Two Weeks Left to Participate in Cassini Essay Contest!

Essay Contest Oct. 10, 2012


Two Weeks Left to Participate in Cassini Essay Contest!

The deadline for the 2012 Cassini Scientist for a Day essay contest hosted by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., is now two weeks away. There's still time to participate!

The contest is open to students in grades 5 through 12 and gives participants the chance to choose one of three images of the Saturnian system and describe why it's the best choice to learn more about Saturn, its rings and/or moons. The three enticing Saturn objects chosen for this year's contest by science planners for NASA's Cassini mission at Saturn are:

1. Saturn's small shepherd moon, Pan
2. Saturn's F Ring
3. Saturn

Participants pick their favorite image from the list above and write a persuasive essay of less than 500 words describing the scientific merits of their choice and the questions they hope will be answered by those investigating that particular object.

Winning entries will be posted on NASA's Cassini website and winners and their classes will be invited to participate in a teleconference, video conference or online discussion with Cassini scientists!

Complete contest rules and videos about each of the three essay topics are available at http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/scientistforaday/

The contest deadline is Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at noon (PDT).

Note: Teachers may choose to use the contest as an in-class writing assignment, since it meets both science and language arts national education standards. In this case, please submit the best three essays from your classes athttp://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday11thedition/contestsubmission/, then e-mail scientistforaday@jpl.nasa.gov with a list of all the students who wrote essays so we can send them certificates of participation. (We ask that teachers submit their students' essays because we can't collect contact information from minors, so we communicate with the students' teachers instead.)

Essays can be submitted at http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday11thedition/contestsubmission/

Best wishes,
The Cassini Outreach Team
scientistforaday@jpl.nasa.gov


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