2011
1st Place: Molly Booth
Observing the Effect of Human Disturbance on Low Trophic Level Biodiversity
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2nd Place: Ashley Lohr
Sugar Quality of Zinnia elegans as a Coevolution Factor in Color Selection by Lepidopterans |
3rd Place: Sean O'Neil
The Effect of Organic Substances on Stink Bugs |
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2010
| 1st Place: Alexa Rizzo, from Dominion High School in Sterling. Alexa did a study on the composition of fish ear bones to determine fish migratory routes |
| 2nd Place: Aubrey Higginson, from Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn. Aubrey’s project was on quantifying the economic value of tree cover. |
| 3rd Place: Lyons Sanchez Concha, from Park View High School in Sterling. Lyons' project was titled “Which root grasps soil best” |
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2009
| 1st Place: Reid Nebergall, Dominion High School "Rehabilitation of Ocean Dead Zones via Alternative Photosynthetic Pathways in Cyanobacteria" |
| 2nd Place: Ashley Lohr, Loudoun Valley High School "Butterfly Visitation on Different-Colored Buddleia davidii and Zinnia elegans" |
| 3rd Place: Emile Atchison, Dominion High School "Save the Wildlife! Bacterial Remediation of Synthetic Pyrethroids" |
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2008
| 1st Place: Johnny (Jun-Hong) Kim, Stone Bridge High School "The Effect of Allaria Petiolata on the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and Its Effect on the Growth of Native Plants" |
| 2nd Place: Eric Bolden, Loudoun Valley High School "Effects of Water Temperature on Potentially Deadly Microorganisms" |
| 3rd Place: Devon N. Reed, Dominion High School "Strength vs. Camouflage: The Evolutionary Tradeoffs of Pigmentation in Bird Eggs" |
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2007
| 1st Place: Vanessa Bornholdt, Broad Run High School "The Effects of a Horse Farm on the Health of a Stream” |
| 2nd Place: Nadia Waterman, Freedom High School “The Effect of Lawn Fertilizers on Daphnia magna” |
| 3rd Place: Robert Lee, Potomac Falls High School “If a Tree Falls in Forest . . .” |
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2006
| 1st Place: Nathan Latka, Loudoun County High School "The Effects Wetlands Have on a Waterways Flooding Frequency" |
| 2nd Place: Ian Claar, Heritage High School "Effects of Urbanization on Tuscarora Creek" |
| 2nd Place:Samantha Owens, Potomac Falls High School "Effects of Waste Removal Sites on Nearby Communities" |
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2005
| 1st Place: Alex Seebeck, Loudoun Valley High School “HE(L)P Barred Owl Habitat in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA” |
| 2nd Place: Stephen Spurlock “Natural Resource or Natural Disaster? Population Dynamics of Whitetail Deer in Loudoun County” |
| 2nd Place: Alyssa Sanow “The Impact of Non-Nitrogen-Based Super-Phosphate Fertilizer on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infestation and Hemlock Growth” |
| 2nd Place: Claire Nawojchik “The Comparison of Small Mammal Populations in Two Differing Field Habitats at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve” |
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2004
| 1st Place: Alex Seebeck, Loudoun Valley High School “A Comparison of Habitat Suitability Index Models for Barred Owls in Loudoun County, VA” |
| 2nd Place: Dhruva Rajendra, Dominion High School “The Effects of Fertilizers on the Breakdown of Motor Oil in a Freshwater Environment” |
| 2nd Place: Stephen Spurlock, Loudoun Valley High School “Chronic Wasting Disease in Virginia” |
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2002
| 1st Place: Alex Seebeck, Loudoun Valley High School “The Relationship Between Barred Owl Calls and Responses During the Non-Breeding Season” |
| 2nd Place: Gavin Ruedisueli |
| 2nd Place: Jared Fausnaught |
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2001
| 1st Place: Jared Faustnaught, Loudoun County High School "The Effects of Impervious Surface on Stream Health" |
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