Fwd: Cassini Scientist for a Day 2009

[Naveen Nanjundappa]

Message from IYA India Node.  for international essay contest.

I shall be coordinating for this event locally, you can contact me if you have any issues. submit your students essay or send me the contact numbers / email address of the schools who would be interested in participating this international contest.

Please feel free to forward this email to the interested people / organization.

my contact is 9980505003
email address : naveen.na...@gmail.com

Thanks,
Naveen Nanjundappa
Vice President, Bangalore Astronomical Society.

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From: Manoj Pai <iya...@1au.in>
Date: Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Subject: Cassini Scientist for a Day 2009

Hello all,

Amongst  several  IYA2009  special  project,  there  is one called the
Cassini Scientist for Day 2009 which is open to school children. Being
an  International  contest, we are some of the few who have been asked
to  conduct  the  same  for  India. The last date for this contest for
Indian students is 14th November, 2009.

I have attached full details on this contest for your information. You
might like to check the following link for details

http://www.astronomy2009.org/globalprojects/specialprojects/cassini

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday8thedition/

Since  the prizes for contest winners is in form video conference with
the NASA / JPL Engineers and digital certificate only we are exploring
the  possibilities  of  having something better to offer to the winning
students from each state of India.

A  special  blog  for  Indian  participants  has  also been put up and
available at the following link

http://missionsaturn.blogspot.com/

For  any  further information and details, pl feel free to ask. Please
inform everybody in your group about this contest.

Best wishes


--
Manoj Pai
IYA2009 Galilean Nights Task Group
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IYA2009 - 100 Hours of Astronomy Task Group
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IYA2009 - Solar Physics Special Task Group
http://solarastronomy2009.org/
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