Comments on: NASA essay contest

By: Dale Lowdermilk

Dale Lowdermilk — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:56:45 +0000

We are also conducting an Astronomy Essay Contest for ages 5-18.

Complete details can be found on the first page at
http://www.dale93108.com/Meteor.html

Dale Lowdermilk
Santa Barbara, CA

By: Zeke

Zeke — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:28:06 +0000

Darn, only open to middle schoolers. Curse you high school!

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:03:54 +0000

I hate to break it to you, but quite a few of us grad students working on PhDs were also born after STS-1. I was born 2 months too late

By: Will. M

Will. M — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:14:27 +0000

Ah, this isn’t very good timing for getting a maximum response. The deadline falls just after the Winter break and just before the end of the first semester; students will be stressed about finals and tired from the long two- week vacation. Lead time on an essay contest like this should have begun in September with a deadline sometime in March or April where Spring break can allow some time for editing and completing a final draft. I realize that only 6 to 8th./9th. graders are invited, but this short deadline almost insures that only the science students will try to participate, and even then only a few because of the end of semester workloads. It surely stresses teachers and parents who might assist by proofreading the essays as well. I realize its “only” 500 words, but given the homework most kids have to deal with this short lead/completion time could be a cause for a pass on the essay for many kids.

By: Evelyn S Plait

Evelyn S Plait — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:07:02 +0000

This is great! I am forwarding it to Aleks and to Chris at GWIZ. Maybe somehow they can get involved.

BAMOM

By: BigBadSis

BigBadSis — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:42:52 +0000

VERY cool logo! Great idea for sure. I’m hoping my 12 and 14 year olds will enter. Thanks for the tip. A little mulah towards college never hurts. Will the Little BA be entering?