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Earth Day Haiku ACS Poetry Contest Winners These are the winning entires in the 2003 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day poetry contest sponsored by ACS; the theme was “ChemisTREE”. The names of the winners, their haiku
K–2nd Grade
poems, and their addresses, grade in school, and name of ACS Local Section have been included. A description of the 2004 ACS Earth Day music video contest, with detailed rules and guidelines, can be found at this ACS Web site: http:// chemistry.org/earthday.
6th–8th Grade
The Best Earth
Trees and all creatures Dependent on each other Can’t survive alone
Make your Earth Clean Do not be mean! Take care of the trees Do not litter, please! Winner: Jessica Mesina, Elrama, PA; 2nd Grade, Pittsburgh Section
3rd–5th Grade Leaves, leaves, falling down. Watch them flutter to the ground. Red, orange, yellow, brown.
Winner: Valerie Belz, Sewickley, PA; 8th Grade, Pittsburgh Section Trees are Big Trees make fruit Trees are worth a lot of loot. Honorable Mention: Alana Mantel, N. Miami Beach, FL; 8th Grade, South Florida Section
Winner: Vinnie Longhi, Weirton, WV; 5th Grade, Pittsburgh Section
9th–12th Grade Trees near me have gone To build my house of perm ‘Nance Now I must give back
Leaves dance together The tree’s blossoms dance along They dance all night long Honorable Mention: Ana Saccoman, Kingston, NY; 3rd Grade, Mid-Hudson Section
Winner: James Kelly, Pittsburgh, PA; 10th Grade, Pittsburgh Section Seeds grow into trees Continuing the cycle Of the life they give. Honorable Mention: George Hines, Kalamazoo, MI; 11th Grade, Kalamazoo Section
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Vol. 81 No. 2 February 2004
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Journal of Chemical Education
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