2011 PNM Energy Exploration Grant Recipients
North Central
Dragonfly School, Santa Fe: Physics on the Playground: How do simple machines help us work and play? Nancy Woodward; $2000
Pojoaque Valley High School, Santa Fe: Can solar energy be captured, and re-used to extend the growing season of outdoor produce? Joe D Matteson; $2000
Santa Fe Girls' School, Santa Fe: How will the addition of 3 skylights on our greenhouse roof affect our plant and vegetable growth during our winter growing season? William Sewall Barnes; $2000
Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe: What are the carbon dioxide emissions of coal and other fossil fuels? Richard Pitman; $1500
Santa Fe School for the Arts, Santa Fe: In what ways are hydroelectric dams like beaver dams and in what ways are they different? Nathan Moore; $2000
Northwest
Aztec High School, Aztec: Does turning off equipment and lights help reduce the cost of electricity in a given period of time? Are there alternative ways to cook food? Irene Barry; $2000
Piedra Vista High School, Farmington: Can passive solar design elements make a difference in home energy costs? Robin Price $2000
Southwest
Chaparral Elementary School, Deming: Why is New Mexico leading the way in renewable energy? Laura Victoria Krol; $1500
Deming High School, Deming: How can electric utilities increase the amount of electricity generated from renewable resources? Jorge Avalos; $1915.97
La Plata Middle School, Silver City: Is a solar food dryer an efficient process to dry fruits and vegetables for safe storage? Daniel M Stailey; $1947
Lordsburg Muncipal Schools, Lordsburg: What do the following words mean and explain their roles in both the students and musical instruments lives? Sherry Lynn Conner; $2000
Southeast
Holloman Middle School, Alamogordo: Has the use of fossil fuels to produce energy had an impact on the environment? Sarah Oswalt; $1993.48
Holloman Middle School, Alamogordo: Can alternative energies help solve some of the problems facing the energy production industry today? Jeff David Gephart; $1994.97
North Elementary School, Alamogordo: How can solar or wind energy be used to replace or supplement a nonrenewable source of power? Students will make models and/or charts to explain and give the rationale for their invention and a poster marketing the benefits of their product. Christina Sarabia-Stroud; $740
Central/ Metro
Alice King Community Charter School, Albuquerque: Can a plant grow without sunlight? Kelsey Anderson; $2000
Amy Biehl High School Foundation, Albuquerque: What is the future of New Mexico's renewable energy and how does it impact our community? Tomas Vicente Atencio-Pacheco; $2000
Christina Kent Early Childhood Center, Albuquerque: What are pre-k student perspectives of kinetic energies function and its relation to sound and motion? Amber Maureen Spence; $1500
Desert View Elementary, Los Lunas: How can we use wind or solar energy to power a water pump to produce a watering hole for wildlife. Cheri Lynn Montoya; $2000
East Mountain High School, Sandia Park: What advantages do solar power technologies present over traditional power sources, and how can robotics take advantage of solar power in unique ways? Olga Vazquez; $2000
Horizon Academy West, Albuquerque: How much or how little solar energy is needed to bake two types of chocolate chip cookies outside? Sarah A McMaster; $1900
La Academia del Esperanza, Albuquerque: Exploring the Energy Flow of Composting Worm Wranglers. Kelly Jolley; $2000
La Cueva High School, Albuquerque: Has the use of fossil fuels changed our climate? Kathlyn Alane Graham; $2000
La Promesa Intermediate School, Albuquerque: How does light and motion give energy? Yuliana Hevelyn Kenfield; $1600
Maggie Cordova Elementary School, Rio Rancho: Solar and Thermal Energy. Jessica Ann Owen; $1999
Manzano Day School, Albuquerque: How is solar energy harnessed and stored? Carolyn Nesbitt; $2000
Manzano Day School, Albuquerque: How and why do animals conserve energy? Sarah Hillard; $2000
Mountain Mahogany Community School, Albuquerque: How Can Solar Ovens Make a Difference? Amy Chase; $937
Our Lady of Annunciation School, Albuquerque: How can students channel their creative energy to illustrate multiple types of energy transfer with video? Colleen Marie Ruiz; $1980
Painted Sky Elementary School, Albuquerque: What is the impact a classroom of students can have on energy conservation? Stefanie Hope Williams; $1450
Rio Grande High School, Albuquerque: How Can We Construct A Solar Panel For Use In Our Classroom, For Electricity? Mike L Dziuk; $2000
Rio Rancho Cyber Academy, Rio Rancho: Is it possible (feasible) to generate pedal power to use as a supplemental power for our HAM radio station. Harry Hendersen; $1904.45
Rio Rancho Middle School, Rio Rancho: Can a device be designed to transfer the sun's energy for efficient cooking? Francisco Flores; $1639.15
Rio Rancho Middle School, Rio Rancho: What are the different forms of clean energy production around our state and around the world? Christine Marie Cole; $1620.36
San Antonito Elementary School, Sandia Park: Can an experimental approach to learning science make energy transfer by sound waves and resonance understandable for 5th grade students? Stephanie Gianopolous; $1850
St. Therese Catholic School, Albuquerque: Can learning about conservation of resources make a positive impact on how we act? Melissa LaBarre; $2000
St. Therese Catholic School, Albuquerque: How can we re-use and remanufacture resources to use energy more wisely? How does energy move through our environment? Margarita Martinez; $2000
The International School at Mesa del Sol, Albuquerque: How can we learn to manage the use of energy sources and other resources in order to share the world in a sustainable manner? Andra Stratton; $1473
The Montessori Elementary School, Albuquerque: How do you express differrent levels of energy in drum ensembles? Canice Ann Laubhan; $2000
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