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Earth Day Illustrated Poem Contest Chemists Celebrate Earth Day—Plants: The Green Machines! Jonathan R. Hill* Journal of Chemical Education, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
[email protected] As part of their 2010 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day celebration, the American Chemical Society is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in grades K-12. To participate, students write and illustrate a poem to celebrate ACS's 2010 Earth Day theme, Plants: The Green Machines! Students then submit their poems to their ACS Local Section and each Local Section will choose one winning entry from each of these grade-level categories: • • • •
K-second grade Third-fifth grade Sixth-eighth grade Ninth-12th grade
The Local Sections submit their winning entries to the national contest by April 9, 2010. Winners of the national contest will be announced on or before April 22, 2010.
National prizes for each category are $200 for first-place winners and $100 for second-place winners. In past contests, only haiku poems were accepted. This year, ACS is accepting any form of poetry. Possible poetic forms include, but are not limited to, haiku, limerick, ode, ABC poem, free verse, end rhyme, blank verse, and sonnet. The main condition about the poem is that it be no longer than 40 words. Possible topics for poems related to chemistry and plants include (but are not limited to) the following: • • • •
How plants keep the air clean Plants as a source of food The use of plants as an alternative fuel source Photosynthesis and respiration
For complete information and contest rules, contact the ACS Office of Community Activities by e-mail:
[email protected];
Figure 1. Award-winning haiku poems and accompanying artwork from the 2009 contest. Top row, left to right: Lexi Burton; Sara Jane. Bottom row, left to right: Monica Caravias; Neharika Ramani; Evelyn Hope.
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by telephone: 800/227-5558, ext 6078; or by post at 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Winners of the 2009 Earth Day Illustrated Haiku Contest on the Theme Air: The Sky's the Limit! As part of the 2009 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day activities, the American Chemical Society sponsored an illustrated haiku contest for students in grades K-12 around the theme Air: The Sky's the Limit! Some of the submissions of last year's first- and second-place national winners, announced in April 2009, are shown in Figure 1. Congratulations again to these winners! Kindergarten-Second Grade
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Grades 3-5 First Place: Kaitlyn Fennell (Wilson Dam Section) Second Place: Samantha Nichols (North Jersey Section) Grades 6-8 First Place: Lexi Burton (Erie Section) Second Place: Sara Jane (Wilson Dam Section) Grades 9-12 First Place: Neharika Ramani (Philadelphia Section) Second Place: Monica Caravias (North Jersey)
First Place: Julianne Jarek (Pittsburgh Section)
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Second Place: Evelyn Hope (Portland Section)
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