Discovery Challenge
Discovery Challenge results are out!
Thank you for your participation in the Marine Biology Society's Discovery Challenge! Our team of judges announces the top submissions as follows:
1st Place: Rachel Chubb
Tracking of Leatherback Turtle Hatchlings
2nd Place: Matthew Zoerb
Ocean Acidification in the Great Barrier Reef
3rd Place: Sabrina Palma
Pollution In The Deep Ocean
4th Place: Derek Song
Impact of Invasive Asiatic Claims on European Rivers
5th Place: Sonnet Xu
How Marine Biology Can Help Save the Oceans
6th Place: Maggie Zhang
A Groundbreaking Discovery: Turtle Foraging Areas
7th Place: Sonnet Xu
Medical Applications of Marine Lectins
8th Place: Sonnet Xu
The Fish and the Kidney
9th Place: Caden Chiu
Trapped Methane Contributing to Global Warming
10th Place: Sonnet Xu
Bioprospecting Marine Plankton
About the Competition
The Discovery Challenge is an opportunity for students to write their own articles about recent marine biology studies and get their writing published on our internationally viewed website. Work on understanding scientific literature and share your analysis of experimental studies to get recognized!
Requirements
Introduce the topic, define relevant terms, and set up your Review
Give a detailed but understandable overview of the study
What are the objectives of the study?
Summarize the experimental design and explain how it carries out the objectives
Summarize the results of the study and relate them to the objectives of the study
Explain the impacts of the study on current research in your topic and its potential applications
200-400 words
Explain complex key scientific terms
Cite all sources
The competition is free of cost and open to all grade levels
How to enter
Review the competition overview on this page
See past submissions here
Find and interpret an original research paper (not a news article about a research paper!) that was published recently and write a Discovery Review
Prepare a relevant image (with caption) and create a title for your Review
Submit your Discovery Review here
You can enter up to 5 different submissions
You can submit your Discovery Review whenever it is finished
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Judging
All participants will have their work published on our website, given that it meets the requirements
We will announce the 1st-10th place winners, who will receive award certificates
1st-10th place winners will be invited to make a short video explaining their Discovery Reviews in greater depth
Based on video submissions, 3 out of 10 students will be invited to meet with Dr. Matthew Edwards, a marine biologist and professor of biology, through a call
Opportunities through the call: you can seek guidance on your own marine research project, discuss and potentially secure opportunities to work with Dr. Matthew Edwards, learn about general opportunities in the marine sciences, or ask for personal advice on pursuing marine science. It is up to you to determine how this call goes!