2023 Science Without Borders® Challenge Finalists: 11-14 year old students
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is delighted to announce the finalists in our 2023 Science Without Borders® Challenge! This international contest engages students in important ocean issues through art. This year we asked students to create a piece of art that highlights the beauty and importance of a marine species that is on the brink of extinction.
This year we received more entries than ever before. Over 1,200 entries flooded in from 67 different countries, and let us tell you, it was no easy feat to choose the finalists. We hope you will be as impressed with the submissions we received as we were.
Entries to the Science Without Borders® Challenge are judged in two categories based on age. Here are the finalists selected from the younger group of applicants, students 11-14 years old:
"The Cutest Park Rangers" by Robyn Toenniges, Age 13, United States of America
ARTIST'S STATEMENT: Sea Otters are instrumental to the structure of the environments they inhabit. They control the population of sea urchins and fish which unchecked, would proliferate, in turn destroying the kelp forests they occupy. As well as providing shelter for over 1,000 different species, kelp forests worldwide sequester approximately 3% of all marine carbon (blue carbon). Making these adorable creatures the park rangers of the underwater society.
