A high-school science blogging contest?

Posted on March 26, 2007 by | 6 Comments

Alvaro of Sharp Brains (in a comment here) links to a high-school student’s science essay that he posted on his blog and asks:

Why couldn’t we approach a number of websites where science teachers hang out and propose some kind of essay contest for high-school students, with winning essays published in our blogs?

What do you think?

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6 responses to “A high-school science blogging contest?”

  1. Michael Anes's avatar Michael Anes | March 26, 2007 at 11:25 am |

    I’m supportive, but only if I can recruit for my college from the submitters! 😉

  2. Alvaro's avatar Alvaro | March 26, 2007 at 2:43 pm |

    Hi Michael: well, that may be an incentive for all to participate 🙂
    Bora: I am scoping the idea better by talking to Jeffrey (the high-school Psych teacher). It would be easy enough to run a pilot in one discipline such as Psych and then expand, or try several at once if there are more “sponsors”. Will share more thoughts in a couple of days.
    Happy to hear more feedback

  3. Teresa's avatar Teresa | March 26, 2007 at 9:43 pm |

    You could probably even set up a paypal accound for donations, and offer small prizes. I know I’D throw a couple of ten-spots into such an account.

  4. Teresa's avatar Teresa | March 26, 2007 at 9:47 pm |

    I would also voulteer to publish an essay on my blog, though it is NOT a science blog…anyway…let me know if there is anything I can do.

  5. coturnix's avatar coturnix | March 27, 2007 at 12:25 am |

    This is a worthy idea to pursue. Perhaps we can continue via e-mail. It may be easier to access all science teachers in one locality (e.g., one state in the USA) than teachers interested in a single topic. Also, psych is not something that is taught that early – something that fits their basic curriculum yet is interesting (animal behavior?) may be a better fit for that age group.

  6. Alvaro's avatar Alvaro | March 27, 2007 at 12:16 pm |

    ok, will email you.
    Teresa: thanks for the support!