2025 STEAM Leader Challenge - Second Place - Sound in Coral Reefs: Healthy Coral Reef Art Piece

Описание: The National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), supported by the Office of Naval Research, hosts annual STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) Leader Challenges on Scoutlier, a free online learning platform for educators. These challenges allow high school students to learn from ocean science experts, tackle real-world problems, and compete for prizes. This year’s challenge focuses on ocean acoustics, exploring the study of sound in the marine environment through the integration of art and science. Students will use the acronym WAVES to guide their exploration of data science, sound, and ocean sciences, creating artistic representations of oceanic phenomena that highlight the importance of data in understanding and protecting our oceans.

Second place went to Marcy Greenberg and Robin Lee from Newton North High School (Newton, MA). Their submission, titled “Sound in Coral Reefs,” features two pieces of visual art accompanied by distinct soundscapes that highlight both natural and human-made sounds in bleached and healthy coral reef systems. The first piece depicts a colorless, bleached reef accompanied by only two sounds: the faint crackle of shrimp, the sole surviving organisms, and the hum of a personal watercraft, symbolizing the impact of anthropogenic sound pollution. The second piece portrays a vibrant reef restored by researchers who used hydrophones and underwater speakers to play recordings of healthy reefs, attracting species back to the area. The students created their own healthy reef soundscape by combining recordings of organisms commonly found in Indo-Pacific reefs. They were inspired to show how sound affects marine life, hoping to spread awareness about how to better protect and restore coral reefs.

The NOSB congratulates our winners on their imaginative, insightful work. To learn more, visit the our ocean acoustics STEAM Leader Challenge webpage: https://nosb.org/ocean-acoustics-stea...