2006 Contest Winners
Photography Contest
ESW 2006 Contest Photography Winner (Carson Conover)
Carson Conover of Orrtanna, Pennsylvania won 1st place in this years Earth Science Week photo contest with his picture of windmills on the waters edge.
Submissions illustrated the theme “Using and Studying Earth’s Resources.” The goal was to create pictorial evidence of Earth resources is an exciting way. Submissions could include print or digital photographs.
Finalists (in alphabetical order):
- Karsen Donati-Leach
- Hannah Henderson
- Daniel Marom
- Danny John Rutherford
- Vivian Wright
Visual Art Contest
ESW 2006 Contest Visual Art Winner (Rama Bushra Imad)
Rama Bushra Imad of Houston, Texas won 1st in the Visual Arts contest with her drawing depicting the Earth’s atmoshpere layers and mission control in Houston.
Students in grades K-5 made a drawing, collage or other 2-dimensional piece of artwork illustrating the theme “Earth Science in Your Home Town.”
Finalists
ESW 2006 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Clara Tucker)
ESW 2006 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Clay Collins)
ESW 2006 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Isaac Han)
ESW 2006 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Mickayla Aufiero)
ESW 2006 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Patrick Sibayan)
Essay Contest
Ray Daniels of Herndon, Virginia won 1st in the Essay contest with his essay titled “Finding Caerulium”.
Students grades 5-9 addressed this year’s Earth Science Week theme “Be a Citizen Scientist!” Essays were no more than 500 words in length.
The views and assertions presented in essays are neither endorsed by nor reflect the positions the American Geosciences Institute.