View the Images, Meet the Winners -- Fall 2009 U.S. Edition
View the Images, Meet the Winners -- Fall 2009 U.S. Edition
Cassini Scientist for a Day is a national essay contest for U.S. students in grades 5-12, now in its eighth edition. To celebrate the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, this edition was open to every country willing to participate. Students chose one of three images the Cassini spacecraft would take on a given date and time set aside for education, and they each wrote a 500-word essay explaining why their choice would yeild the best science results. Winners and their classes were invited to participate in teleconferences with Cassini scientists.
| Target 1: Saturn & Rings
Grade 5-6: Emily Relic Valley View Elementary School -- Pleasanton, Calif. Grade 7-8: Morgan Shoup Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy -- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Grade 9-12: Anthony Bass Seminole Ridge Community High School -- Loxahatchee, Fla. |
| ||||
|
+ Meet the winners and read the essays |
|
Target 2: Tethys & Saturn's Rings |
|
|||
|
+ Meet the winners and read the essays |
| Target 3: Titan
Grade 5-6: Aakansha Kumar and Mariam Salib Matawan Aberdeen Middle School -- Cliffwood, N.J. Grade 7-8: Maggie Fye Centennial Middle School -- Phoenix, Ariz. Grade 9-12: Valerie Baretsky Fairport High School -- Fairport, N.Y. |
|
|||
|
+ Meet the winners and read the essays |
