The Iowa Space Grant Consortium in partnership with WHO Radio and Earth & Sky presents The Space Week Science Challenge October 4-10, 2000 THE WINNING CLASS IS: Second Period 8th Grade Earth Science at Fredericksburg Junior High School with an average class score of 94 percent!

WHAT YOU COULD WIN:
The winning classroom will win a Meade ETX Astro telescope for their school. The entire class will win a trip to the Challenger Learning Center at the Science Center of Iowa in Des Moines.  The teachers at the school will win an inservice training session from the Extension - Science Engineering and Technology (E-SET) team along with a load of great curriculum materials, posters, etc.  The total prize package could be worth as much as $5000.

 WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER:
Any classroom of students in any grade level from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade attending a charter, public, private, religious, or home school in Iowa.  (Note: Home Schoolers must form a group to be eligible)  If you have questions about the eligibility in your case, call 800-854-1667 and ask for an eligibility check.  The intent of this competition is to reward a classroom of students (normally from a few students to about 35 students) who meet during a specific hour.  It is NOT a chance to win the prize for an entire grade level or an entire school.

HOW THE COMPETITION WORKS:
During Space Week, October 4-10, 2000, WHO Radio (1040 AM) will broadcast special Space Week editions of the Earth & Sky program each day.  The morning broadcast will take place between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m.  WHO Radio may repeat the same program broadcast in the evening.  The Earth & Sky program will cover a different Space Week topic each day.  If the students cannot listen to WHO Radio during these times, the broadcasts are also available on the Earth & Sky web site (http://www.earthsky.com).  There are also classroom activities that support each topic available through the links in the table below.  The schedule is as follows:

The classroom teacher should administer the closed-book quiz, score the results (call 1-800-854-1667 for the answer key), and forward the results to the ISGC office.  The Quiz results serve as the classroom entry and must be received in the ISGC Office by 4:00 pm on Friday, October 20, 2000.  The entry results must be in the prescribed format and can be e-mailed (preferred) to isgc@iastate.edu or faxed to Carmen's attention at 515-294-3262 or delivered to room 2363 Howe Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.  The results will be tallied and the winner announced on Wednesday, October 25, 2000.

The classroom that does the best on the quiz, wins the prize.

THE QUIZ:
The quiz is posted below in PDF format, Word Format, and Text format.  There are ten multiple choice questions on the K-3 grade quiz and 20 multiple choice questions on the 4-8 and 9-12 grade quizzes.  Each question is worth ten points for grades K-3 and five points for grades 4-8 and 9-12.  There is a short answer bonus question to be answered by the classroom as a group.  The quiz is closed-book.  All questions were developed from material found in the text of the Earth & Sky broadcasts on WHO Radio during Space Week (also available at the Earth & Sky web site http://www.earthsky.com) and from the supporting activities available from the links given above.

THE ENTRY FORM (QUIZ RESULTS):   (text format)   (word format)   (PDF format)