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Last Updated: Feb 16th, 2009 - 10:01:04
Doodle 4 Google $15,000 Scholarship Competition
By Cynthia Kirkeby
Feb 3, 2009, 15:47 PST
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Google is sponsoring a very cool competition for K-12 art students (age 5-18) called Doodle 4 Google. They've split the competition into 4 sections: 1st- 3rd grade, 4th - 6th grade, 7th- 9th grade, and 10th - 12th grade. each of the divisions will compete against other students in their grade category in state, regional, and then national competitions. At stake? A 15,000 college scholarship.
If you're a Google user, then you are familiar with the Google Doodles they run for holidays, and birthdays of famous people. For this competition, they are focusing on the theme: What I wish for the world. Perhaps your students wish for health care for everyone that needs it, or acceptance for everyone regardless of who they are, or a college education for everyone who wants to go. This is their chance to turn their wish into a Google doodle that everyone may get to see.
Someone from your school has to register so that the students can enter, but it's very easy to do. Just have a teacher or someone from your school fill in this form by 11:59:59 PM Pacific time on March 17, 2009. Then the students will have until 11:59:59 PM Pacific time on March 31, 200 to send in their entries. And yes, they can enter if they are homeschooled, just follow the directions if your a homeschooling mom or dad.
Now the student's job is to come up with a wish for the world, and then to do a Google doodle that represents that wish. They will need the Google logo to get started. It is available in PDF format and in gif format.
Here are the Doodle 4 Google Basics
- The doodle should be presented on a white, landscape sheet of 8.5 x 11 inch paper.
- You can download the Google logo template (see above)
- The winning doodle will be displayed on the Google.com homepage, so the Google logo should be clearly visible and recognizable.
- The doodle can be in pencil, crayons, felt tip or paint, or can be done using computer drawing or design software.
- Unfortunately, they can't accept entries which use additional materials to create 3D effects.
- The students may be inspired by Dennis Hwang, Google's original doodler - but they may NOT recreate his designs. All designs MUST be original.
- Here are the full Doodle 4 Google rules
The designs for Doodle 4 Google can be simple like this one for Hitchcock's Birthday.
Or they can be more complicated, like this one for New Years
Or they can even be into high-end illustration, like this one for Halloween
Just make sure that you can still tell that it's the Google logo. Students may enter more than once, so they can do more than one Google doodle for one idea, or more than one idea. Google will be picking out the top 400 designs to start, and one lucky student will win a $15,000 college scholarship!
Good luck to your students and have fun doodling!
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