AIAA HRS Members,
It's time for the 13th annual AIAA Hampton Roads Section middle school essay contest. This contest is open to all middle school students in the AIAA Hampton Roads Section area so please share it with any eligible students, teachers, or schools that might be interested. The application is attached and entries are due March 28th. Prizes will be awarded for the top three entries ($200, $150 and $100 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place essays respectively) and the winners and their parents will be invited to the AIAA HRS Awards Banquet in May. The top essay by a 7th grader and the top essay by an 8th grader will be sent to the Space Systems Technical Committee for further judging.
The topic for this year is: There's a growing number of objects in Earth's orbit. Explore the reasons for this, what it means for current and future space missions and ways that we might be able to reduce the number of objects in our orbit.
Essays should be 500-1000 words in length.
Feel free to forward this to any interested students, teachers or schools in the AIAA Hampton Roads Section area. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Berger (aiaa.hrs.k12outreach@gmail.com). We will also be looking for judges to evaluate the entries in early April, so a call for volunteer judges will go out in late March.
Thanks,
Karen
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Karen Berger
AIAA HRS K-12 STEM Co-Chair
Email:
aiaa.hrs.k12outreach@gmail.com------------------------------