AGI Announces Contest Themes for Earth Science Week 2007

The American Geological Institute (AGI) is sponsoring three national contests in conjunction with Earth Science Week 2007 - “The Pulse of Earth Science.”

• People Discovering Earth’s Treasures — This year’s Earth Science Week photography contest is open to all U.S. residents. Submissions should depict an aspect of earth science as it appears in your community. Learn to look at your surroundings through a geoscientist’s eyes and photograph what you see.
• Changing Earth — Students in grades K-5 are eligible to enter the visual arts contest. Submissions should illustrate how geologic processes are constantly changing Earth’s landscape. Draw a picture, make a collage, or create another piece of two-dimensional artwork that highlights the continuous change on our planet.
• Earth Science in My Community — This essay contest is open to students in grades 6-9. Entries should be short essays of no more than 300 words explaining a unique geologic aspect of their community, discussing current earth science research in their geographic area, or indicating why it is important to study the geology of Earth.

Earth Science week is organized annually by AGI with support from a number of other geosciences organizations, including the U.S. Geological Survey and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation (AAPGF). To learn more about how to celebrate our understanding of the planet and for more information on these contests please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/.