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My friend Lucy Gray sent me information on this great program! It is Doodle 4 Google and your school has 6 submissions that they may submit to Google. (So it means you need to have a school competition.) It is open to grades K-12 and they have made lesson plans to help you ( Grades K - 3 , Grades 4 - 6 , Grades 7 - 9 , Grades 10 - 12 ). First, you must register and get your 6 ID numbers from Google. (Only 6 per school!) Then, download the lesson plans and the flyer (to post on your door.) The doodles will be judged in 10 regions to get 400 state winners and eventually will narrow down to one national winner which will go live on the Google homepage for 24 hours. Here is the information Lucy sent me: It's called Doodle 4 Google, and it offers students all over the country the chance to design the Google logo, and perhaps have their artwork viewed by people all over the world. The Doodle 4 Google theme is "What if...?" Here are some examples of what this could mean...

OK, SmartPower has a 30 second commercial contest and the winner will get $10,000. The ads are due on Earth Day, April 22, 2007. What are the steps: 1. Fill out the Entry Form here: http://smartpower.org/contest/preform.htm 2. Review the Clean Energy Ad Challenge Rules here: http://smartpower.org/contest/rules.htm 3. Upload your 30-second TV ad at SmartPower’s YouTube Group Page . Sorry, it is only open to people in the US. Other contests of note that are taking submissions: The Tax Rap -- Win $25,000 . (First 500 get a free copy of TurboTax) Win a Trip to New York by filming the first 15 seconds of someone waking up! Clean and Clear Promo Contest It would be great if this tied in with your curriculum (particularly the tax rap and power videos might.) Good luck and let me know how it goes! tag: youtube , youtube contests