National Chemistry Week Poster Contest
As part of the National Chemistry
Week (NCW) 2007 celebration and in recognition of the 20th
anniversary of the program, the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsoring a
poster contest for students in Kindergarten – Grade 12.
Students are invited to create a
poster that celebrates the theme “The Many Faces of Chemistry”. The poster should be fun, motivational and
inspire students to pursue a science/chemistry-related career.
Consider how science/chemistry is used by people in
different careers.
•
Photographer: chemistry’s role in
developing film and making prints
• Artist: the chemistry of the materials used to paint,
draw or sculpt
•
Veterinarian: understanding what
medicines can be given to pets
• Crime Scene
Investigator: investigating crimes with
chemical tests
Prizes…Prizes…Prizes….Prizes…
First and second place in each of the following grade
categories:
• K – 2nd
• 3rd – 4th
• 5th – 8th
• 9th – 12th
There are also prizes for
teachers of winning students,
which will include a Periodic
Table of the Elephants poster!
Local prizes for
EDUCATORS: Find additional ideas about careers in
chemistry, resources for students and easy ways to celebrate at
chemistry.org/ncw.
& www.njacs.org
Contest Rules:
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All
entries must be original works without aid from others.
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Posters must be no larger than 14
x 22 inches.
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Entries on foam board will not be
accepted.
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Entries must be hand-drawn using
crayons, paint, colored pencils or markers.
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Posters must be sent to:
National Chemistry
Week Poster Contest
c/o
• Posters must be submitted to Jeannette Brown, NCW Coordinator, at the
address above in time for the local
contest Deadline October 13.
•
All
entries must have the following
information included on the back of the poster:
student’s name, grade, name of school, school address, teacher’s name,
school telephone number, student/teacher email address. Home schooled students are eligible for the
contest and should include the name of any homeschool group with which they are
associated. Suggestion make a label with
this information and paste it on the back of the poster.
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Entries
lacking complete and legible information will be disqualified.
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Schools
please encourage all students in each class to participate. Please judge the posters in the school and submit only the three best posters per grade level per school.
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Posters
not submitted should be displayed in the school during National chemistry
week. Make a photo copy of the school
winning posters for display. Winning posters will not be returned.
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All
student participants will receive a token gift, a mini mole or a patch or
washable tattoo.
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Please
publicize the poster contest in your school to the media and parents and school
board members.
•
Invite
local parents who may be scientists to help with the contest or be models for
the students.
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Think
outside the box in other words think of all the things a chemist might do.
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Look
for ideas on www.njacs.org
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Local
Winners will be posted on the NJACS website during Chemistry week.
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Nationall
Winners will be notified during November
•
All
local prizes will be mailed during November.
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ACS
is not responsible for lost, damaged, or delayed postal shipments.
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All
posters become the property of the American Chemical Society.
•
Acceptance
of prizes constitutes consent to use winners’ names and entries for editorial,
advertising and publicity purposes.
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Address questions to Coordinator: Jeannette Brown Jebrown@infionline.net
Judging:
Entries will be evaluated based on
the following:
1.
Artistic Merit (use of color,
quality of drawing, poster design & layout)
2. Poster
Message (should be fun, motivational and inspire students to pursue a
career with emphasis on the chemistry in the career)
3.
Originality and Creativity (unique,
clever and/or creative design)
4. Neatness (free of spelling and grammatical
errors and/or stray marks)