Episode Three and Grand Prize Winners

Congratulations!

utstanding! Over 360 of you medical research detectives correctly identified the best antibiotic to use against The Blackout Syndrome:

Methicillin!

Here are the contest grand prize winners, selected at random from all the correct entries, and one example of the many correct answers.

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Grand Prize Winners

JJ Zingale
10th grade, Avon Lake High School

Angela Mackenroth and Christine Neumeier
12th grade, Sun Prairie High School

Episode 3

Individual Winner and Her Solution

Viola Cashew Walker, 10th grade, Vincent St. Jean's J.H.
Methicillin kills curved, non-positive (red-stained) bacteria. The curved, non-positive bacteria were the only ones present in evil milk not also present in good. Tetracycline, though useful against all, only slows down the process, while methicillin actually kills the bacteria.

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An Access Excellence Science Mystery sponsored by Genentech, Inc.

The Blackout Syndrome was written by Ken Eklund, illustrated by Candace Lourdes,
and produced by Newfront Communications.