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Bonjour, with the help of his mother, Rose,
transformed their living room into a work area for
making costumes, as well as shooting the video, which
took several weekends. Bonjour
did his own video editing and that
too was time consuming to get the
timing just right.
As for his research, Bonjour
went to Oklahoma State University
and visited with Dr. Jim Bose,
who has worked extensively with
research agencies, manufacturers
and contractors about the benefits
of ground source heat pump
systems. He noted that he learned a great deal about
geothermal during his visit.
Casee Cole, a junior at Pond Creek-Hunter Junior-
Senior High School, utilized the changing seasons for
her video presentation, based on geothermal technology
being beneficial year-round.
Cole used several landscape settings, including a
wheat field near her home, as well as a park in Enid.
Then, she also benefitted from a late season blizzard in
her area. She explained that she did a lot of research for
her project, which took about a week and a half to film.
Cole received $6,500 in scholarship dollars for her
second place finish in the video challenge.
Austin Branch, a senior at Norman High School
North, had a brainstorming session with several friends
one evening as they were staying at his home. After
ideas were tossed around, the suggestion to create
unique lyrics to the theme song of “Fresh Prince of Bel-
Air” was the final choice. “Obviously, I don’t rap,” he
commented, but as Branch and his friends stayed up
all night, rap lyrics about geothermal technology were
created by morning.
Branch said it took about two months to get all of
the video shot and edited. Since several of his shots were
outdoors, weather conditions played a role at times. Branch
noted that he did not know much about ground source
heat pumps in the beginning of the project, but learned a
lot through researching the seven message themes.
Branch earned a third place finish for this work,
with $5,000 in scholarship dollars awarded.
Haley Madden, a senior at Portales (New Mexico)
High School, used pictures and
words on a dry erase board to
tell her story about geothermal
technology. She noted that it
took a long time for her to edit,
as the drawings, words to describe
the action in each scene, her own
voice and a song, all had to be
put together and synchronized.
She too said she learned a
lot about geothermal technology
through her research and worked at creating her
presentation in an understandable way to demonstrate
the benefits of using geothermal.
Madden earned $4,000 in scholarship dollars as a
regional winner and state finalist.
Kailey Kelley, a junior at Hinton High School,
explained that she basically wrote an essay with the
seven message themes included. She noted that this step
involved a lot of research time in order to include the
benefits and criteria of a geothermal system.
She noted that it took several days to edit the
video, with graphs and visuals being synchronized
with the script that was being read on the video. Kelley
also earned $4,000 in scholarship dollars as a regional
winner and state finalist.
For the contest, the seven message themes targeted
the benefits of geothermal technology; as well as the
costs involved; impacts on the utility company; and
how technology and installation time has evolved with
geothermal units.
wfec
The videos of these five students are posted at:
http://www.gogogeochallenge.com.
Also, interviews with the finalists can be seen at:
www.wfec.com.
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