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2022 Song Parody Contest

Poster titled ‘Geothermal Song Parody Contest.’ The background shows geothermal landscape imagery with musical notes and illustrated students singing together. Contest details: • Open to middle school students. • All submissions must be parodies of an existing song. • Groups of 1–5 students can work together. • Submission must be between 1 and 3.5 minutes. • Topics and key terms to include are provided below. • Read all the rules and requirements carefully. • Submissions are open now and close April 15. Winners: One group from each school. Grand Prize: The best team from those winners. A note explains that parodies should be creative and informative and should demonstrate understanding of geothermal energy concepts taught in class. Rules and requirements: • This is a parody contest; no original songs accepted. • Groups of 1–5 students allowed. • Submissions must be 1–3.5 minutes long. • Each video must include: a title, names of all group members, school name, and credit for original song and artist. • Accepted file types: .mov or .mp4. • Lyrics must be submitted in a separate file. • Permission to Use form must be submitted. • Filenames must include the school name. • No profanity. Parodies must include some of the following topics: • What is geothermal energy? • Where does geothermal energy come from? • How is geothermal energy harnessed? • What is geothermal energy used for? • Why should we use geothermal energy? • Why is geothermal energy important? Lyrics must include some vocabulary words such as: Geothermal; renewable energy; clean energy; green energy; environment or environmental; harnessing energy; geothermal resource; heat or Earth heat; temperature; thermal; “heat beneath our feet”; subsurface; convection or conduction; electricity generation; inexhaustible; available 24/7 or round the clock; conventional geothermal systems; hydrothermal systems or resources; enhanced geothermal systems or EGS. Logos for Enel and Utah FORGE appear at the bottom.

Upload all the files to this Google Drive Link or scan the QR code

Download and Sign the Permission to Use form

Download the contest flyer HERE

Examples of song parodies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucZ36Guj0mM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N4oP91IQLg