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MSMR's 19th Annual Student Competition
January 15 - April 19, 2010
Based on What A Year! Twelve Months of Science Discoveries
A Student Essay, Poster or Video Competition !
Level 1 Competition Grades 7 - 8 |
Level 2 Competition Grades 9 - 12 |
Awards in Each Competition
1st Place - $500
2nd Place - $250
3rd Place - $100
Honorable Mention - Certificate of Merit
Classroom Education Grants for the Teachers, Advisors
or Leaders of the winning students
1st Place - $100
2nd Place - $50
3rd Place - $25
All winning and honorable mention students and their parents and teacher are invited to the MSMR Annual Dinner on June 17, 2010, where the wining entries will be highlighted.
This Year's Competition Challenge
The competition reflects MSMR’s popular WHAT A YEAR! science discovery website (www. whatayear.org), that turns research advances into educational opportunities.
Go to the WHAT A YEAR! website and read some of the stories in order to understand the goal of WHAT A YEAR! to introduce breakthrough science to students.
You will create and submit an entry exploring a recent research advance at a New England research institution as if you were the WHAT A YEAR! reporter.
To Enter
- Find a research discovery/breakthrough that was published or publicized by scientists at a New England research institution during 2009 or early 2010.
- Then tell the story of the discovery via an essay, poster or video, using a balance of text and graphics, being sure to include all the required elements (see details in the Student Packet, below).
There are useful ideas in the Student Packet on how to find a good story.
Topics should not be taken from the WHAT A YEAR! website: Your should uncover a topic of particular interest to you.
The Student Packet and Entry Form below will help you plan, create and submit your entry. Please read them and follow their guidance carefully.
This year we are accepting entries only in electronic format. Esssays and Posters will be submitted as e-mail attachments in PDF format; Videos will be uploaded to our YouTube™ account. Please read through the entire Student Packet for detailed information on each kind of entry.
2010 Student Packet as a PDF file. (You will need Adobe Acrobat®.) |
2010 Entry Form as a DOC file. (You will need a word processing program.) |
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