STUDENTS CAN COMPETE FOR SAVINGS BONDS

Students can compete

High school students can compete for U.S. savings bonds from Duracell.

Students in grades 9-12 are asked to invent a battery-powered device. The device can be made at home or as part of a science or industrial arts class project.

Some 100 students will receive savings bonds for their ideas.

The top six winners, with their parents and science teachers, will be guests of Duracell at the 43rd annual convention of the National Science Teachers Association in Philadelphia.

The top award will be presented March 23 where winners will demonstrate their inventions for scientists and educators.

Last year's top prize of $20,000 in bonds went to Tracy Phillips of Long Island, N.Y., for her invention of Money Talks, a billfold that audibly reports the denominations of paper money.

The competition grants a first-place savings bond of $20,000, five second-place $10,000 bonds, 10 third-place $1,000 bonds, 25 fourth-place bonds of $200 each, and savings bond of $100 each for 59 fifth-place winners.

Entry forms and rules are available from: Duracell-NSTA Scholarship Competition, 1840 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Vt. 703-243-7100.