JPL contest grades 5 - 12

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Students Can Be 'Scientists for a Day' With Saturn Mission

This is a feature from the NASA/JPL Education Office.


09.21.10 -- How do scientists decide what images the Cassini
spacecraft should take of Saturn and its moons? Students have the
opportunity to learn the scientific process when they enter Cassini's
Scientist for a Day Essay Contest. The contest is for students in
grades 5 through 12. The deadline for entries is Wed., Oct. 27, 2010,
at noon Pacific Time.

Students will be presented with three scientifically interesting
locations around Saturn or its moons for the Cassini spacecraft to
capture. They will have to research each location and choose which
image they think would yield the best scientific results. Each student
must explain his or her choice in a 500-word essay. Winners
participate in a teleconference with Cassini scientists from NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

For more info, including videos about Saturn and its moons, visit:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/education/scientistforaday9thedition/ .

Questions can be sent to: scientis...@jpl.nasa.gov .