Flight: Animals and Aviation Essay Contest for Grades 6-8

Flight: Animals and Aviation
Essay Contest
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport are teaming up to invite
Northeast Ohio middle school students in grades 6 through 8 to take part in an aviation essay contest.
Students will enter by writing a one page essay that compares and contrasts flight between animals and
airplanes. They will include pertinent information covered in their course work and outside resources.
(This can include the award-winning Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Online Resource Library accessible at
http://resourcelibrary.clemetzoo.com/).
A grand prize winner will receive tickets for their classmates (maximum of 40) and teacher to come to the Zoo to
see Professor Wylde’s Live Animal Show in the Savanna Theatre that includes flight demonstrations from birds.
The winning student and their teacher will receive a Meet the Keeper experience as well.
Essays should be 250 words or less. They will be judged by a panel of representatives from Cleveland Metroparks
Zoo and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Winning essays will be selected based on creativity, fact usage,
and focus on topic. Submissions must be received via mail or electronically by May 31, 2015 to qualify.
Mailed entries should be postmarked by
May 31, 2015 and submitted to:
Essay Judges
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
3900 Wildlife Way
Cleveland, OH 44144
Students can also enter the contest by emailing
essays to essays@clevelandmetroparks.com
Entries should include student’s name, home or
school address, home or school telephone number,
grade, age, school name and name of their teacher
and teacher or parents’ email address.
Questions should be directed to:
Cleveland Metroparks Marketing
(216) 635-3268