Cassini Scientist for a Day - Fall 2010 Contest - National Coordinators Wanted!

19 July 2010

In celebration of the Cassini spacecraft’s Solstice mission orbiting Saturn, the Fall 2010 edition of the Cassini Scientist for a Day essay contest is once again going to be INTERNATIONAL.  Last year, the project had participation from students in 27 countries on 5 continents. 

Students in grades 5-12 (approximately ages 10-18) will be invited to write a 500-word essay about one of three possible targets (Saturn and its rings and moons) the Cassini spacecraft will image on October 18 and 22, 2010.

Contest rules from last year’s contest can be found here: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday/

The project is seeking both new and returning national contest coordinators, whether or not you were able to help organize a contest in your country last year.

As a National Coordinator, you would advertise the contest, collect essays from students in your country or region, assemble a team of judges to read the essays, and e-mail the best essay(s) from your country to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

 

To sign up:

Send an e-mail to scientistforaday@jpl.nasa.gov with “International CSFAD” in the subject line, and include your name, e-mail address, space background, and country or region you would like to represent.  If other people from your country have already expressed an interest in coordinating the essay contest, we will put you in touch with them so you can work together.

To see last year’s list of countries that were represented, click here: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday8thedition/international/countries/

 

To see how we post international winning entries, click here:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday8thedition/international/winners2009/

 

We hope to get as many countries as possible involved in this contest. 

 

More information:

Rachel Zimmerman Brachman

Cassini Scientist for a Day organizing committee lead

Cassini Formal Education Specialist

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA

scientistforaday@jpl.nasa.gov

Organisational Associates:
ESO AAS INSU CAS STRW NOVA STFC SCNAT SPA NRC MEC CNES DLR ESA JAXA NAOJ APL PS ESF ISRO ICRAN NLSI NOT U Cluster NASAEAS ASI NRAO CEA  KASI EAE SPA AUI CROSCI


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