December
The 2008 Arbor Day poster contest
winner for the City of Fort Worth is a 5th grader from D. McRae
Elementary. The prize for this winning poster was a free
10-gallon tree provided by the City of Fort Worth, a special Arbor
Day celebration on campus, & free tickets to Mayfest for the entire
5th grade class (courtesy of Mayfest, Inc.).
December (Friday) 12, 2008 - Deadline for
submission of posters to the upcoming Arbor Day Poster Contest. See
below for details of the contest.
Arbor Day Poster Contest:
CONTEST TITLE:
2008 National
Arbor Day Poster Contest
"Trees
Are Terrific...inside and out!"
DEADLINE:
Deadline
is Friday, December 14, 2007. Posters must be in Texas
Forest Service office by this date. No sign-up necessary!
PRIZES?
click here.
WHO
MAY ENTER THE CONTEST?
Any
Texas student currently enrolled in the fifth grade.
HOW DOES
THE CONTEST WORK?
- Create posters
with your students following the rules set out on page 21 of the
Activities
Guide. Posters must follow contest rules in
order to qualify for prizes!
- Judge posters within each
school by selecting a small group of teachers, parents, or
community leaders to review the posters for content, artistic
merit, etc.
- Mail one winning
poster from your school to the
address
below.
WHAT ABOUT TEKS?
The educational material provided
in the Activities
Guide conforms to the Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills TEKS for Science, Social
Studies, English, Language Arts & Reading, and art; making it easy for teachers to
build the contest into a daily lesson plan.
WHAT
ARE THE RULES FOR CREATING POSTERS?
All
entries must be created by a fifth-grade student. Posters must be
signed by the student in the lower, right-hand corner with the
student’s first and last name.
Look at other winning posters.
2007 Regional & Fort Worth winner - Savannah Wagner of Remington
Heights Elementary
Posters
may be done in marker, crayon, watercolor, ink, acrylic, colored
pencil, or tempera paint. Collages are not acceptable. Computer or
photo generated art or printing is not acceptable. Entries must be
done on paper that will allow for duplication, display, and framing.
Posters
must be no smaller than 8˝" X 11" and no larger than
14" X 18".
The
poster must be related in some way to the contest theme, "Trees
Are Terrific…and forests are too!" The theme must be on the
poster and all words must be spelled correctly.
Entries must be mailed flat, and
should not be matted, mounted, framed, or folded.
TEXAS
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS (TEKS) CURRICULUM:
Subject: Science
(5.3) Science - The student uses critical thinking and
scientific problem-solving to make informed decisions.
(5.6) Science - The students knows that some change occurs in
cycles. (C) Describe and compare life cycles of plants and
animals.
(5.9) Science - The students knows that adaptations may
increase the survival of members of a species. (B) Analyze and
describe adaptive characteristics that result in an organism's
unique niche in an ecosystem.
(5.11) Science - The students knows that certain past events
affect present and future events. (A) Identify and observe actions
that require time for changes to be measurable, including growth,
erosion, dissolving, weathering, and flow.
Subject: Social Studies
(5.7) Geography - The student understands the concept of
regions.
(5.8) Geography - The student understands the location and
patterns of settlement and the geographic factors that influence
where people live.
(5.9) Geography - The student understands how people adapt to
and modify their environment.
(5.27) Social Studies - The student uses problem-solving and
decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a
variety of settings.
Subject: English, Language Arts and Reading
(5.10) Reading/Comprehension - The student comprehends
selections using a variety of strategies.
(5.24) Viewing/Representing/analysis - The students analyzes
and critiques the significance of visual images, messages and
meanings.
Subject: Art
(5.2) Creative Expression/Performance - The students
expresses ideas through original artworks, using a variety of media,
with appropriate skill.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
To further support classroom instruction, Texas Project Learning
Tree is offering the activity, "Then and Now," on
the website www.plttexas.org
to further enhance student's understanding of land use changes that
occur in their local community. Visit the website under What's
New and take advantage of this opportunity. TEKS
correlations for "Then and Now" are provided at www.plttexas.org
under Curriculum.
WHERE
DO WE SUBMIT THE POSTER?
Mail
your school-selected winning poster to:
Arbor Day Poster Contest
c/o Texas Forest Service
301 Tarrow Drive, Suite 364
College Station, TX 77840-7896
School-selected winning poster must
be mailed flat and must be received no later than December 15, 2006.
Please
include in the package: the student’s name, teacher’s name,
school name and city.
Each entry will automatically be entered into the National,
State, Regional and Local contests.
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THE PRIZES:
LOCAL CONTEST WINNER:
Local fifth grade students have a
chance to win an award presented by the City of Fort Worth.
The winning student will receive a certificate from the City,
and the school will have the honor and recognition of hosting the
2008 Arbor Day celebration. During
the celebration, the City of Fort Worth will plant a tree on school
grounds to commemorate the event.
Other
activities during the day include a parade and a visit from Smokey
Bear!
REGIONAL CONTEST WINNER:
When a student’s poster is entered
in the local contest, it will automatically be entered in the
regional contest sponsored by the
Cross Timbers Urban Forestry
Council. The
winning student from the Cross Timbers region (17 counties) will
receive an $100 cash award. The teacher will receive $100 cash. The entire class will receive a pizza or ice cream party
worth $100.
STATE CONTEST WINNER:
When a student’s poster is entered
in the local and regional contest, the poster is also entered into
the state competition. Texas
Forest Service will award the state winner with a $500 savings bond.
Other fun prizes will be provided for the winning student,
teacher and class. A
6-8’ tree will be planted at the school.
Also, the state winner automatically represents the state of
Texas in the national contest.
NATIONAL CONTEST WINNER:
The winning poster from the state
contest will be entered into the national contest sponsored by the
National Arbor Day Foundation.
A national winner is selected and prizes are awarded.
The first place winner for the national category, his or her
parents, and teacher will receive an expense-paid trip to Nebraska
City, Nebraska, birthplace of Arbor Day. The winner also receives a $1,000
savings bond and a lifetime membership to The National Arbor Day
Foundation. Plus a tree will be planted in the winner's honor and
the student will receive a framed copy of his/her artwork. The winning student’s teacher will receive $200.
The second place winner receives a $500 savings
bond, and third place a $250 savings bond. The teachers receive $100
and $50 respectively. The top three national winners will also each
have a tree planted in their honor and a framed copy of their
poster.
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To obtain
a
free lesson plan and activity guidebook please contact:
Online:
National
Arbor Day Foundation
OR
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