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Hubble Top Stars Contest
Looking for ways to inspire students using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope? Visit the Top Stars showcase for award-winning lesson plans, blogs, games and presentations.
Forum on Earth Observations IV
Key players from the public and private sectors will convene June 9, 2010, in Washington, D.C., to highlight the environmental information challenge. See the Forum IV Web site.
2010 Earth Day Photo & Essay Contest
Grades 5-8 students were part of a unique effort to capture our changing world. More than 400 of them took photographs of something changing in their local environment. Prizes included a digital camera. Read more.
2010 Thacher Environmental Research Contest
This year's Thacher contest will award cash prizes to grades 9-12 students showing the best use of geospatial technologies or data to study Earth. Entries due April 5.
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Earth System Science Education Alliance
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With support from the National Science Foundation, IGES works with colleges, universities and other institutions to offer Earth system science courses for K-12 and pre-service teachers.
The Alliance is a publicly and privately funded initiative of IGES to promote understanding and use of land, air and sea observations for societal and economic benefit.