The New York City Metro Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association is sponsoring their Second Annual Statistical Poster Competition for Grades K-12 in New York City, to help teachers and schools enrich students’ understanding of statistics and data in general. The competition is a professional resource for teachers and students to apply statistics. To that end, it will not only support the teaching of mathematics, but will ultimately benefit New York City’s educational community.
Poster Submission Deadline All posters MUST be received by Friday, March 6, 2009.
Poster Entry Form
A separate entry form must be completed and
paper clipped to each poster when the poster is submitted.
Poster and Entry Form Mailing Address
David Rindskopf
Educational Psychology
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
Room 3204.08
New York, NY 10016-4309
Winning Posters Certificates will be awarded to winning schools and students.
Poster winners will be announced by Monday, March 23, 2009.
Awards Ceremony Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. By invitation only and is limited to poster winners,
two guests per poster winner,
and teachers and principals of schools with winners.
Additional details about the awards ceremony will be included with the invitations.
Prizes First Place Teams - $100
Second Place Teams - $75
Third Place Teams - $50
Selected posters will be forwarded to the
2009 American Statistical Association Poster Competition in Washington, D.C.
You may also submit posters directly to the national competition.
For information about the national competition,
visit www.amstat.org/education/index.cfm?fuseaction=statposter.
Poster Competition Registration There is no fee to participate, but advanced registration is required.
Registration closed Friday, February 6, 2009.
Letter to Schools and Teachers Please feel free to forward this letter to mathematics teachers
in New York City (Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island).
Additional Information If you would like to be on the poster competition mailing list,
would like additional information about the competition, or have any questions,
please send an email to nycasa@mindspring.com.
