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mark your calendar with these February-March registration deadlines for selected academic competitions. View websites for competition format, dates, and fees. FEBRUARY 1 FEBRUARY 12 MARCH 3 Elizabeth Bishop Prizes in Verse, Fiction, and Playwriting-Students in grades 8-11 submit a piece of writing. http://thebluepencil.net Davidson Fellows Awards-Students ages 17 and under submit a significant piece of work in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, literature, music, philosophy, or "outside the box." www.davidsongifted.org/fellows Physics Bowl-Schools register to administer this 45-minute exam to students in grades 9-12. www.aapt.org/Programs/Physicsbowl Tests of Engineering, Aptitude, Math, and Science (TEAMS)-Middle and upper school students participate in this themed problem-solving competition (2014: Improving Urban Infrastructure). www.tsaweb.org/TEAMS_UNITE FEBRUARY 3 Christopher Columbus Awards for Community Innovation (submission deadline)-Teams of students in grades 6-8 and an appointed coach use science and technology to solve real-world problems. www.christophercolumbusawards.com David S. Barr Awards-High school students submit work that has been published or broadcast that helped to right a wrong, correct an injustice, or promote justice and fairness. www.newsguild.org FEBRUARY 5 Quill and Scroll International Writing and Photo Contest, and Blogging Competition-In the high school contest, schools may submit up to four entries in each of 15 categories; in the middle school contest, students in grades 5-9 submit entries that have been published in a newspaper, news magazine, or online. http://quillandscroll. org/contests/writing-photo-contest FEBRUARY 6 Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling- Teams of high school students may participate in this online contest. www.comap.com/ undergraduate/contests/icm/index.html FEBRUARY 7 NASA Rover Challenge-High school and college students design, construct, and test technologies and concepts for future space exploration missions. http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov FEBRUARY 10 National Peace Essay Contest-Through their contest coordinator, students in grades 9-12 submit a 1,500-word essay in response to the year's topic (2013-2014: Security Sector Reform, Political Transition, and Sustainable Peace). www.usip.org/npec 46 imagine FEBRUARY 15 AFA Teens for Alzheimer's Awareness College Scholarship-Students in grade 12 write a 1,200- 1,500-word essay about how Alzheimer's disease has affected their lives. www.afateens.org/about_new FEBRUARY 27 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition-Individuals under age 18 submit photographs of animals or plants in categories that include action, portrait, environmental, and landscape. www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/wpy FEBRUARY 28 International Philosophy Olympiad-High school students gather in a different country each May, where they have four hours to write a philosophical essay in a language other than their own. www.fisp.org/olympiad.html U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad-Teachers nominate students ages 13-18 who have taken high school chemistry. Local tests held in March; national exam is in late April. www.acs.org/content/acs/ en/education/students/highschool.html MARCH Destination ImagiNation-Students in four grade divisions work in teams to solve engineering problems with a range of difficulty. Current problem summaries can be found online. www.idodi.org MARCH 1 Manningham Student Poetry Awards-Students in grades 6-12 submit original works of poetry. www.nfsps.com/student_awards.htm NASA Space Settlement Contest-As individuals or in teams, students up to age 18 submit their ideas for an orbital space settlement. www.nasa.gov/connect/artspace/ participate/feature-space-settlement.html Young Naturalist Awards-Students in grades 7-12 undertake explorations in biology, astronomy, or earth science, and write an essay on their findings (word count varies by grade). www.amnh.org/yna MARCH 7 Kids Philosophy Slam-Students write, create poetry, music, or artwork about their personal experiences regarding a philosophical question posed each year (2014: Truth or beauty, which has a greater impact on society?) www.philosophyslam.org USA Computer Olympiad-The USACO holds six Internet contests from October through March. Students may register online up to and including the first day of each contest. www.usaco.org MARCH 8 National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest-Students in grades 9-12 submit work in one of 20 categories. State deadlines vary; see website for details. www.nfpw.org/competitions.cfm MARCH 15 The Claremont Review-Writers ages 13-19 may submit poetry, short plays, and short stories to this biannual magazine. www.theclaremontreview.ca National Ocean Sciences Bowl Video Contest-High school students submit a one- to three-minute video on an annual theme (2014: Living on the Ocean Planet). http://nosb. org/competitions-2/nosb-video-contest word wise solution Legal-ese (from page 37) Solution: C Y S T P E E R C O P A U F I B I S S A S H S A T E A B D E R T O W R S U I L L E Y C A U S E S A R S O N V D E I T E L A W S E C H A F N B S A H E R O W W S P A R E C I A R C R E E L D T I D I E S J U U P R Y C O P Y F I R M A L O E P E L F O D A N R A L U T E E R A S Jan/Feb 2014 http://www.thebluepencil.net http://www.aapt.org/Programs/Physicsbowl http://www.davidsongifted.org/fellows http://www.tsaweb.org/TEAMS_UNITE http://www.philosophyslam.org http://www.afateens.org/about_new http://www.usaco.org http://www.christophercolumbusawards.com http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/wpy http://www.newsguild.org http://www.nfpw.org/competitions.cfm http://www.fisp.org/olympiad.html http://www.theclaremontreview.ca http://quillandscroll.org/contests/icm/index.html http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/students/highschool.html http://quillandscroll.org/contests/icm/index.html http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/students/highschool.html http://nosb.org/competitions-2/nosb-video-contest http://nosb.org/competitions-2/nosb-video-contest http://www.comap.com/nudergraduate/contests/icm/index.html http://www.comap.com/nudergraduate/contests/icm/index.html http://www.idodi.org http://www.nfsps.com/student_awards.htm http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov http://www.nasa.gov/connect/artspace/participate/feature-space-settlement.html http://www.nasa.gov/connect/artspace/participate/feature-space-settlement.html http://www.usip.org/npec http://www.amnh.org/yna

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - January/February 2014

Big Picture
In My Own Words
Legal Discovery
Order in the Court
Think, Debate, Change the World
Voice of the Students
What Young Inventors Need to Know about Patents
A Practice and a Passion
The Science of Crime Detection
The Medical Examiner Is In
Selected Opportunities and Resources
Wild in the City
Off the Shelf
Word Wise
Exploring Career Options
One Step Ahead
Planning Ahead for College
Students Review
Creative Minds Imagine
Mark Your Calendar
Knossos Games

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - January/February 2014