What are the best stocks to buy right now for the short term?

[mollycocolucky]

I'm in a personal finance class and we have to invest a fake 1 million dollars into stocks on smartstocks.com. I really don't know much about stocks yet considering the class just started, but I'm really interested in doing well because whoever in the class has the most impressive portfolio, and makes the most money, gets $50! And probably an A in the class.

So is there any advice you could give me in what stocks I should buy (1000 shares at a time) to make a good amount of money? The semester ends in June so it needs to be short term. Risky stocks might be a good idea because it doesn't matter if I lose virtual money obviously, but making virtual money could get me real money!