Re: [asa] Contest for Students

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Dick Fischer wrote:

> This is from the Alliance for Science, a pro science group located in
> Washington:
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> 2008 National High School Student Essay Contest
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> Sponsored by: The Alliance for Science
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> http://www.allianceforscience.org/essay
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> The non-profit Alliance for Science is seeking students to participate
> in our annual National High School Essay Contest. This year's theme is
> "Climate, Agriculture, and Evolution." Students are encouraged to submit
> essays of up to 1,000 words on one of two topics: "Climate and
> Evolution" or "Agriculture and Evolution." Essays will be judged for
> their scientific focus, and correctness, quality of analysis and
> interpretation, personal voice and interest, and clarity and style of
> writing. Cash prizes will be given to the top four students, with
> $300.00 for first place. Sponsoring teachers of the top two students
> will receive cash for purchase of educational materials. Additional
> prizes include educational DVDs and books.
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> For the "Climate and Evolution" topic, students are asked to consider
> the interaction between the slow changes driven by evolution with the
> potentially much more rapid impact of climate change. For the
> "Agriculture and Evolution" theme, students are encouraged to think
> broadly about the interplay between naturally evolved plant and animal
> species, traditional plant selection and animal breeding methods, and
> recent technological options such as genetic engineering.
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> This contest is open to all high school students living in the United
> States. Students must submit individual original essays and have a
> sponsoring teacher. Sponsoring teachers can include former teachers,
> science program coordinators, or science museum staff. Electronic
> submissions (via email to: afsessay@gmail.com) are preferred, but
> printed essays will also be accepted. Registration Forms, Official
> Contest Rules, and a colorful Flyer are posted at
> http://www.allianceforscience.org/essay.
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> This is the second year of The Alliance for Science's essay contest.
> The first contest (concluded in May of 2007) had as its theme "Why would
> I want my doctor to have studied evolution?" and drew many excellent and
> very original responses from across the country.
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The name of this organization suggests that it is about science in
general, but all the essays in their first two years are supposed to be
about evolution. I suspect that the focus on evolution is because it seems
that half of the American populace doesn't believe it.

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

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Received on Thu Dec 6 23:34:30 2007