We are pretty sure you remember the news of NASA – Optimus Prime Spinoff Award and the voting session.
NASA has announced the winners of the 2010 NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award. The contest encouraged students to produce short, creative videos about their favorite technology from NASA’s Spinoff 2009 Publication.
NASA will recognize the winning videos during a special awards ceremony with Peter Cullen, the voice of OPTIMUS PRIME, at the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on April 12. The winners will receive the NASA OPTIMUS PRIME trophy during the ceremony.
NASA plans to have the contest again this year, expanding the pool of contestants to ninth through 12th graders with videos about technologies from 2010. Details will be available in May. For more information about the contest and to see the winning videos, visit: NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award Website.
Read the full press release after the jump.
March 04, 2011Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1761
sonja.r.alexander@nasa.govRELEASE: 11-058
NASA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF OPTIMUS PRIME SPINOFF VIDEO CONTEST
WASHINGTON — NASA has announced the winners of the 2010 NASA OPTIMUS
PRIME Spinoff Award. The contest encouraged students to produce
short, creative videos about their favorite technology from NASA’s
Spinoff 2009 Publication.NASA collaborated with Hasbro using the correlation between the
popular TRANSFORMERS brand, featuring its leader OPTIMUS PRIME, and
spinoffs from NASA technologies created for aeronautics and space
missions used here on Earth. The goal was to help students understand
how NASA technology ‘transforms’ into things used daily.Student submissions were split into two age categories, third through
fifth grades and sixth through eighth grades. The videos were posted
on YouTube, and members of the public voted for their favorites. A
panel of NASA judges reviewed the top five videos in each age
category and selected two winners.The winning video for third through fifth grades was based on the 2009
Spinoff story originating from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in
Houston. “Fabrics Protect Sensitive Skin from UV Rays.” It is about
how NASA technology used in clothing is helping to protect the
wearer’s skin against exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays.The winner for sixth through eighth grades was based on the 2009
Spinoff story originating from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Md. “Star-Mapping Tools Enable Tracking of Endangered
Animals.” It is about how a star-mapping algorithm used on the Hubble
Space Telescope is helping scientists track endangered animals.“We are so proud and impressed with the job the students did on their
videos,” said Nona Cheeks, head of Goddard’s Innovative Partnerships
Program Office. “Based on the students’ creativity in developing
cool, comprehensive videos demonstrating their understanding of how
NASA technology gets used for many purposes, I am very excited by the
potential for future contests.”NASA will recognize the winning videos during a special awards
ceremony with Peter Cullen, the voice of OPTIMUS PRIME, at the
National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on April 12. The
winners will receive the NASA OPTIMUS PRIME trophy during the
ceremony.NASA plans to have the contest again this year, expanding the pool of
contestants to ninth through 12th graders with videos about
technologies from 2010. Details will be available in May. For more
information about the contest and to see the winning videos, visit: NASA Optimus PrimeFor more information about NASA’s Office of the Chief Technologist,
visit: Innovative Partnership ProgramFor more information about NASA’s Spinoff publication, visit: NASA Spinoff homepage
OPTIMUS PRIME is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. and is used with
permission. © 2011 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved-end-
Darkwing48
That's Prime Trophy collectible will be harder to obtain than the Unicorn prototype.
moreprimeland
I went to the NASA site and watched a few of the videoes and saw a few that were pretty impressive for the age groups!! Great job kids!!! Maybe Peter Cullen could give them a DOTM Prime too!!
Evil’Con
Optimus Prime trophy ?
legolas grof
cool!
SilverOptimus
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