A research-based essay contest for students in grades 7-12 to promote participation
and communication in science.

Winners

7th Grade

Annie V.
River Crossings: Effects on Wildlife in and Around the Fort River

Jacob P.
Irrigation or Evaporation?

8th Grade

Russel B.
Nesting Preference of the Alfalfa Leaf-cutting Bee

Eric K.
Investigating the Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Aquatic Organisms

9th Grade

Alexandra D.
Filtration Capabilities of The Eastern Oyster and Soft-Shell Clam

Megan G.
Colors Within: A Study of the Pigmentations in Deciduous and Broadleaf Evergreens

     
 

10th Grade

Michelle B-A.
Grasshoppers in the Rockies: Surmounting Alpine Challenges

Sarah B.
Birds of a Feather Feed Together

11th Grade

Jennifer D.
Gestural Communication by a Group of Western Lowland Gorillas

Lauren H.
Juvenile Blue Crab Cannibalism

12th Grade

David F.
Providing Habitat for Threatened Drymarchon corais couperi Utilizing Gopherus polyphemus Burrows

Zaki M.
Resilience of a Red Sea Fringing Coral Reef Under Extreme Environmental Conditions: A Four Year Study

Anastasia R.
Anthropogenic Radionuclides in the Estuarine Environment Near a Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor

     

2008 Finalists

7th Grade

Mikinzi H.
Pussy-Footing Around: Paw Preference in Relation to Domestic Feline Type

Danielle L.
Save the Lake: A Field Study of the Channeled Apple Snail

Tina M. T.
Is Pumping Sand the Best Solution?

Nina S.
Invasive Plants on Coniston Road

Christine V.
Stony Run Creek Stream RestorationDaniel W.
Wastewater on Long Island: A Threat to Local Waters?

8th Grade

Lauren G.
My First Experimentation on Trying to Raise A Baby Cockatiel

Elizabeth K.
You Behave Like a Dragon: Affect of Weather on Dragonfly Behavior

Zachariah M.
Beachgoers Beware, The Beach May be Harmful to your Health

Maisie O'Q.
Micro-life: Varying Depending on Sample Location

Stephanie P.
Salvinia: A Wetland's Natural Disaster

Aishwarya V.
A Novel Method for the Prevention of Ecological Imbalance in Wetlands due to Oil Contamination

9th Grade

Katherine B.
The Poplar Plant

Alexandra B.
Runoff Pollution Through Horse Pastures

Sara G.
What's for Dinner?

Nayan L.
An Environmental Study: The Effect of Golf Course on a Nearby Stream

Ben M.
Killer Wasps: Cicadas Beware!

Zachary W.
Evaluatng the Environmental Impact of All-Terrain Vehicles: Creating a Partnership with the Land

10th Grade

Alex B.
The Impact of Elements, Seed Selection, Precipitation, and Soil pH on Grass Longevity

Noah C.
How Does Increased Housing in Rural Areas Affect the Amount of Mammals Living in Neighboring Woods?

Mali'o K.
Before the Wounds Began

Jillian L.
A Weed Has Its Uses

Jessica L.
Symbiotic or Not Symbiotic—That is the Question

Susan M.
Loch Leigh—Clear as Mud

11th Grade

Brendan D.
Is Light Pollution Killing the Firefly? Shedding Light on the Decline of Photurius pennsylvanicus

Jeffrey E.
The Effect of Residence Time on the Rock Cycle and Overall Percent Composition of the Lithosphere

Donald L.
Suspicious Waters: An Investigation into the Noticeable Lack of Biodiversity in a Tributary to the Wissahickon Creek

Heather P.
The Reign of the Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Mickey P.
The Tail Communication System of Easter Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

Ida W.
Twenty-Four Hour Snail Watch

12th Grade

Justine G.
The Impact of a Foreign Subspecies Song on Male American Singer Canaries during the Sensitive Molting Period

Joanne H.
CO2 and Wildfire

Elisabeth N.
The Effects of Roads on Wildlife

Bishnu P.
Establishment of a Microbial Fingerprint of the Pine Barren Ecosystem

Mira T.
Flood Studies in Historic Philadelphia: The Connection Between Nationalism and Environmentalism


2008 Semi-finalists

7th Grade

Lauren C.
Captive vs. Wild Alligators

Maegan E.
In Search of the Sun

Logan H.
Snakebirds of Florida

Spencer K.
Shingle Creek

Stephanie K.
Lake Lancaster

Kenzie S.
Manatees

Sarah F.
Experimenting with Insects

Ashley Q.
Yummy, Yummy, Yummy

Nick G.
Water Quality of Lakes

Ben H.
How Does Hydrilla Impact Life of a Lake?

Darby S.
Pollution Affecting Lake Virginia

Richie P.
Kudzu

Brandon A.
Manatees

Clare I.
All Creatures Great and Small

Alysia E.
Honeybees

Rachel D.
What Causes Azaleas to Bloom?

Bianca B.
What Conditions are Best for Algae Growth?

Clara V. D.
A Healthy Watershed?

Jordi L.
Do Fluctuations in Water Temperature Affect pH, alkalinity and Dissolved Oxygen?

Aly H.
Our Feathery Friends

Ashley M.
Hurricanes

Yashaswini C.
Factors that Influence the Growth of Bracket Fungi

Sam M.
Stormwater

Anna A.
The Mysteries of Moss

Abby H.
Bloodworms

Morgan W.
Leader of the Pack

Nikki K.
Birds

Emma N.
Those Little Suckers

Sari E.
Safe Swimming

Yoko H.
How Can Red-eared Sliders Survive in Central Park Lake?

Keegan M.
Ants in Their Environment

Dylan B.
Non-Point Source Pollution

8th Grade

Adrienne N.
Duplicate Dwellings

Shaunna D.
Home is Where the Beavers Are

Winnie Y.
The Wetter the Better

Mary Eve I.
Hunting the Cretaceous Ray

Stephanie A.
Metamorphosis

Cherise W.
Micro Life on Lichen and Moss

 

9th Grade

Henry G.
The Effect of Drought on Chestnut Oak Germination

Ryan M.
The Relationship of Trees and Leaves

Lydia S.
Cockatiels, the Early Days

Kate W.
Dead Pines in White Oaks

Nick L.
Changes in the Night Sky

Patrick B.
More to it than Bait

Carson M.
Hummingbird Feeding Preferences

Sam S.
Ant Communication

Andi K.
Mosquitoes

Sami G.
Tendrils

Melissa B.
Ecology of the Seashore

Adam P.
What in Dog Urine Makes Grass Die?

Kiernan C.
A Eutrophication Situation

Christopher A.
Does Tide Affect Pollution?

Michael O'N.
Insects and Light

Matthew C.
Water War

Matthew K.
Following the Food Trail

Ethan S.
Bacteria in the Bay

Colton W.
A Fish Living Without Water

10th Grade

Evan B.
A Bird Analysis of the Habitats of Southeast Arizona

Walter G.
An Ecosystem at Risk

Kendra G.
Go Green With Red

Alex S.
One Golf Course, Many Types of Grass

Jordan W.
Examining the Effects of Ranching and Agricultural Practices on the Decomposition Rates in Playa Wetlands

Michael A.
The Ecosystem of My Creek

Hayden B.
The Bug in the Bark

 

11th Grade

Gary T.
Size and Shape Analysis the Threespine Stickleback Fish

12th Grade

Hillary B.
Leaf Packs

Brianna K.
Eco-Roofs and Conservation of Energy

David M.
Deadly Golf Courses

Michael W.
Calls in the Wild II

Gabrielle A.
How Much Can a Woodpecker Peck?

Blake K.
An Observational Study of the Different Species Present in My Local Deciduous Forest

Natalie O.
Biosensors for Improving Consumer Safety

Erin C.
The Effects of Camptothecin, Etoposide, and Paclitaxel on MB231 and MCF7 Cells...

Benjamin K.
Modualtion of Cell Adhesion Proteins in Normal Pancreatic and Pancreatic Cancer Cells...

Jamie R.
Toxic Metal Resistance and Classification of Ground Water Bacteria

Patrick I.
An Engineering Alternative for Beach Regeneration

Caitlin J.
The Effect of Breed Group Variance on Auditory Cognition of Human Command Phonetic Characteristics...

William G.
Observation: Westchester Bird Blurb

Thomas M.
A Behavioral Study of Lake Malawi Cichlids

Joshua L.
Global Warming

 



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