Sayville High School

Glenn Richard - Educational Coordinator, Department of Geoscience SUNY at Stony Brook

Janet Niebling - Educational Specialist, Department of Geoscience SUNY at Stony Brook

Honors Earth Science Students: Courtney Cruz, Heather Dunleavy, Jennifer McGrath, Meryl Glenn, Kate MacDonell, Taryn Morrissey	Project Description : Seasonal Beach Profile - Choose a location (Smith Point County Park, was ours), and conduct a beach profile during different seasons, and before and after storms, to see the effect of waves on the beach.
Robert Blair, Brian Johnston, Joeseph Marasia, Richard Sweeney	Let's Make Diamonds - What are the best conditions, in terms of time, pressure and temperature, for creating diamonds?
Brian Collumbell, Nicholas Daniello, Peter Della Rosa, Sean Hanlon Eric Nintzel, Steven Style	Soil Particle Size Analysis and Vegetation - Choose several sites, including the Pine Barrens and an oak-hickory forest, and take soil samples. Use sieves to analyze the samples, and graph the results. Relate the soil size to the existing vegetation at the various sites Create a model, using a formula, and/or your data and descriptions, to help you predict the type of vegetation that might grow in a particular soil size.





Kevin Bandura, Tyler Kremburg Kevin Beach	Daily and Geographic Temperature Variation Models - Measure temperature changes athat occur over a 24 hour period at three different locations on Long Island. Use this data to create a model that describes the relationship between the temperature patterns at the three sites.





Theresa Cruse, Robert Kavanagh	Hydraulic Conductivity Models - Create a model, using a cylinder sand and / or gravel, to explain the permeability, porosity and infiltration rates of various Long Island soils.





Kira Kamansky, Lisa Purdy	Chemical Analysis of Water in Pond and River Systems on Long Island - Analyze the chemicals present and determine what factors (natural and/or human) affect their abundances.





Sarah Olson	Examine Darcy's Law using a Groundwater Simulator - Prove that the velocity of groundwater flow is proportional to the hydraulic gradient (slope of the water table) using an aquifer model.