Purple Ribbon Winners
2023 Purple Ribbon Winner: Moaster
This final presentation was done by Camila, Madeline, Nora, and Kathryn who are all 5th graders at Bergman Academy. Their project was to find a solution to help people with the inconvenience of trying to find a coaster each time you want to drink something.
2023 Purple Ribbon Winner: 3D Motorized Train
This final presentation was done by Aidan, who is a 7th grader at Cedar Valley Catholic Schools. His project was to design and create a 3D printed train that would move on a track.
2023 Purple Ribbon Winner: Code Away
This final presentation was done by Anna, who is a 7th grader at Western Dubuque. Her project was to create a program in python that would figure out and display currency exchanges.
2023 Purple Ribbon Winner: Strategy
This final presentation was done by Logan and Logan, who are both Sophomores at North Polk Community Schools. Their project was to create a strategy game based on skill and ideas and not just luck. They created and programmed this strategy maze game to allow players to compete against each other.
2023 Purple Ribbon Winner: Elementary Math Fun
This final presentation was done by Tony, who is a Junior at Waterloo Community Schools. His project was to create a fractions game within virtual reality to help late elementary and middle school students who might struggle with fractions.
2023 Purple Ribbon Winner: Home Design & Architecture
This final presentation was done by William, who is an 8th grader at Adel De Soto Minburn Community School District. His project was to create a portfolio of different themed spaces using 3D and 2D online CAD software.
2023 Purple Ribbon Winner: Cat Conundrum
This final presentation was done by Hanna, who is a Sophomore at Marshalltown Community Schools. Her project was to create a puzzle that combined her favorite things (cats, art, and puzzles).
2023 Purple Ribbon Winner: Codebreaker
This final presentation was done by Robert, Caden, and Erin, who are high schools students at North Polk Community Schools. Their project was to create a fun game program.
2023 Purple Ribbon Winner: Tech Fair Song
This final presentation was done by Seth, Will, and Matt, who are 7th graders at Western Dubuque Community Schools. Their project was to create an original song. They recorded their own guitar, drums, and vocals and produced and edited it within Studio One.
Past Purple Ribbon Winners
3D Model Head Puzzle Project
This final project was done by Nathan who is a Junior at Rivermont Collegiate Community School District. His project was to create a life-sized 3D puzzle sculpture of his head. He used 3D modeling and utilized a 3D printer for his project.
Two Communities, Endless Possibilities Podcast
This final project was done by a group of students from Nashua-Plainfield Community School District. Jackson is a 6th grader, and Christopher, Connor, and Ella are 7th graders. Their project was to create a podcast of Nashua-Plainfield alumni where they would share their stories. They would be able to show endless career and life possibilities of people from small Iowa schools. It also created an audience beyond their teachers and peers.
Nevermore
This final project was done by Luke and Declan, who are both 8th graders at Western Dubuque Community School District. Their project was to write, perform, and produce their own song. They had written and performed songs in the past, but they were confident that this would be their best song yet.
The Gathering Card Library
This final project was done by Jared, a Junior, and Samuel, a Senior, who attend North Polk Community School District. Their project was to create a SQL database that can be accessed through an application that would list all of their playing cards has so that they could easily see what cards they have.
Oracle Discord Bot
This final presentation was done by Zach, who is a High School Senior. His project was to create a bot application for the messaging app Discord. He wanted to build two primary functions for the bot – image manipulation and retrieval of Internet information, both using Pythion.