Submit OSQ Questions and Win!
The Question Writing Contest is closed. Winners will be notified soon!During February 2012, NOSB will be conducting a special contest to encourage question writing for the OSQ. By adding questions to the game you'll have a chance to win one of several prizes, and become a member of the OSQ community--helping it evolve and grow.
To Participate
Submit, through the OSQ, as many great ocean science-related questions as you can in the month of February (February 1 through February 29).
You can particpate as an individual, or as a team. If you choose to submit questions as a team, be sure to type in your Team Name whenever you submit a question. In any case, you must submit a valid email address with each entry to be recognized.
This contest is open only to high school students.
Contest winners will be notified in May 2012.
Prizes
•$100 VISA gift card will be awarded to the individual high school student that submits the highest number of accepted questions.•$250 VISA gift card will be awarded to the official team of high school students (maximum 5; current or future NOSB students from one school or organization) that submits the highest number of accepted questions.
•Any high school student that submits at least 20 accepted questions will be eligible to receive a fun NOSB-related prize.
About the Questions
All questions will be vetted by a team of ocean science experts before they are accepted and officially included in the game. For a question to be accepted it must be:•A multiple choice question, complete with a question, four reasonable answers and a reason for why the right answer is correct
•About an ocean, or freshwater science
• Unique to that individual or a team of students. Repeat questions, or nearly identical questions, submitted by one individual or a single team will not be accepted.
Please Note: The text field for each question is limited to 140 characters, the text field limit for each answer is 100 characters and the text field limit for answer justification is 150 characters.
For more information on how to submit a quality question please review Guidelines to Writing Ocean Sciences Quiz (OSQ) Questions.