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During Latino
Family Day, children are encouraged to learn more
about Return to Flight
(RTF) by submitting their very own poster artwork about it.
Posters will be judges for 1st, 2nd &
3rd Prizes! See Poster guidelines
and rules below.
The contest will be held at the Virginia
Air & Space Center (VASC), Hampton, VA. For directions,
visit VASC
(http://www.vasc.org)
To download
RTF Poster
Contest Entry Form, click
here (5K pdf file)
To
print out our Latino
Family Day flyer to share among friends & family at work,
schools, and churches, click
here (Spanish
version)
Note: Present this flyer
to BUY one, GET one FREE exhibit admission to VASC!
"Return
to Flight" Information:
NASA
will return Space Shuttles to flight with a mission on the Shuttle
Discovery this spring. The STS-114 is the first Shuttle mission
since the Columbia accident in February 2003.
The crew includes Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly, Mission
Specialists Soichi Noguchi, Steve Robinson, Andy Thomas, Wendy
Lawrence and Charlie Camarda. The crew will fly Discovery to the
International Space Station.
The mission is the first of two test flights to verify new inspection
and repair techniques, and to deliver supplies to the Station.
Discovery has a launch window from May 15 to June 3.
But Return to Flight is more than a single mission.
It launches a new era of human exploration that's far-reaching
but focused, ambitious but affordable. Return to Flight
illustrates NASA's ability to learn from mistakes and
its determination to prevent new ones. And it pays tribute to
a crew of seven brave astronauts on the Space Shuttle Columbia,
who two years ago gave their lives in the pursuit of the knowledge
that comes from exploration.
For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/main/index.html
General
Poster Guidelines:
1. Contest is
open to all children, Kindergarten to 12th grade. See Group
Categories below.
Home-Schooling children may also participate.
2. Only one entry per child.
3. Students must not work in pairs.
4. Posters must have been made by the student/child and be associated
to the theme as required.
5. Maximum poster size is 8½ X 11 inches (standard white
sheet of paper).
6. Students may use a variety of media, such as watercolor, pen
and ink, crayon, chalk, markers, etc.
Computer clip art will not be accepted.
7. For grades Kindergarten to 2nd: ONLY the artwork is required.
8. For grades 3rd - 12th: In a separate sheet of paper and
attached to the back of the poster, a 10 sentences paragraph explanation
of the poster must be provided. [Use font type Arial size 12]
9. Poster can be done in English or Spanish but not both.
10. Poster Theme:
"Return to Flight - What does it means to you?"
"Retorno al Vuelo - ¿Que significa para mi?"
General
Poster Rules:
1. There is
no entry fee.
2. All entries must be marked with the exhibitor's name, address
and telephone number. Grade and school information must be included
also.
3. Entry date: May 7 2005
4. The student must be present to participate.
5. NASA and VASC assume no responsibility for damage or loss and
all entries are entered at owner's own risk. Normal care will be
exercised in caring for all exhibits.
6. No
award will be given if not merited.
7. Judges
will not award a prize to an exhibit, which in their determination,
was not done solely by the student.
8. Judges
reserves the right to exclude from exhibition any article that does
not possess artistic or educational value or does not conform to
the rules.
9. Decisions of the judges in each competition are final.
Judging
Criteria
Using a scale
1-10 for each division:
1. Originality - No copyrighted characters allowed on the
posters. Examples: cartoon characters, TV characters, or characters
from advertisements. Parents and teachers are not to design or influence,
but may assist.
2. Creativity - Relevance to theme
3. Legibility - Theme is easy to read.
4. Quality - Clean and Neat
Categories:
Group 1: Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Group 2: Elementary School - 3rd to 5th
Group 3: Middle School - 6th to 8th
Group 4: High School - 9th to 12th
Prizes: For more details concerning
prizes, visit www.vasc.org
First Prize:
[Memberships to the Virginia Air & Space
Center]
Groups 1 & 2: K to 5th: One Cosmic Kids Club VASC Membership
each
Group 3: Middle School: One Commuter VASC Membership
Group 4: High School: One Commuter VASC Membership
Second Prize:
All Categories: One pass for each category for the IMAX Theater
Third Prize:
All Categories: One pass for each category for the VASC Exhibits.
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