Scientist for a Day
The Cassini Scientist for a Day essay contest, sponsored by NASA, is open to all grade 5-12 students in the United States. Students work alone or in groups of up to four students. They write a 500-word essay about one of three possible imaging targets (Saturn’s moons: Dione; Prometheus & Saturn’s Rings; or Epimetheus and Janus) that the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn can take on May 25, 2009. Students will justify their choice as to which would potentially yield the best science. Winners are invited to participate in a teleconference with Cassini scientists and engineers from JPL (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory).
The contest deadline is April 30, 2009 at noon, Pacific Daylight Time (3:00pm Eastern Daylight Time).
More information is available here.
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