NASA Space Settlement Contest 2010-6 to 12th Graders-USA

The NASA Ames and the National Space Society (NSS) offer The NASA Space Settlement Contest to 6 to 12th Graders for the year 2010 in USA This annual contest, co-sponsored by NASA Ames and the National Space Society (NSS) is for 6-12th graders (11-18 years old) from anywhere in the world. Individuals, small teams of two to six, and large teams of seven or more (often whole classrooms with teacher leadership) may enter. Grades 6-8, 9-10 and 11-12 are judged separately, except for the grand prize. Students develop space settlement designs and related materials. These are sent to NASA Ames for judgement. Submissions must be received by March 31. Who may Apply: Contest categories are individual 6-8 grade, small group 6-8 grade, large group 6-8 grade, individual 9-10 grade, small group 9-10 grade, large group 9-10 grade, individual 11-12 grade, small group 11-12 grade, and large group 11-12 grade. An additional category based on artistic and literary merit is also included in the contest. How to Apply: Use online entry form which is available at http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/Contest/entform.html. Send hardcopy of your work to: Wenonah Vercoutere MS 236-7 NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 Contest Instructions: The submission must be the student’s own work. Plagiarism is forbidden. You may quote short passages, but material copied from a source must be surrounded in double quotes (”) and the source indicated. Instructors, mentors or parents may assist the student in presenting relevant resources, discussing core concepts and editing, but the work itself, must be entirely student driven. Submissions must relate to orbital colonies. Colonies may not be on a planet or moon. Colonies must be permanent, relatively self-sufficient homes, not temporary work camps. If your entry is longer that 10-20 pages, consider including a one page executive summary on the best features of your entry. Be sure to include original ideas, major focus, and any parts particularly well done in the executive summary. This will help the judges find the best parts of your entry. Avoid including technical material not directly related to your space settlement. This is a space settlement contest and marginally related material will make it difficult for the judges. If they can’t find your space settlement elements easily you won’t score well. If you have a large, extensive entry, include a one-page summary of the highlights of your work. This will help the judges. Submissions must be made in hard copy. No electronic submissions are accepted under any circumstances. This includes Power Point presentations, discs, CD’s, DVD, videos or anything but paper. NASA does not return contestant submissions. An entry form with the appropriate information must be included with the submission. Fill out all fields unless you are not part of a school class. In this case, leave out the teacher and school information. Designs, essays, stories, models, artwork and any other orbital space settlement materials will be considered. Always include a bibliography. Deadline for Submission: March 31, 2010. Source: http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/Contest/