NEAR EARTH ASTEROIDS
- A REAL DANGER FOR THE PLANET -
Poster Contest (2006) |
It is well known that asteroids constitute significant risk to Earth. The risk ranges from limited damage to an extinction level event (ELE). |
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THEME: Understanding Asteroids and Preventing a Potential Disaster.
Students should research the current settlement plans. Entries must focus any two of the following topics:
- What are the classes of asteroids that pose a threat and where are they located in the solar system.
- Estimate the likelihood of asteroid impacts in terms of their sizes.
- Describe the type, the magnitude and the duration of the damaging effects of asteroid impacts in terms of their sizes.
- Summarize the impact history of the Earth and the Moon.
- Discuss how future Moon and Mars settlements will increase the chance that the human race will survive even if a total extinction event occurs on Earth.
- Discuss the real and purely science fiction portrayals of asteroid impacts in movies.
- Comment on the quality of the science portrayed in movies such as Deep Impact and Armageddon.
The poster must have a visible title and must clearly indicate the two topics the student has focused on. |
RULES OF THE CONTEST
- Posters must be designed and produced by the students without appreciable hands-on help from adults.
- Each student may enter one poster.
- Posters must be submitted on white foam poster board (available at the Hobby Lobby) measuring 32 inches by 40 inches. Do not use paper poster board. Both horizontal and vertical (3-D) designs are acceptable. Materials should be firmly mounted. Glue, pins and clear tape are all acceptable methods of attachment.
- Any medium may be used including photographs, maps, paints, crayons, colored pencils, markers, chalk or collage.
- All entries must have a completed entry form affixed securely to the back of the poster. A copy of the entry form is enclosed. All information must be legible. No student names or identifying information shall appear on the front of the poster. Entries will not be accepted without a completed entry form. Also, all entries must include a release form signed by the student�s parents or guardian. A copy of the form is attached.
- All submissions must be delivered to the school counselor or teacher responsible for poster collection by 3:30 PM, December 8, 2006. The school counselors or teachers should notify Dr. Sarper at 719-549-2889 or via e-mail at huseyin.sarper@colostate-pueblo.edu when the posters are ready. In Colorado Springs area, the school counselors or teachers should notify Dr. Layfield at 719-667-5464 or via email at section515@juno.com.
- All posters will be displayed in Pueblo during the design contest event in engineering week in February 2007 and may be claimed at the end of the event. Winners will receive their awards in a public ceremony. Any submissions not claimed will be discarded.
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JUDGING CRITERIA
- The judges will consider the following criteria in selecting the winning entries:
- Interpretation of the Theme
- Originality and Creativity
- Technical excellence
- Quality of presentation--How does the poster look? Are the lines and colors clean? Is the presentation a well-integrated design?
- All decisions of the judges are final.
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| Awards of $125, $100, $90, $75, $70, $60, and $50 (4 such awards) will be given for the top seven best posters. The funds are provided by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. An award certificate co-signed by the IEEE and CSU-Pueblo will also be given to all ten top posters.
We have also received a pledge for one free admission to the Space Camp at the Kansas Cosmoshpere for level 1(five days) astronaut training in Hutchinson, Kansas. We anticipate sending a K6-9 student to this all expenses paid trip in summer 2007. This student will be selected from those who submit a poster. The student�s family income must be within 180% of the federal poverty guideline income level. |
