Hello, and welcome to Earth Science Week 2019!
Earth Science Week and the American
Geosciences Institute are excited to
announce the return of the visual arts,
essay, photography, and video contests.
This year's Earth Science Week will
celebrate the theme "Geoscience Is for
Everyone." With Geoscience Is for Everyone,
Earth Science Week aims to emphasize
both the inclusive potential and the
importance of geosciences in the lives
of all people.
This year's contests offer multiple ways
to engage a theme that will help promote
understanding and stewardship of the
earth for individuals of all backgrounds,
ages, and abilities.
Earth science is the study of earth
systems–our planet's land, water, air, and
living things.
No matter who you are
or where you live, you play a part in the
exploration, discovery, and understanding
of the natural world.
Show how you
participate in this process!
The visual arts contests ask elementary-aged students
to construct a two-dimensional picture
that shows how you take part in
Earth science.
The visual arts contest is open to any interested child
from
kindergarten to fifth grade.
The student must be a United States citizen
and have
an entry form signed by a guardian.
Not everyone has always felt welcome in
the geosciences.
Some have faced barriers to full participation.
Why is this a
problem? How can that problem be addressed?
Explain, in a typed essay of no
more than 300 words,
why it is important for Earth science
–the study of the
geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and
biosphere–to be accessible, inclusive,
diverse, and equitable.
The essay contest is open to any interested child
from sixth grade to ninth grade.
The student must be a United States citizen
and have an
entry form signed by a guardian.
People of all backgrounds and abilities
have a place in the geosciences,
which means learning about the earth systems of the
geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
A picture is worth a
thousand words–and a thousand ways to
get involved. With your camera, capture an
image of someone in your community
exploring Earth science.
Geoscience is,
after all, for everyone!
Any person featured in the photo
who is under 18 years of age needs a signed photo release
by their parents or guardian. The
photo contest is open to any
United States resident or member of any AGI
Member Society.
The photo submission must be accompanied by a completed entry form.
Earth Science Week's video contest
returns this year with the Many Paths to
Earth Science video competition. AGI
invites you to submit a brief,
30 to 90 second original video that shows how people
of various backgrounds participate in geoscience.
For details, please visit:
www.earthsciweek.org/many-paths-to-earth-science.
Entries are judged by a panel of
geoscientists.
Each first-place winner will receive $300,
a copy of an AGI publication, and promotion on our
website, Facebook, and Twitter.
Send us your entries! All entries must be
submitted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern, Friday
October 18, 2019.
Be sure to include a completed, signed
entry form
along with any other required materials.
For complete guidelines for
each contest
visit www.earthsciweek.org/contests.
