We are proud to announce the winners in our Young Astronomer's Video Contest sponsored by Astronomy magazine, The National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) and Celestron. The contest was divided into two categories. Students in 6th to 8th grade had the challenge of making their case in a three-minute video on "Is Pluto a planet or not?" while students in 9th through 12th needed to describe "What is a black hole?" in the same time period. Our sponsoring partner, NESTA, whittled down the entries to the top five in each category where visitors to Astronomy.com chose the best. Voting began on December 5th and ended on the 19th. In the category for 6th to 8th grade students, visitors chose an entry from Oliver Middle School in Broken Arrow, OK. Trinity, Michaela and Megan made their case for the topic, "Is Pluto a planet or not?" Second place went to Joe and Eric's entry from Hartland Ore Creek Middle School in Hartland, MI. Oliver Middle School also captured third through fifth place. In the 9th to 12th grade category, where students had to describe "What is a black hole?", the top vote getter was Team #2, Molly, Krista, Sri and Danielle from Prairie School in Racine, WI. Prairie got behind the contest even more than Oliver Middle School since second though fifth places were all from Prairie School. The second place team consisted of Matt, Eric, Luke and Chase. First place in each category, 6-8 and 9-12's school wins one Celestron Sky Scout while each team member ...
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