2003 Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program Winners List
Grades 2-5

First Place
Tool: The Great Granny Booster Step
Student: Max J. Wallack
Grade: 2nd
Teacher: Kari Glazier
School: Wayland Academy
Framingham, MA

Description:
A wooden step and handle help an elderly person enter a minivan.

Second Place
Tool: Snap-a-Flag
Student: Dalton D. Adams
Grade: 4th
Teacher: Deborah Smith
School: Rheems Elementary
Rheems, PA

Description:
The American flag rolls up or down, like a shade, to be displayed easily and stored safely.

Third Place
Tool: Kwik Brush Wheel Cleaner
Student: Elia Pepps
Grade: 5th
Teacher: Ann Dudley
School: Four Corners School
Greenfield, MA

Description:
A tool designed to brush off the wheels of a wheelchair.

First Place
Tool: One-Armed Docking System
Student: Robert M. Gryder
Grade: 4th
Teacher: Carrie Lewis
School: R.S. Payne
Lynchburg, VA

Description:
A latching device helps disabled people dock a boat without tying any knots.

Second Place
Tool: Cookie Holder Deluxe
Student: Ashley Kelsey
Grade: 2nd
Teacher: Dena-Marie Dusek
School: Timber Point Elementary School
East Islip, NY

Description:
A scissors-like device helps dunk cookies in milk so hands aren't wet and yucky.

Third Place
Tool: Ash Sifter
Student: Christy Moore
Grade: 4th
Teacher: Cathy Whitesell
School: Fairfield Elementary
Fairfield, VA

Description:
Sifts ashes from hot coals, so ashes can be removed and hot coals returned to a wood stove.

First Place
Tool: Mobile Ladder
Student: Jordan Murphy
Grade: 4th
Teacher: Peggy Nipper
School: Springdale School
Macon, GA

Description:
Wheels on the underside of a ladder make it easier to move and, then, to climb.

Second Place
Tool: The Climb-Up Ladder Chair
Student: Alan Ismach
Grade: 3rd
Teacher: Teresa Smith
School: Sagamore Hills School
Atlanta, GA

Description:
A staircase attached to a chair helps my little sister get up into her chair.

Third Place
Tool: Easy Grip Toilet Plunger
Student: Jessica Christianson
Grade: 5th
Teacher: Stephanie Gleason
School: Summit Hill
Alpharetta, GA

Description:
A handle affixed to a plunger makes it easy to apply force.

First Place
Tool: A-Rest-A-Crutch
Student: Chaon Hanson
Grade: 5th
Teacher: Roberta Muran
School: St. Francis
Lake Zurich, IL

Description:
Kickstands and a clip-on seat added to crutches help people sit down and rest every once in a while.

Second Place
Tool: The Shower Mover
Student: Reagan Martin
Grade: 2nd
Teacher: Katie Joseph
School: W.C. Petty Elementary School
Antioch, IL

Description:
A T-shaped pipe, on a straight pipe, slips over the shower head to move the water flow easily.

Third Place
Tool: EZ Flip Clip
Student: Hallie Kuchera
Grade: 4th
Teacher: Carmen DeVoe
School: St. Edward School
Waterloo, IA

Description:
Helps you open containers with metal pour spouts with the help of a lever.

First Place
Tool: A Helping Hand
Student: Carlos Peña III
Grade: 5th
Teacher: Jamie Babineaux
School: Herod School
Houston, TX

Description:
Magnetic palm and fingers at the end of an antenna retrieve hard-to-reach metal items.

Second Place
Tool: Flex Crutch
Student: Garth Gatson
Grade: 3rd
Teacher: Jennifer Gatson
School: Center Elementary
Center, MO

Description:
A hinged crutch bends so it can fit into a car or another small space.

Third Place
Tool: The Dog Cleaning Door
Student: Genna Guillot
Grade: 5th
Teacher: Julie Landry
School: Parkview Baptist
Baton Rouge, LA

Description:
A doggie door with brush like bristles on the inside edges.

First Place
Tool: Fair Share Timer
Student: Betsy Armitage
Grade: 2nd
Teacher: Diana Celle
School: Holmes Elementary School
San Diego, CA

Description:
Like a giant egg timer with five-minutes worth of sand, to help kids share toys and more.

Second Place
Tool: The Paper Shaper
Student: Ian Murray
Grade: 3rd
Teacher: Diana Celle
School: Holmes Elementary School
San Diego, CA

Description:
A cylinder that, with water, turns shredded paper into fireplace logs or garden-mulching discs.

Third Place
Tool: The Keasy
Student: Ainsley Glad
Grade: 5th
Teacher: Catherine Anderson
School: Columbia Elementary School
West Jordan, UT

Description:
A handle attached to a key, at a ninety-degree angle, helps people with arthritis turn their key.