This past December, 10 of our students competed at the Palm Beach County Science and Engineering Fair and won a number of awards! Congratulations to our winners!
Fourth Place in Earth and Environmental Science:
- Ava Andreotta – The Impact of Herbivory on the Presence of Seagrass in the Lake Worth Lagoon
Third Place in Plant Science:
- Gwen Himber – The Distribution and Density of Seagrass around a Mangrove Island
- Aurora Baldwin – The Effects of a Road on the Species Richness and Percent Cover of plants in a Florida Scrub Habitat
Special Awards include:
Regional Stockholm Junior Water Prize:
- Arthur Mitcheltree – The Effects of a Canal vs.Open Lakes on the Presence of Indicator Bacteria
- Gwen Himber
Office of Naval Research:
- Chloe Moore – The Effect of Aquatic Vegetation on the Level of Enterococci bacteria in a lake
- Alain Meza – The Effect of Carbonate Based Sediments on Mitigating the pH of Water
Association of Women Geoscientists:
- Carly Roth – The Effect of Salinity on Copepods activity
WPTV First Alert Weather Award:
- Ava Andreotta
South Florida Water Management District Award:
- Aurora Baldwin – The Effects of a Road on the Species Richness and Percent Cover of plants in a Florida Scrub Habitat
