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Monday 31 March 2014

SAVE THE FROGS! Poetry Contest

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The 2014 SAVE THE FROGS! Poetry Contest will run from January 15th to October 17th, 2014. All ages and nationalities are encouraged to enter!

Who can participate?
Anyone. Students are encouraged to write and send their Frog poems


Frog Poem?
Any poems that mention frogs, salamanders, newts, toads, caecilians, amphibians, savethefrogs.com, and/or SAVE THE FROGS!

Here are some ideas for your frog poems:

(1) Find out about a particular kind of frog and describe the world from that frog’s point of view.

(2) What if you found the last frogs alive on the planet … What would you do? How would you feel?

(3) Write a poem that makes the reader understand the importance of saving frogs, or one that makes them realize the danger frogs are in.

(4) Write a poem about any of the threats to frogs.

(5) Write a poem about how ridiculously cool frogs are!

(6) Imagine all kinds of brave, extravagant and daring ways in which you could save the frogs. Check out the How to Help page at the Website


The Grand Prize Winner will:
(1) Receive $100 CASH (or check!).

(2) Receive $75 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.

(3) Become an official judge of next year's SAVE THE FROGS! Poetry Contest.

(4) Receive frog fame!

The 2nd and 3rd Place Winners will:

(1) Receive $75 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.

(2) Receive frog fame!


For details visit Save the Frogs website


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AstroSpace Drawing Competition

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AstroSpace Drawing Competition From Indian Space Station
March 2014 till September 2014
 
 Did you get inspired by watching movies like E.T, Star wars, Wall-E or Transformers? Here is a chance to write your own movie on a paper. All you have to do is to come-up with an interesting/artistic/creative drawings related to "India's First Mars Mission: Mangalyaan". The students are encouraged to draw  creative paintings that takes into consideration the advances in the space exploration, space technology, astronomy and aviation sector.


Some of the suggested themes around which you can build-up the drwaing are,
  • Capture the launch of Mangalyaan  from Sriharikota in a sequence of drawings
  • Visualizing Mangalyaan goes through space to reach Mars
  • How it works upon reaching Mars
  • A situation where in Mars spacecraft is caught by an alien on its way to Mars.
  • A situation wherein the student assumes being part of the Mars mission team and work as a scientist in ISRO
  • Some of the strange discoveries like a floating lake, Aliens being discovered by India's Mars mission
  • Be an astronaut and go fix the problem on Mangalyaan spacecraft once it reaches Mars orbiter
  • Any wild imagination related to India's first Mars mission

The competition will commence from March, 2014 and will continue till September, 2014.  India's first Mars mission is scheduled to reach Mars orbiter in September, 2014. This is a tribute from Indian Space Station team to Mangalyaan mission.
Prizes:
A winner will be chosen each month. However, all submitted entries will be displayed on the website.
The exciting prizes will consist of space toys, space books, space bags, space caps, shuttle models and much more...

Rules and Regulation:
The  submitted entries will become the property of  Indian Space Station. However, the author will get the full credit whenever the painting gets published.
The competition is open only for students up-to 10th Std.
The painting should be your original work. However, the teachers/parents could help ONLY in finalizing the theme but not in drawing.
Only the soft copy of the drawing is accepted. You can take the help from your teachers/parents to take a photograph (recommended way is to scan the drawing as quality of the image will be better)  of your work and to send the entry to us. We will ask for the final physical copy of the drawing upon declaring a winner but before sending out the prizes.
Please send your entries to iss@indianspacestation.com with Subject as "Indian Space Station: Drawing Competition Month: 2014"
Either use A4 size or half the A4 size (recommended)  for drawing. The soft copy of the drawing will look good upon publishing  by using a small size paper.
The following details should be provided along with the document
  • •Name of the students:
  • •Standard/Class Studying:
  • Roll number/ID number:
  • •School Name and address:
  • •Favorite Teacher Name and contact details (phone number and email id):
  • •Parents Name and contact details (phone number and email id):
•A good photograph of the student either with his/her favorite teacher or with their parents.
There are no charges to participate in the competition.
Submit the entry before the last day of each month. A winner will be announced on a per month basis. For example, for the month of March - 2014, all entries received from March 1st to March 31st will be considered for the Month of March to declare a winner.
If a student wins a prize in any of the month then he/she could again participate in the subsequent months as well. However, we honestly request the winner to spread a word about this competition and inspire others to participate as well. There are many students with great talent who could make use of this opportunity.
Competition is open from 1st of March, 2014
Competition is open for any student studying in India (priority) and abroad.
The drawing has to be hand-written (using pencils/sketch pens etc) and the student can not make use of any computer tools for this purpose.
Please send a mail to iss@indianspacestation.com for any queries.
The decision of the ISS team is final in selecting the winners. We will not entertain queries regarding the same
 
 
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SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest

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Amphibian populations worldwide are in the midst of a mass extinction crisis, yet most people are completely unaware! We need your help in getting the word out: we encourage all nature lovers to seek out their inner frog artist and participate in the SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest!

Who can participate
Open to all.
Art Contest serves as an excellent method for getting students interested in both frogs and art, and gives them a productive and enjoyable diversion from their normal school activities, while educating them about frog extinctions.
Frog Art

The Grand Prize Winner will:
(1) Receive $100 CASH (or check!).

(2) Receive $75 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.

(3) Become an official judge of next year's SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest.

(4) See their winning artwork placed at the top of this page for the duration of their reign (until next year's contest winner is announced).

(5) Receive frog fame.

The 2014 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest runs from January 15th, 2014 to October 15th, 2014.

The 2nd and 3rd Place Artists will:
Receive $75 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.

And to top it off: the Grand Prize Winner and Category Winners may all see their artwork featured on products we sell in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center. Contest winners and honorable mentions will also be acknowledged on this website, along with a picture of their artwork.


Categories
Category winners will be chosen from the following categories. Note however that the Grand Prize Winner may be chosen from any category.

(1) Under 10 years old

(2) 10-13 years old

(3) 14-17 years old

(4) 18 and older

Artwork may be hand-drawn or digitally produced. It can feature frogs, toads, salamander, newts or caecilians. It can be full-color or black & white (e.g. one-color frog outlines of the type used for a coloring book. You can even draw a logo if you like.


The entries can be submitted online or offline

For further details, please visit the website
Frog Art Contest - Cash Prizes
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Tuesday 18 March 2014

Science Olympiad Foundation - Olympiads

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SOF is a Registered Not-For-Profit Organization Popularising Computer, Science, Mathematics and English Education among school children.
SOF organises olympiads every year. The National Science Olympiad has proved to be a highly motivating and rigorous aptitude testing platform with special and exclusive focus on Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mental Ability. The National Cyber Olympiad focuses on logical reasoning, analytical skills and IT. The International Mathematics Olympiad is a mean to identify and encourage the mathematical creativity of children through problem solving.
Schedule for 2014-15

NCO
Exam Date : 18th Sep & 14th Oct 2014

NSO
Exam Date : 12th Nov & 25th Nov 2014

IMO
Exam Date : 4th Dec & 18th Dec 2014

IEO
Exam Date : 20th Jan & 29th Jan 2015

2nd level exams will be held on the 2nd/ 3rd Sunday of February 2015.

Registration fee
The registration fee per student per exam is Rs 120. 

Registration through school.
For details visit http://www.sofworld.org/




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Tuesday 11 March 2014

Mathrubhumi Vidya - V K C Junior Painting Competition 2014

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Mathrubhumi Vidya in association with VKC Junior is organising a painting competition of the school students of Kerala. The competition will be organised in all districts of Kerala.

Date: 6 April 2014
Venue and time will be informed later.

Eligibility: 5 to 18 years
Theme: Society-Family-Me

Categories
Group A:  5 to 7 years
No theme for Group A, can draw on any topic of their choice
Group B: 8 to 10 years
Group C: 11 to 15 years
Group D: 16 to 18 years

To participate interested students may contact the phone numbers given in the image below.

See Mathrubhumi Vidya page14 dated 11.03.2014 and 21.03.2014 or Balabhumi March 14, Minnaminni March 19 for further details and contest coupon.


Painting competition

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Tuesday 4 March 2014

World Consumer Day - Essay Competition (Malayalam) for Students of Palakkad

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World Consumer Day is observed on 15 March  every year as a means of raising global awareness about consumer rights. President John F Kennedy gave an address on 15 March 1962, to the US congress in which he formally addressed the issue of consumer rights. To commemorate this, the World Consumer Day is observed on 15 March.

The Essay Competition is organised by the Consumer Protection Society, Palakkad
Topic: Changing Consumer Culture and Student Community
Eligibility: High School Students of Palakkad

The essay should not exceed four pages.


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