Earth Science Week 2016 Contests Announced

Alexandria, VA - The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is sponsoring four contests in celebration of Earth Science Week 2016, with this year’s theme being “Our Shared Geoheritage.” This year’s competitions will feature the traditional photography contest, visual arts contest, and essay contest – as well as a new video contest.

Photography Contest

Students, geoscientists, and the general public are invited to participate in this year’s photography contest, “Our Heritage in Earth Systems.” Entries must be composed of original, unpublished material, and show geoheritage in your community.

Visual Arts Contest

The visual arts contest, “Seeing Earth Heritage,” is open to students in grades K-5. Create a picture that shows how Earth systems have interacted over time to shape our world. Use artwork to show “Earth heritage” in the world around you.

Essay Contest

Students in grades 6 through 9 may participate in the essay contest. This year’s essays must address the idea of “Sharing and Caring for Our Geoheritage.” Focusing on one geoheritage site, explain why it is designated and managed the way it is.

Video Contest

AGI invites educators and their students to form teams to enter the “One Shared Place” video contest. Teams will work together to submit a brief video that tells viewers about an outdoor place that is special to them, including relating the place to elements of geoheritage and geoscience.

Winners in each category will be awarded for their submissions. For guidelines and details, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/contests.

Reaching over 50 million people annually, Earth Science Week has been led by AGI in cooperation with its sponsors and the geoscience community since 1998. Earth Science Week 2016 will be celebrated October 9-15, 2016. To learn more, please visit www.earthsciweek.org. To order Toolkits, please visit www.earthsciweek.org/materials. You may also call AGI Publications to place your order at 703-379-2480.