AAAS/Subaru 2007 Essay Writing Competition

AAAS/Subaru 2007 Essay Writing Competition for K-12 Educators

In February 2007, ten science teachers were awarded the AAAS/Subaru Essay Writing Competition Award for their essays on designing science lesson plans and integrating technology in the classroom.

The awards, presented at the AAAS Annual Meeting, recognized five teachers with first-place prizes and five others with honorable mentions. The teachers, from across the United States and Canada, were cited for their wealth of knowledge about bringing innovative science into the classroom.

First Place:

Jody Calabro, Brookline, MA
Boston Harbor Islands

Mary Ellen Lennon, Brooklyn, NY
Young Scientists and Nuclear Politics

Diane Perito, Malden, MA
Saving Fellsmere Pond

Nitzan Resnick, Stoughton, MA
Forest Ecology: From Baseball to Acid Rain

Eric Walters, Staten Island, NY
Meteorology

Honorable Mention:

Gabriel Ayyavoo, Toronto, Canada
Ethologist for a Day: Investigative Behavioral Study in the Zoo

Mary Cowhey, Northampton, MA
A Not-So-Silent Spring

Lollie Garay, Spring, TX
Out of the Box Technology

Mary Johansson, East Falmouth, MA
When Students Choose What They Want to Learn…

Helen Kittredge, South Deerfield, MA
CSI Comes to SES

Check out the AAAS 2007 Annual Meeting News Blog article for more information about the competition.

This competition and award was sponsored in part by Subaru.