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CONTESTS AND AWARDS
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ExploraVision,
sponsored by Toshiba and administered by the
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA),
challenges teams of 2-4 students to research
scientific principles and current
technologies as the basis for designing
innovations that could exist in 20 years.
Students on the four first-place
ExploraVision winning teams will each
receive a $10,000 U.S. Series EE Savings
Bond valued at maturity; students on
second-place teams will each receive a
$5,000 bond. The teams will also receive a
trip with their families, mentor, and coach
to Washington, DC, for a galaawards weekend.
The deadline is February 1, 2012. For more
information or an application for 2012,
visit
exploravision.org or e-mail
exploravision@nsta.org.
U.S. high school students and their teachers
are invited to participate in the Bill of
Rights Institute’s sixth annual Being an
American Essay Contest.
The contest is administered by the Bill
of Rights Institute, and this year’s contest
is sponsored by the History Channel.
Students are asked to share their thoughts
on the Constitution by answering the
following question in 1,000 words or less:
“How does the Constitution establish and
maintain a culture of liberty?” The top
three student winners from each of the five
geographical regions will be awarded cash
prizes of $1,000, $500, and $250. The
deadline is December 15 and essays must be
submitted at
BillofRightsInstitute.org/Submit.
Young people ages 8-18 may enter the Legacy
Project’s 12th annual Listen to a Life Essay
Contest
by interviewing a grandparent or
grandfriend 50 years or older about the
older person’s hopes and goals through their
life, how they achieved their goals and
overcame obstacles, or key life experiences.
The young person then writes a 300-word
essay based on the interview. The Grand
Prize is a Lenovo ThinkCentre computer and
the winner’s school also receives $25,000 of
EdOptions Orchard software. Twenty runner-up
prizes include an MP3 player from EdOptions
and $400 of software. This year's contest
runs to March 30, 2012; for complete
details, visit
legacyproject.org.
The Siemens Foundation and Discovery
Education have expanded Siemens Science Day
to all elementary students and teachers.
Siemens Science Day is designed to help
educators reinvent science class and gives
them the chance to win an Ultimate Cool
School Assembly. Teachers can log on to the
Siemens Science Day website to enter for a
chance to win a fun, interactive science
assembly for their school, underscoring the
importance of science literacy. The assembly
will feature interactive demonstrations and
experiments with a leading science
personality. Teachers will discover new
hands-on activities and stimulating
resources that will excite students in a
special professional development workshop.
For more information, visit
siemensscienceday.com.
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