World Report: March 30, 2007 Vol. #12 Iss. #22
- This Issue:
- Table of Contents
- Cover Story
- Cover Story - Spanish Version
- Mini-Lesson
- Comprehension Quiz
- Teacher's Guide and Worksheets
Winner's Circle
Mary Masterman, 17, has loved science since she was little. "I can't remember ever not being interested," she says. On March 13, Mary earned first prize--a $100,000 college scholarship--in the Intel Science Talent Search. Mary invented an affordable spectrograph, a tool used in astronomy and medicine that measures wavelengths. It can also be used to look for hidden explosives. Spectrographs can cost up to $100,000, but Mary made hers for less than $1,000.
