1 . One Earth Award
About this award
Sponsored by the One Earth Fund, the One Earth Award offers $1,000 scholarships for four students whose works address the pressing issue of human-caused climate change.
Why should I create art or writing about climate change?
Some consequences of climate change include: sea-level rise, increase in air pollution, hurricane, droughts, extreme weather, and rising temperatures, among others. Your work can advance our thoughts about climate change and our understanding of solutions. It can also improve awareness of actions that we can take, in order to reduce the harm that human action has on our environment.
How do I apply?
Enter your work to any category in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. When selecting the category of your work, choose the One Earth Award. You will be required to include a personal statement on your work.
What should I write for the personal statement?
Your personal statement should be 50 words or more and answer the following questions:
What specific aspect of climate change does your work address?
What is your personal connection to this aspect of climate change, and why do you think talking about climate change is important?
Getting started on your work
These resources can help you learn about climate change and create your own art and writing about it.
Consider how poets talk about climate change with the Poetry Foundation.
Explore visual art activities and writing activities from the Teacher’s Climate Guide.
Try writing exercises developed by English Teachers Concerned about Climate Crisis.
1. What is the first thing to do to get the One Earth Award?| A．Choosing the One Earth Award. |
| B．Contacting the One Earth Fund. |
| C．Presenting the personal statement. |
| D．Visiting the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. |
| A．What action you will take. | B．What you are concerned about. |
| C．Why your work is important. | D．What suggestion you will make. |
| A．How do I apply? |
| B．About this award |
| C．Getting started on your work |
| D．What should I write for the personal statement? |
1. What did the speaker receive at Stanford University?
| A．A scholarship. | B．A master’s degree. | C．A bachelor’s degree. |
| A．It was started by the speaker. |
| B．It is a company started 10 years ago. |
| C．It employs the speaker as a researcher. |
| A．At Bio-Tech. | B．At Stanford University. | C．At Northwestern University. |
1. Why does the man make the phone call?
| A．To get some information | B．To express his thanks. | C．To tell about his holiday. |
| A．Mary. | B．The woman. | C．The man’s wife. |
| A．The service. | B．The weather. | C．The surroundings |
| A．Arrange another trip for him. |
| B．Arrange for him to see Mary. |
| C．Pass his message on to Mary. |
1. Where does the man usually have lunch?
| A．At the same place. | B．At his sister’s place. | C．At the woman’s place. |
| A．Going shopping. | B．Working in the office. | C．Washing clothes. |
| A．It was a different holiday. | B．It was a wonderful holiday. | C．It wasn’t really a holiday. |
1. What will the speakers do in the country?
| A．Practice driving. | B．See anything interesting. | C．Stay with a local family. |
| A．One day. | B．Several hours. | C．Several days |
| A．She is the man’s wife. | B．She is the man’s guest. | C．She is the man’s neighbor. |
1. Which school is the university most famous for?
| A．Social Science | B．Medicine | C．Law. |
| A．The visitors | B．The receptionists | C．The lecturers. |
| A．Informal lectures | B．One group discussion. | C．A long essay |
| A．Students at high school. |
| B．Teachers at university. |
| C．Teachers at high school. |
1. What is the man?
| A．A teacher | B．A host | C．A doctor. |
| A．How to save money. |
| B．How to spend money. |
| C．How to be a good housewife. |
| A．In supermarkets | B．In department stores. | C．In outdoor markets. |
| A．Fixing things by ourselves. |
| B．Hiring someone to repair things. |
| C．Asking friends to help with the repairs. |
1. How does Joanna feel?
| A．Tired | B．Happy | C．Anxious. |
| A．To look after her sick mum. |
| B．To pay back her mum. |
| C．To practise cooking. |
| A．She has got married. |
| B．She can get up early every day. |
| C．She loves her father more than her mother. |
9 . Born on her family’s farm in Ray, North Dakota, Mary Sherman Morgan had been helping her father with farm work before she could attend the small-town schoolhouse. Being a few years behind didn’t hold her back and she graduated from high school with honors. Aware of her intelligence, she ran away from Ray to attend Minot State University as a chemistry major, where her skill was evident.
The outbreak of World War II resulted in a national shortage of chemists and scientists. In spite of the fact that she was still a student and a woman, she was offered a job as a chemical analyst due to her talents, producing explosives(爆炸物)for the wartime effort. She put her degree on hold and moved to Ohio, taking on the dangerous job of analyzing unstable chemicals to produce weapons.
After the war ended there was a fall in demand for explosives, so she made a move to the field of aeronautics, moving to California to work for NAA(North American Aviation). The only woman out of 900 engineers, she was soon promoted to a role which involved calculating the performance of rocket propellants(推进剂)and designing speciality fuels to work with different engines. However, never having returned to complete her degree, she was not afforded the rank or higher pay of an engineer, even though she had all the skills and knowledge of one.
Her experience with propellants meant that when NAA was tasked to find a fuel capable of lifting the redesigned Redstone missiles into space, Mogan was appointed technical lead on the project. National pride was on the line, so Morgan set about investigating fuels. After countless trails, she finally designed her own mixture, which was named Hydyne.
Hydyne tested well with the Redstone missiles and subsequently other aircraft(飞行器), such as Jupiter-C rockets, proving to be a quick solution to getting to space without a total rocket redesign. The fuel made the first successful US satellite launch possible, even if Morgan silently slipped away from her success, retiring to focus on her family and leaving her chemistry career behind.
1. What do we know about Mary?| A．She attended school while helping with farm work. |
| B．She was offered a job as a chemistry analyst after graduation. |
| C．She shifted her working focus as the domestic demand changed. |
| D．She launched the first US satellite before retiring from her career. |
| A．Analyzing chemicals. | B．Producing explosives. |
| C．Mixing and saving fuels. | D．Designing and building aircraft. |
| A．Her discovery of Hydyne. | B．Her rank as an engineer. |
| C．Her special knowledge in fuels. | D．Her sense of national pride. |
| A．Caring and determined. | B．Courageous and creative. |
| C．Intelligent but sensitive. | D．Accomplished but proud. |
If there was one thing that Ellen Rafferty hated more than driving, it was driving in the rain. This evening, on her way back from work, Ellen saw a little child standing by the side of the road in the pouring rain. So she hit the brakes sharply, and pulled over by the side of the road next to the child.
It was a little boy, maybe four or five, and he was shaking and hugging himself. As soon as he saw Ellen, his face. brightened. “Hello!” he said,“Are you my mommy?”
“No,”Ellen said in the icy rain. “I’m not! What are you doing here? Where are your parents?”
“Oh,” the boy said disappointingly. “I don’t know where my mom is. She left me on the road when it was raining, and I think she must be looking for me.”
“What’s your name? Where do you live?”
“I’m David. I live at the Doris Farmer Institute for Children.”
“The orphanage(孤儿院)?” asked Ellen. “But that is far!” Just then, there was a terrible flash of lightning and even more rain poured down as thunder rolled across the sky. “Come on,”Ellen said. “I’m taking you home. I’ll call the orphanage to come and fetch you.” Ellen took the boy home.
She didn’t quite know what to do with him, so she turned on a heater and wrapped him with a blanket. Then she called the orphanage and told them that she found one of their children, who named David, on the road. But the woman on the phone said it was too late and they couldn’t come to fetch him.
Sighing,Ellen hung up the phone and looked at the boy. At the same time, her cat Gandalf walked in and rubbed himself against Ellen’s legs. Ellen picked the cat up and kissed his head. “Come on, my baby,” she said softly, “Mommy’s gonna feed you...” When she looked up, she was shocked by the longing in David’s eyes,
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“I wish I was your cat,”he said sadly.
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The next day, Ellen got into her car again and drove to the orphanage to ask about David.
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