Aiming high for the science fair this year? Check out these 12 award-winning projects, and see if your project makes the grade:

1. PNA for Fat  
2000 Intel Young Scientist Scholarship
Karen Kay Powell, Lincoln Park Academy, Fort Pierce, Florida

2. Mechanisms of the Photoisomerization of Conjugated Dienes as a Model for the Primary Visual Event  
2000 Intel Young Scientist Scholarship
Nazanin Jouei, Ely High School, Pompano Beach, Florida  

3. Discrete Electron Density Theory Finite Tensor Solutions to Schrodinger's Equation  
2000 Intel Young Scientist Scholarship
Jason L. Douglas, Cincinnati Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio  

4. Mechanisms of the Photoisomerization of Conjugated Dienes as a Model for the Primary Visual Event  
2000 Intel Glenn T. Seaborg Nobel Prize Visit Award
Nazanin Jouei, Ely High School, Pompano Beach, Florida

5. Isolating Plasma Species Initiating Internal Electrostatic Fields for Plasma Heating
2000 Intel Glenn T. Seaborg Nobel Prize Visit Award
Garrett J. Young, Young Homeschool, Branchburg, New Jersey

6. RAPD Analysis of Genetic Variation in Native Orchid Species
2000 Science Fair Student of the Year, California State Science Fair
Arietta E. Fleming-Davies, Bonita Vista Senior High School, Chula Vista, California

7. TGF-B Signaling and Mandibular Morphogenesis  
2000 Science Fair Project of the Year, Senior Division, California State Science Fair
Cindy Y. Woo, Bravo (Francisco) Medical Magnet High School, Los Angeles, California

8. "Eye See You": Creation of a Digital Eye
2000 Science Fair Project of the Year, Junior Division, California State Science Fair
Thomas W. Moulia , Jr., Jacoby Creek Elementary School, Bayside, California

9. The Diagnostic and Prognostic Significance of P53 and Ki-67 Expression in Ovarian Serous Tumors of Low Malignant Potential and Their Implants 
Top 4 Award, 2000 Connecticut State Science Fair
Alex C. Mittal, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut

10. Laser-Induced Fluorescence to Detect and Quantify Motor Oil Contamination in Soil and Water
Top 4 Award, 2000 Connecticut State Science Fair
Robert W. Mulcare, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut

11. An Experiment to Determine the Agent/Mechanism Causing Passivity of Iron in Aerated Distilled Water
Top 4 Award, 2000 Connecticut State Science Fair
Micheal H. Nyberg, Lyme-Old Lyme High School, Old Lyme, Connecticut

12. A Model of Embryonic Cellular Morphology: Explorations of a Two-Dimensional Cellular Automaton
Top 4 Award, 2000 Connecticut State Science Fair
John J. Shedletsky , Brewster High School, Brewster, New York