MIGHTY MAPS for LOUISIANA
2023-2024 ArcGIS Online Competition Winners
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The Ochsner Health System & Healthcare Access in Louisiana
Anya Chaney-Martinez, 9th Grade, University View Academy
Louisiana's High School Winner
Constant advances in biology, technology, and data visualization are improving healthcare at an unprecedented rate. Through innovative partnerships to spread healthcare access, reduce health disparities, and diversify their workforce, The Ochsner Health System drives the expansion of healthcare in Louisiana. As an aspiring physician, this project helped me grasp Ochsner’s dedication to a healthier Louisiana, furthering my interest in the medical field. This StoryMap explores Louisiana’s healthcare history, current status, and Ochsner’s efforts for a healthier state, so viewers can understand the progress we have made and how far we still have to go.
Homicide in Louisiana
Christian McMillan, 8th Grade, Port Allen Middle School
Louisiana's Middle School Winner
In 2022 I toured the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory with my family. The crime Lab was founded in 1937. The lab gives you the ability to explore what its like to work in forensics. On display there are human remains, weapons and even crashed cars. As I walked through the lab I became more interested in topics I knew nothing about.
Middle School Placed
How do chemical plants effect Louisiana?
Trinity Ledet & Shilah Johnson,
7th Grade, Eva Legard Learning Center
Louisiana is greatly effected by power plants, some good and some bad. The good that comes from power plants is not enough to overlook the damages that are done to our community. These power plants affect our air quality, water quality, climate change, thermal pollution and solid waste disposal negatively. These power plants do more than effect our health but also, community.
The Coastal Sea Level Rise
Haasika Parkala & Jordyn Brabham
7th Grade, Eva Legard Learning Center
Sea Level Rise is an increase in the level of the world's oceans due to the effects of Climate change aka Global Warming. Some effects on Sea Level Rise are consequences which include increased intensity of storm surges, flooding, and damage to coastal areas. In addition, solutions for Sea Level Rise are to build flood barriers to protect infrastructure. Flood barriers to protect critical infrastructure include levees, dikes, and seawalls.
Mapping Waffle Houses
John Ellison,
7th Grade, Eva Legard Learning Center
This idea may seem goofy, but a Waffle House is incredibly important for shelter and other places, as it has a codex that determines how safe an area is. This allows people for safe shelter and generally good quality food that allows people to survive in a case like a hurricane, flood, or aftermath of a tornado.
Foods from Louisiana
Ashton Sims & Dejuane Pierre,
7th Grade, Eva Legard Learning Center
This story map is about the foods from Louisiana, like rice, etc. My partner and I love Louisiana food because it's very good and outstanding. Scroll below to see where each of the Louisiana foods originated from.
High School Placed
Journey of My Drone Business
Dane Pritchard,
12th Grade, Pritchard Academy
In 2020 west Louisiana was hit by Hurricane Laura (path shown in yellow), and it was devastating. My home town of DeRidder was primarily damaged.
Because of this my dad and I went to help family pick up after the storm. We saw a lot of different things that we expected to see. Things like crushed pylons, fallen trees and destroyed houses. But we saw something we did not expect to see, drones they were doing a variety of different tasks such as checking if downed powerlines were still live, inspecting how damaged roofs were, and flying over fields to see where trees had fallen. That is where my interest in drones began.
Louisiana Most Wanted
Kaden Wade
9th Grade, The Brighton School
This story map is about some of the most wanted people in Louisiana. We will be looking at criminals; when they were born, where they killed and if they have been caught.
Cancer Alley in Louisiana
Brady Brown,
10th Grade, The Brighton School
Cancer Alley stretches between New Orleans and Baton Rouge and is around 85 miles long. It consists of over 200 different Petrochemical plants and refineries that affect the environment and humans. In fact, this stretch of land has reportedly the largest concentration of such plants in the Western Hemisphere (HWR).
The History of Celtic Studios
Sophia Varnado,
9th Grade, The Brighton School
When you look at something, what do you see? Do you see something incredible? Do you see something funny? Or maybe you see something that's just insignificant. Or maybe an insignificant thing is significant. Maybe that funny thing has a harsh truth behind it we don’t know. Maybe that incredible thing is really just another cash grab that has nothing really meaningful behind it. Maybe there is something more to Louisiana than just being a place of death, lewdity, and crime. Maybe it could be a place where true art and beauty come to take shape. A great example of this is Celtic Studios, one of LA's biggest studios. They have created big films like Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts 1 & 2, but I will not talk about those films. Rather, I will be talking about their underrated films.