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We are excited to announce the Divisional Winners of the 2013 “Living on the Ocean Planet” Video Contest! This year’s video contest submissions were some of the best yet, doing a very impressive job portraying  this year’s theme, A Window into Freshwater Science, in creative, entertaining and informative ways.

Congratulations to the winning Divisional submissions:

Division 1

1st Place:  Supershrimp: A Closer Look into the Hawaiian Opae’ula – Maui High School
2nd Place:  A “Fresh” Look at the Ocean – Annapolis Christian Academy
3rd Place:  Ka wai a Kāne – O Hina I Ka Malama Hawaiian Language Immersion at Molokai High School
 
Division 2

1st Place:  A call to Action to Conserve Earth’s Freshwater Supply – Mount deSales Academy
2nd Place:  Exploring Freshwater – Mount deSales Academy
3rd Place:  Ocean Talk – Mount deSales Academy

Division 3

1st Place:  A Freshwater Perspective – Marle Keppel High School
2nd Place:  Fins First into Freshwater – Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science
3rd Place:  Humans and the Freshwater Ecosystem – Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science

The 1st Place video from each division will go on to the next round of judging to contend for the title of National Winner. Good luck to all of you!

Additionally, NOSB and NMEA are pleased to announce the second annual “Living on the Ocean Planet” Fan Favorite Contest!

Here’s how it works: go to NOSB’s YouTube Channel and check out our “Fan Favorite” playlist, where all nine divisional winners can be found. To vote for your favorite, just click the “Like” button for that video.* Feel free to vote for multiple videos, and recommend them to your friends. The video that collects the most “Likes” by 12:00 AM, June 14th will be declared the 2013 Fan Favorite, and the team that submitted it will win a prize from NOSB’s National Office. Get your votes in soon!

*Only “Likes” will contribute to the final score; “Dislikes” will be not be counted and are discouraged.