2015 Winning Essays

Part of the Young Naturalist Awards Curriculum Collection.

The Young Naturalist Awards essays, written by students in grades 7 through 12, ranged from an investigation of the effect of artificial lighting on turtle nesting patterns to the identification of the bacteria that inhibits a fungus infecting salamanders to the development of a new model for predicting hurricanes for Long Island.

Article The Effect of Water Temperature, Water Acidity, and Animal Age and Body Size on the Opercular Respiratory Rate of Brown Bullhead Catfish   Article Greening Under the Evergreens: A Biochar Soil Amendment Study   Article Harboring a Problem: Investigating Changes in Dissolved Oxygen Levels at King Harbor in Redondo Beach, CA   Article Mango Skins: An Effective Organic Pest Deterrent   Article Goldfish as a Model for Understanding Learning and Memory: More Complex Than You Think   Article Dripping with Life: Investigating Bacteria in Speleothem Carbonates from Natural and Artificial Surfaces   Article Temporal Changes in the Vertebrate Scavenger Community in Association with Wildebeest Carcasses   Article Digging the Dark: Broad-Scale Nesting Patterns of Sea Turtles vis-á-vis Satellite Measures of Artificial Lighting   Article The Effects of Varying Conductivities on Phytoplankton Concentration and Species Composition in the Presence of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Lake Mat...   Article The Identification of Cutaneous Bacteria on Salamanders that Inhibit the Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis   Article Forecasting Hurricane Hazards for the Long Island Area     Chytrid Treatments and Their Compatibility with Amphibian Tissue