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Lunch Time Shannon O'Keefe Lewis Elementary Kennesaw National Grand Prize |
The Children Play Crystal Love Avondale High Avondale Estates National Grand Prize |
A Visit with Nature Chris Hendrickson Avondale High Avondale Estates National Finalist |
The Family of Salamanders Katie Young Alexander II School Macon National Finalist |
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The River of Music Lynn Kuehn Casa Montessori Marietta National Finalist
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Down the Drain Jasmine Unterburger Druid Hills High Atlanta National Finalist |
Sea Turtles' Enemies Jacob McCall Lewis Elementary Kennesaw National Finalist |
A Drink in the Forest Michelle Jordan Avondale High Avondale Estates National Finalist | |
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Beautiful Nature Christopher Tenney Avondale High Avondale Estates National Finalist
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River through Georgia Anna Ekwurtzel Druid Hills High Atlanta National Finalist |
Untitled Dinah Renee Druid Hills High Atlanta National Merit |
The Necessity of Life Zinaida Vugdalic Avondale High Avondale Estates National Finalist | |
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Turbulence Margaret Wright Druid Hills High Atlanta National Finalist |
Lake of Dreams Pascalle Bass Druid Hills High Atlanta National Finalist |
World Jonie S. Christie Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit |
Touch the Earth Kathy Mann Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit | |
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Untitled Eon Hatter Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit |
The Creator Christopher Tenny Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit |
Just in Your Back Yard Sergio L. Merriweather Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit |
The Nature's Life Chansereyatana Lim Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit | |
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Yankee by the Stream Tina Marchman Thomson High Thomson National Merit |
Tears Delaine Means Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit |
Nature's Autumn Christopher Tenny Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit |
Absolute Freedom Kristy Nicole Williams Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit | |
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The Puzzled World Christopher Tenny Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit |
I Tried Justin Avery Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit |
The Flow of Life Haurdie Vildana Avondale High Avondale Estates National Merit |
Spring at the River Emily Greenwell Tritt Elementary Marietta State Winner | |
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Avalon Emil Kotovic Avondale High Avondale Estates State Winner |
Ice Kingdom Carrie Freshour Avondale High Avondale Estates State Winner
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Wolves Malinda Gravley Adairsville Middle Adairsville State Winner |
Under the Sea Susie Klodnicki Dodgen Middle Marietta State Winner | |
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Earth Magic Heather Hansford Oglethrope Co Elementary Lexington State Winner |
The Turtle Kiana Mantea Jackson Lewis Elementary Kennesaw State Winner |
Serene Landscape Brant Martin Adairsville Middle Adairsville State Winner |
Beyond Walden Pond Matt McCann Decatur High Decatur State Winner | |
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Secretive Nature Chanmonopisey Lim Avondale High Avondale Estates State Winner |
A Flint River Afternoon Thomas Lucak JC Booth Middle Peachtree City State Winner |
Island of Blue Michal Helen Mullis Oglethorpe Co Elementary Lexington State Winner |
Two Otters Jordan Swenn Lewis Elementry Kennesaw State Winner | |
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Untitled Christa Thompson Druid Hills High Atlanta State Winner |
Burning Bridges Kristie Voyles Chamblee High Chamblee State Winner |
Untitled Charles Cash Adairsville Middle Adairsville State Winner |
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Buckets of Rain I would like to swim in Lake Allatoona, But it looks a little dry. I will catch the raindrops in a bucket As they fall down from the sky. When my bucket gets full I will go to the lake, And pour the water in. How many buckets will it take? We'll see when the fish start to grin.
Travis Baker 2nd grade Lewis Elementary School Kennesaw National Grand Prize Winner
The Wonderful Water The water is peaceful to my soul, soothing to my heart, and beautiful to my eyes. The water is a need to all creatures big or small plant or person, Water is around all year long, Summer, Winter, Spring, or Fall. It can be in ice or snow sleet or rain. The water can be cold, hot or warm in the middle. I can feel the water in rain kissing my hand as it drops from the sky. But the water cannot do or be any of this if it is polluted for then it is useless, harmful and cannot be a home any longer.
Erica Moore 4th grade W.C. Britt Elementary School Snellville State Winner
The Eyes of Mother Nature Tire swings, summer swims, Laughs and happy faces. Daffodils, night time chills Here, life thrives in all places. Mid day hikes, mountain bikes, Or just a picnic for the day. A get together, or family picture, Or on its banks to lay. A change of season, or even direction, The river will always remain. Dried up by drought, or just tired out, Don't worry, it'll return again. The essentials of life, the creator of life, The river has many titles. The building blocks of man, the shaper of the land, No river is ever idle. An abandoned barn, a rusty tractor, A faded wooden stable. Life and death, and winter breath, A long forgotten fable. It's seen it all, It's even seen you, That should be no surprise. For what else is there to do but watch, When you're Mother Nature's eyes.
Stephen Thurston J.C. Booth Middle School Peachtree City State Winner
Creek Life Behind my house and down the slope, There flows a little creek. You would not believe the wondrous things, That live there week after week. I walk down the path, And gaze around, At all of nature, And listen to its glorious sound. There's a crow calling, As it chases a hawk, And squirrels rustling the trees, Collecting nuts for their winter stock. But the tiniest life, Dwells in the stream, The beautiful water world, Into which the sun casts its beam. I stretch out across the great fallen tree, Which spans the beautiful brook. And there, suspended over the sparkling water, I begin to really look. I see the fish swim, small and quick. Their scales shimmering in their flight. I see the crayfish rush for holes under rocks, Their armor gleaming in the light. Sometimes I spy a salamander, long and thin, Dashing over the slickest stones. At other times I notice a snake, slithering on the bank, Its manner so cold, I feel chilled in my bones. Behind my house and down the slope, There flows a little creek, A charming place to go, If it's tranquility that you seek.
Stephanie Kingsley 7th grade Dodgen Middle School Marietta State Winner
Journey from the Watershed Drip, Drip, Drip Rain falls. The watershed collects the rainwater and sends it on it's journey. Rushing down the creek it goes, and then.......... D O W N . . . . . SPLASH Silence. Now it's in the blackness of the underground lake. It'll stay there, resting until its next journey.
Zoe Bockius-Suwyn 5th grade May Howard Elementary School Savannah State Winner
Dew Fairies A Hot summer's day turns into night, as we go to bed they go to flight, The Dew Fairies come to wet the sweet grass, their touch is so sweet, they touch it last, So that in the morning, when we do wake the garden to water, the leave to rake, We will find the grass wet with dew, A simple yet sweet reminder to you, of all the magic that night can bring, and all the beauty of everything. Sarah Colombo 8th grade Model Middle School Rome State Winner
A Fish's View of the River Rushing, Bubbling, Flowing, River. Deep, Fresh, Slipping River. Blue, Sparkle, Gurgling River. All around me and my scales. Hannah Dahm 4th grade Barnwell Elementary Alpharetta State Winner
Blue She remembers those summer Sunday mornings, sitting in her bathing suit on the roof of the family Chevrolet, squinting against the blazing blue sky.
The water from the hose melts around her body. It flows down the angles and contours, streams across the blue metal, slips to the scalding concrete.
A river forms, running down the driveway, racing with the street curb. Sometimes she races, too, bare feet splashing, until the river is boiled by asphalt, until it is clouded by dirt and sand and soggy cigarette butts, until it plunges into the sewer's oceans. Then she turns back.
Sitting on the roof of the car, the water is cold and clean, metallic on her tongue.
Rivers and oceans are blue like the blazing sky or the family Chevrolet, but the water from the hose is always clear.
She closes her eyes against the sun, and when she opens them again, all she can see is blue fading away. Rachel Kim 12th grade Chamblee High School Chamblee State Winner
Water Water comes from the oceans where the fish swim, From the streams where the deer drink, From the lakes where we play, From the mountains where we hike, To the fountains in our house into me Can't you see? Water is important.
Dakota Nesbitt 3rd grade Sandersville Elementary Sandersville State Winner
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Crater Lake It sounds like drumming waves It smells musty, moldy Dirt that smells like freshly tilled earth. It looks like a green snot puddle. It feels cool and wet. It tastes like groundwater That hasn't had a bath.
John Reynolds 5th grade Alexander II Math and Science Magnet School Macon National Finalist
The River Flows The river flows slowly The fish swim in it. The birds fly above it. I am walking on the bank.
Matthew Stenzel 1st grade Casa Montessori School Marietta State Winner
The Watershed Tiny rain drops by the moonlight beam Slowly falls and forms a stream. They are cold and make you shiver As they hurry to the river. The river runs wild and free Never stopping for man or tree. Without a care of time or motion It quickly rushes to the ocean.
Jessica Manring 7th grade Soperton Middle School Soperton State Winner
A Flint River Afternoon The river glides by on its path to Lake Seminole. Look closely and you'll see the river's heart and soul. As we tramp through weeds along the river's bank, I stare at a broken old row boat that long ago sank. A heron wades on long thin legs at the river's edge. his beak searching for crayfish in the muddy ledge. Poison ivy loops through the bushes and trees. Hearing our footsteps, a startled king snake flees. Ripples move over the water from a stone I toss. We look at lichen on trees and rocks with moss. A water strider skims across the surface of the river. The autumn breeze makes the pine needles quiver. A mud turtle is sunning itself on a small fallen log, hear the call of a blue jay and croaking of a frog. With the slow current, water plants gently sway. There are deer footprints in the red Georgia clay. It seems all around us insects whir and hum. Lacy ferns grow in the shade of a sweet gum. High in the pine tree noisy squirrels chatter. As we approach, mallards on the river scatter. The river drifts on under bridges and highways, the afternoon sun veils the forest in a soft haze. The birds and the animals we must protect. The forest and the river we must never neglect. Urban sprawl and pollution threaten the Flint watershed, we must conserve and preserve this great river instead.
Thomas Lucak 7th grade J.C. Booth Middle School Peachtree City State Winner
Forest Waters Splashing, Rushing, Gushing, Flowing, Frogs leap around with nobody knowing, Flowers, Showers, Many towers, Leaves of canopies sway for hours, Waters, waters, splashing round, These beautiful things that no one has found!
Heather Stokes 6th grade Pine Mountain Middle School Kennesaw State Winner
The Sea The sea is a mirror, Reflecting to all, A wisp of a wind, A note of a call. The sea is a castle, A home to creation, It houses creatures, From Nation to nation. The sea is a pathway, To places unknown, Hiding treacherous secrets, To keep as its own. The sea is a gem, Storing treasure within, A hope in all hearts, To find and to win. The sea is a story, That will never end, Be broken, messed up, For someone to mend. The sea is a world, Old, new, and changing, Still being created, And now rearranging. The sea is a habitat, To plants, animals, Providing sea palms, Brain coral, and gulls. The sea is a pleasure, For you and for me, It broadens our knowledge, In all we can be. Susie Klodnicki 7th grade Dodgen Middle School Marietta State Winner
Watershed I'm a little raindrop falling to the ground. Falling to the ground, going down, down, down. Thump! I fall on the land, and I'm soaked into the soil. I flow underground, almost like I'm oil. Then into rivers, lakes, or wells. I came from the mountains, down to the dells. Now when you turn on your faucet, you will see No one else but little old me. Jessica Brodley-Lopez 5th grade May Howard Elementary Savannah State Winner
The Fly A man walks to a creek and sits in the foggy morning air. He sits at the river and pulls out his fly fishing rod. He twirls it around, through the crisp air and stops. The fly silently drifts down until its fuzzy bristles sit on the calm, dark water. Phillip Knoetgen 4th grade Barnwell Elementary Alpharetta State Winner
Rain When it's raining I go back to my childhood; Run in the mud, made by the rain and soil It rains it rains it rains. I am having a flashback -to my home, -to Africa -to Blue Nile. When the sky is covered by clouds, Having some hope of rain For fun, I tell somebody, "It'll rain." Then it rains! We are happy because we have rain -Run through the rain- -Fall down to the ground- Then go home with damp clothes. The river is full So we can swim in it because we don't have swimming pool, But the river is not artificial, It is a natural swimming pool. -Having fun, -swimming -In the water. I thank God for our weather, which is mild -No snow in the winter -Not too much heat in summer, We thank God for making our weather good.
Aemare Gebriel 10th grade Clarkston High Clarkston State Winner
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