Science Matters Essay Contest
Write an essay on the topic given for your grade
level. Deadline: Friday, April 17 2020
Grade Level Topics
Grades PK-2: Science is all around us and has a
daily impact on our lives. Choose one thing you
observe in your daily life and explain how sci-
ence makes it possible.
Grades 3-5: Science is all around us and has a
daily impact on our lives. Choose one thing you
observe in your daily life and explain how
science makes it possible.
Grades: 6-8: Scientists need to demonstrate the
ability to overcome obstacles when doing
research by showing a growth mindset and per-
severance. Share a scientific discovery where the scientist demonstrated the ability to “Keep Calm and Science On” by pushing through struggles to meet their goals. Explain what they have done and why you think what they have done demon-strates the idea of “Keep Calm and Science On.”
Grades 9-12: Can you share a famous or local
scientist who you believe depicts “Keep Calm
and Science On” in its true essence? Explain
what they do and why you think they are an
exemplar for the idea of “Keep Calm and
Science On”.
Winners of the 2018 WSST Science Matters 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
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
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)
