bernard / Zulu and Ashanti tribes / PCIS
77 / Stephen Cavaliere, Colin Cabral, and Alex Gordon / Cologne, Germany and Lisbon Portugal / PCIS
78 / Charlotte Clark, Lillian Backlund, & Shae Wilson /

Albany, N.Y. & Addis Ababa Ethiopia

/ PCIS
79 / Adrianna McNeely, Isabel Kierstad, & Abigail Salvucci / Buenos Aires, Argentina & Venice Italy / PCIS
80 / Madison DeCousey, Marie Bates, & Maddy Levis / New York, N.Y. & Giza, Egypt / PCIS
81 / Mike Esty, Kealin Farmer, C.J. Giangrande / Russia and Egypt / Ahern Middle School, Foxboro
82 / Matt Withington, Wade McGilvray, Shane Gibbons / Pentagon / PCIS
83 / Drew Luongo,
Chris Elliott, & Jacob Stasiowski / Flights of Disaster
9/11 & Pearl Harbor / Plymouth South Middle

TEACHERS, STAFF and PARENTS

A special thanks to all the teachers, staff, and parents who gave their time and their encouragement.

Ms. Therese Andrews ……………………....…...... British School of Boston

Mr. Greg Barrett ...... …...... Plymouth Community Intermediate School

Ms. Amy Brown ….....…...... Plymouth Community Intermediate School

Mr. Jim Della Cioppa...... Rochester Memorial School

Mr. Jim d’Entremont ...... Horace Mann Middle School, Franklin

Ms. Amy Durgin …………………………………………….. Hobomock Elementary School

Ms. Nancy Franks .…..…...... Indian Brook Elementary School, Plymouth

Mr. Steve Herbert ...... Plymouth South Middle School

Ms. Carol Horta ...... Ahern Middle School, Foxborough

Ms. Danni Kleiman ...... Rochester Memorial School

Mr. David McGovern ...... …...... Horace Mann Middle School, Franklin

Mr. Joe Murphy …………………………….………………Plymouth South Middle School

Mr. Larry Palagi...... Plymouth Community Intermediate School

Mrs. Kelly Valeri ……………………………………………..Hobomock Elementary School

Mr. Chad Wolf ...... Plymouth Community Intermediate School

Thank you for your participation...See you next year!

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