[AstroNet] OAD funding and NASA's essay contest

[Kevin Govender]

Greetings all
Two points:

1. The deadline for the OAD Call for Proposals is fast approaching
(midnight on 31 August 2013). This is to obtain funding for projects in
2014. Please visit www.astro4dev.org/cfp to submit your proposals for
astronomy activities in your region.

2. See below regarding an international essay contest run by NASA. Note
especially that the opportunity is there for someone from South Africa to
run the contest here. They only have one country from Africa viz. Morocco.

Regards
Kevin




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From: Scientist For A Day <scientistforaday at jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:04 PM
Subject: NASA's 2013 Cassini Scientist for a Day essay contest is now
underway!
To: Scientist For A Day <scientistforaday at jpl.nasa.gov>


 Dear Teachers, Parents, and Students,

We are proud to announce that the latest edition of NASA's "Cassini
Scientist for a Day" essay contest is now under way.

The contest meets U.S. national science and language arts standards. The
contest is open to students in grades 5 to 12 (approximately ages 10 to 18).

The three targets for 2013 are: 1. Saturn's moon Iapetus, 2. Saturn's moon
Dione, and 3. The planet Saturn.  Computer simulated pictures of these
three targets are posted on our website:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/scientistforaday/

Short videos describing the targets in more detail will be posted within
the next week or so.

You can download and print a flyer with the 2013 targets at:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/files/CassiniSFAD_flyer_508FC1.pdf

Students choose which of the three targets they think will yield the best
science, and write an essay explaining their choice.  Complete contest
rules are available on the above website.

The essay contest deadline will be Friday, October 25, 2013.

U.S. teachers will be able to enter their students' essays in the contest
via an online form that will be posted on the above website within the next
month or so.  Winning essays by U.S. and international students will be
posted on the Cassini website.

For a list of national coordinators in other countries who are making the
contest possible outside of the United States, we will update this website
with the 2013 list of contacts as more countries are added:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday12thedition/international/countries
/

We wanted to give you as much notice about this contest opportunity as
possible, so your students can get started thinking about what they want to
write.

 If you teach or work with special education students, we encourage them to
participate in the essay contest as well.  Although there is a 500 word
maximum for the essays, there is no minimum length, and all students who
make the effort to write an essay for the contest will receive a
certificate of participation.

Please forward this message to any other teachers or students who might be
interested in this NASA essay contest.

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



-- 
Kevin Govender
IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
www.astro4dev.org
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