2008 Contest Winners

Photography Contest

A geology student measuring the strike and dip of the southeastern limb of the doubly-plunging Baraboo Syncline.
ESW 2008 Contest Photography Winner (Patrick Marchwiak)

Patrick Marchwiak of Mount Prospect, Illinois won first place in this year’s Earth Science Week photo contest with his photo of Alex, a geology student, measuring the strike and dip of the southeastern limb of the doubly-plunging Baraboo Syncline.

Submissions illustrated the theme “Earth Science Beyond your Front Door”. Submissions could include print or digital photographs.

Finalists

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ESW 2008 Contest Photography Finalist (Alexandra Martinez)

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ESW 2008 Contest Photography Finalist (Debra Sinak)

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ESW 2008 Contest Photography Finalist (Marlene Schoeneck)

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ESW 2008 Contest Photography Finalist (Peter Schuchman)

Visual Art Contest

Using the inquiry approach to test soil for lead.
ESW 2008 Contest Visual Art Winner (Tyler Smith)

Tyler Smith of Tampa, Florida won first place in the Visual Arts contests with his poster depicting himself using the inquiry approach to test soil for lead.

Students in grades K-5 made a drawing, collage or other 2-dimensional piece of artwork illustrating the theme “Studying our Earth.”

Finalists

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ESW 2008 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Aaron Ye)

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ESW 2008 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Brooke Ferrante-Gennaro)

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ESW 2008 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Jordi Garcia)

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ESW 2008 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Kyle Lawton)

Essay Contest

We know them by names such as Ike, Rita, and Katrina. They sound harmless enough, but they are major hurricanes that damaged the coastal area of Texas as well as other states. They caused millions of …

John (Marshall) Nors

John “Marshall” Nors of Abott, Texas won first place in the Earth Science Week essay contest with his essay that focused on the positive side effects of hurricanes.

Students grades 6-9 addressed this year’s Earth Science Week theme “Earth Connections.” Essays were no more than 300 words in length.

The views and assertions presented in essays are neither endorsed by nor reflect the positions the American Geosciences Institute.

Finalists

Different natural processes all react in some way to one another. Many local examples exist, as shown in the coastal plain and its estuaries, the oyster filtration system of the Chesapeake Bay, and …

Whether you live in Virginia Beach or in some other city in the world, you are affected by natural processes. What is also interesting is that natural processes are interconnected. Three examples of …

If life was eliminated from our planet, it would appear to be a unchanging sphere of rock and water orbiting the Sun. This misconception is readily disproved by examining the underlying forces that …

Earth is a unique planet and is undergoing changes all the time. These changes are happening as a result of multiple natural processes. For example, water is constantly being moved from oceans to land …

International Year of Planet Earth and Earth Science Week 2008 Photography Contest

A geology student investigating mica schists in the Eastern Alps of Austria.
Contest Photography Winner (Lutz Geissler)

Lutz Geissler of Freiberg, Germany is the first-place winner of this year’s International Year of Planet Earth-Earth Science Week photography contest. Below, view Geissler’s photograph of a geology student investigating mica schists in the Eastern Alps of Austria.

The contest was open to anyone of any age around the world. The theme was “Exploring Earth Science around the World.” Submissions could include print or digital photographs.