SCUBA DIVING: IN DEPTH - Thinkquest 1999

Team 25729

Team 25729 includes:
Students: Nicki Mahncke, Andrea Mountney and Lyndon Leggate
Coaches: Cathy Bronsdon and Antony O'Sullivan

Nicola Mahncke, aka Nicki, 16, Hong Kong
My parents are German but I have been living in Hong Kong ever since I can remember. I learnedabout ThinkQuest last year from Cathy Bronsdon, who is also one of our teams' coaches this year.It has been a lot of fun working with my teammates and I look forward to keeping in touch withthem even after this project.

I enjoy playing all kinds of sports, obviously especially scuba diving, which I started inJuly 1998. I have 28 logged dives, which isn't a lot yet, but I learned so much by makingthis website, including many things I hadn't known before. I also like watching movies, reading,music and working on my own websites.

Andrea Mountney, 16, USA
I will be a senior this upcoming school year atSouderton Area High School in Souderton, PA in the United States of America.I learned of this web site from neighbor, Cathy Bronson, who told me that sheneeded one more person who could help write articles and add a creativetouch. I love to write and draw. I am also president of the 4-H PoultryClub and have been raising 12 capons and four show chickens that I plan toshow in the community fair. I play soccer and basketball and am now lookingfor colleges and plan to major in biology.

Lyndon Leggate, 16, England
I learned about Thinkquest from an old school friend who had heard about my previous successes inother Internet competitions. I have previously won 2 Internet competitions, the prize of one wasan eight day trip to Beijing, China! This is my first year in the Thinkquest compeitition andhopefully not my last! I have had a lot of fun making this site, having never dived before I'vealso learn't alot about Scuba diving. I enjoy most things, mostly badminton, the Internet, programming, films and creating and maintainingmy own websites.

Cathy Bronsdon, USA
I am currently a Learning Support teacher at Upper Perkiomen High School. Ihave been interested in technology since 1984, when I received a degree inInstructional Systems with an emphasis on computers in education from PennState University. I became involved with ThinkQuest in February of 1998 whenI heard about the contest at a workshop for teachers. In 1998, my daughter,Nicki and another girl from Norway created a website for TQ called The GlobalGazette (http://library.advanced.org/18802/). We made it to the finals andwere able to meet in person for the first time in Los Angeles. It was agreat experience and a lot of fun. While in LA, Nicki and I talked about theidea of a scuba diving site, since Nicki had recently taken up diving and Iam a certified diver as well. This year I have also worked on a website forThinkQuest for Tomorrow's Teachers called CARES(http://dev99.advanced.org/50017). I am married and have three children, Ali(15), Scott (11) and Todd (7) and I look forward to working on web projectswith them in the future!

Antony O'Sullivan, UK - 21 (again)
I am trained as a Computer Studies teacher and have been working inBishop's Stortford UK for the last 8 years. AlthoughI am a teacher, the majority of my work is involvedwith the running of the school networks and maintainingits website (http://www.tbshs.demon.co.uk).

When I was approached for ThinkQuest I was amazed at theamount of work that everyone has to do, as well as the levelof communication needed by all concerned. I have enjoyedseeing this all come together.It is nice to be talking to others in the world, if notin person then at least virtually.

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