2021 Science Essay Contest is Now Open!
For over thirty years, the Wisconsin Lakes and
Rivers Convention has been an annual gathering
of lake and river lovers of all stripes: Lake and
River Stewards, Lake Leaders, Lake and River
Professionals, and the members of the Wisconsin
Lakes Partnership. Meeting together to share research,
management options, and educational strategies, convention
participants gain new ideas and a renewed support network. This year, the event has gone virtual and has grown to be the first ever Wisconsin Water Week. Because students are such important water stakeholders, we invite them to join this network by participating in the essay contest.
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Winners 2020 WSST
Science is not a subject you took in school, it’s life. We are wrapped by it, in it, with it. And one’s science literacy should never be viewed as a disposable dimension of one’s mind – not in this, the 21st century, where the engines of tomorrow’s economies will derive from wise investments and innovations in science and technology.
-- NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
Winners of the 2018 WSST Science Essay Contest
PK-2
Student: Derr Lewis
Teacher: Nancy Lambert
Address: Huegel Elementary, 2601 Prairie Rd, Madison, WI 53711
3-5
Student: Coral Schmidt
Teacher: Matt Gallo
Address: Eagle School, 5454 Gunflint Trail, Fitchburg, WI 53711
6-8
Student: Arushi Bharadwaj
Teacher: Laurie Horne
Address: Wisconsin Hills Middle School, 18700 W. Wisconsin Ave., Brookfield, WI 53045
9-12
Student: Neville Nazareth
Teacher: Jennifer Bault
address: Nicolet High School, 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Rd., Glendale, WI 53217
WINNING ENTRIES 2017
High School
Science's Role in the Evolution of the World
Casey Kroening
Teacher: Laurie Leaf
Bruce High School (Bruce, WI)
Middle School
Why does Science Matter to Society?
Natasha Sokhi
Teacher: Nicole Nevers
Kohler Middle School (Kohler, WI)
Grades 3-5
Why Does Science Matter to Society?
Sharlotte Hanusa
Teacher: Alicia Dequaine
East Elementary (Baraboo)
Grades K-2
Why Science Matters to Society
Lexi Kenas
Teacher: Mary Kenas
Sullivan Elementary (Sullivan, WI)