Vent Science & Vent Art Entry Guidelines

FOR DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS:

(1) Any project photograph (of classroom activities, artwork, etc.) must be saved as a jpg file. Any written essay or report should be submitted as a pdf or MS Word document. Animations or music must be mailed on CD. See postal submissions below.

(2) Include a description of the work (no more than one page) and the category you are entering. Please indicate if you are a middle school or high school participant.

(3) Include the author(s) of the work: Student/Classroom Name, Teacher Name, School Name, State, and Country.

(4) Submit all digital files to Virtual Science Fair. As many entries as possible will be uploaded to the Web site.

FOR POSTAL SUBMISSIONS:

(1) Posters, photographs, artwork, animations, music, and written essays and reports may be mailed. Please put any animations or music on CD. Please package your materials well so that they are not damaged in shipping. All materials become property of the University of Delaware and will not be returned.

(2) Include a description of the work (no more than one page) and the category you are entering. Please indicate if you are a middle school or high school.

(3) Include the author(s) of the work: Student/Classroom Name, Teacher Name, School Name, State, and Country.

(4) Mail materials to:

University of Delaware
Marine Public Education Office
222 S. Chapel Street
Newark, DE 19716-3530
Attention: Extreme 2004

Vent Poetry Entry Guidelines

VENT POETRY SUBMISSIONS:
Here's a chance to show off the "other" side of your brain! Instructions:

1. One entry per person
2. Must be a student at one of the participating schools
3. Choose a topic that is generally related to the Extreme 2004 cruise. The options are many (e.g., hydrothermal vents, Pompeii worm, Alvin, ocean exploration, living at sea, sights/sounds, etc.)
4. Save your poem as a Microsoft Word document
5. Set page margins to 1" on all sides
6. Limit poem to 20 lines
7. Include author's name and grade level, teacher's name, school's name, city, state, and country (all in bold font)
8. Must have a title (in bold font), which can be separate from poem or as 1st line of poem
9. The body of the poem can be formatted as desired by the author -- alignment (i.e., left, centered, right, mixed), spacing in and between lines, capitalization, punctuation, etc.
10. Poems will be judged on originality, creativity, and clarity
11. E-mail your entry as an ATTACHMENT to extremepoetry@cms.udel.edu

There will be two separate competitions for middle-school students (grades 6-8) and high-school students (grades 9-12). Karen Romano Young, one of our shipboard education coordinators for Extreme 2004, will choose among the first 50 entries (for each group) that she receives between Mon. and Sun. of each week, starting Nov. 30. She will select a 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-place winner and post them on the Web site each Mon. for those entries received the week prior. For example, on Mon., Dec. 6, she will post the winners selected from all entries received between the start of the expedition on Tuesday, Nov. 30, and Sun., Dec. 5. At the end of the cruise, as part of the Virtual Science Fair, the grand-prize winner will be chosen from the three weekly winners.

As an example of how to format your entry, we have included an old poem that Letise Houser, last year's shipboard education coordinator, wrote on a research cruise:

Name (Grade): Letise T. Houser (3rd year Ph.D.)
Teacher: Dr. Charles Epifanio
School (City, State): University of Delaware College of Marine Studies (Lewes, DE)

Eyes Eyes watching . . . the sky has eyes
And they watch us as we stare back as if
In a two-way mirror
We admire the blazing sun with its rise and its set
We gawk at the full orange moon
And the patterns the clouds seem to make in our minds
But the whole time . . . Imagine that -- the entire time
We are unaware or unbelieving that the sky's rays
Pierce more than just our skin
They see our souls flirt with the swells of the ocean
And lick salty kisses from our lips