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| Google Science Fair 2012 |
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| Google is looking for the brightest young scientists from around the world to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today. The competition is opened to students aged 13-18 and you can enter as part of a team or on your own.
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| Launch of Junior Saltire Prize and Junior Green Energy Awards 2012 |
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| Junior Saltire Prize Awards 2012 |
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Registration for the Junior Saltire Prize Awards 2012 is now open. The Scottish Government has set up The Saltire Prize, Scotland's £10 million challenge to accelerate the commercial development of marine energy. To help raise the profile and awareness of this prize and the opportunities that Scotland has to exploit its marine renewables potential, the Scottish Government is again funding Junior Saltire Prize Awards for primary and secondary school pupils. The theme for this year’s competition is wave energy. The awards are being managed by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) in partnership with the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI). The competition is open to all schools in Scotland in three age categories:
P5-7 – first prize £500 and Saltire medal Click here for competition brief
S1-S3 – first prize £600 and Saltire medal Click here for competition brief
S4-S6 – first prize £750 and Saltire medal Click here for competition brief
If you would like to enter team(s) please register at jsaward@sds.co.uk by 31 January 2012. If you have any questions about the competition please email jane.martin@scdi.org.uk |
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| NEW – Hydrocarbons in Action P6/P7 © YESC |
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Hydrocarbons in Action is an exciting new Oil and Gas project kit designed to enable upper primary clubs to investigate oil and gas exploration and production through a range of hands-on experiments. Thanks to sponsorship from OPITO, BP and the Scottish Oil Club we have a number of free kits available.
KITS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS YEAR AND SHOULD BE ORDERED BY 31 MARCH
Click here for competition details, please note deadline for entries of 30 April 2012 |
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| ROV-MATE 2012 |
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This is a challenging international student underwater robotics (remotely operated vehicle or ROV) competition and a network of 20 regional ROV contests that take place in North America, Hong Kong, Scotland and Japan. Menzieshill High School, Dundee, represented Scotland at this year’s international final in Houston in June.
Click here for further information
If you would like to take part or would like further information please contact Maureen Traquair
Registration closing date is 16 September 2011. |
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Heather's Hut
Renewable Energy Project
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We launched this exciting new project at last years Scottish Learning Festival and over 100 schools across Scotland took part. We have a limited number of free kits available for 2011/12. As last year the best projects will be invited to showcase at the flagship event for Young Engineers and Science Clubs – the Celebration of Engineering and Science at the Glasgow Science Centre on Friday 8 June 2012.
ALL HEATHER’S HUT KITS FOR 2011/2012 HAVE NOW BEEN ALLOCATED
For Heather's Hut competition details click here - please note deadline for entries is 30 April 2012
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Young Engineers and Science Clubs Scotland Awards - 8 June 2012 |
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The annual Celebration of Engineering and Science will be held at the Glasgow Science Centre on Friday 8 June 201. All Scottish clubs are invited to showcase their projects at this major event and compete for a range of cash prizes, eg Club of the Year 2012 (£750 plus trophy), and Best Primary and Best Secondary Showcase (£250 and £500 plus trophy respectively). In addition, around 30 companies set exciting 3-minute STEM challenges which clubs compete in to win Best Primary (£250) and Best Secondary (£500). A range of other prizes will also be offered. Contact jane.martin@scdi.org.uk for further information and MARK YOUR DIARY NOW. |
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| The Arkwright Scholarships Trust |
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Arkwright’s aim is to encourage and stimulate high ability 15/16 year old students to take up engineering or technological careers by awarding Scholarships during “Higher” level, which are funded by industry partners and charitable trusts.
For further details please go to www.arkwright.org.uk |
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The F1 in Schools Technology Challenge is an exciting International competition, which currently engages with 6 – 19 years old pupils from primary and secondary schools in over 38 countries around the World. F1 in Schools has two entry classes, the F1 Class and the Bloodhound Class.
For further information contact dlarkin@f1inschools.co.uk or visit www.f1inschools.co.uk
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| Jaguar Primary School Challenge |
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Part of F1 in Schools is a primary school version of the project called the Jaguar Primary School Challenge. This project engages with Primary Schools Students and Teachers across the UK working in conjunction with Secondary schools in the same way as the Secondary School Challenge. The challenge is open to students aged 6-11 years old and involves designing and manufacturing the fastest car possible in ether the 2D or 3D challenge, emulating the design and engineering processes employed by real engineering companies, such as Jaguar Cars. The Jaguar Primary School Challenge also has two entry classes, the 2D Challenge and the 3D Challenge.
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| 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge |
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The 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge is aimed at young people aged 11 – 19 years old. The challenge involves 3 to 6 team members working together to design and build a radio controlled 4-wheel-drive (4x4) vehicle to set specifications that can successfully negotiate a specially designed test track that will emulate that of real life and what a full scale 4x4 vehicle can do.
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| IET Faraday: Urban Evolution |
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The IET Faraday informs young people about the world of science, engineering and technology and inspires them to become involved in it. The engagement of young people and teachers is through a programme of specially made films, student challenges, school visits and teaching resources. Resource materials are available free to all schools throughout the year through a high quality, interactive website. Students will create their own competition entries and compete for fantastic prizes. |
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There are also the action-packed Faraday Engineering Challenge Days which are creative and inspiring opportunities for schools to take part in around the country. Winners from the days will be chosen to attend the live Faraday Challenge Final to compete for the ‘Faraday Team of the Year’ award. This will be held at the Big Bang Fair in London in March 2011. Every year, the IET Faraday explores different aspects of science and engineering to highlight the diversity and excitement of this high technology profession.
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| K'NEX Challenge (age 7-11) |
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This challenge provides primary school children with an introduction to the exciting world of engineering by inviting them to produce a specific design solution for a problem posed, and then build it using K'Nex!
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| Rampaging Chariots |
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Rampaging Chariots is a challenging engineering project aimed at interesting and encouraging young people into engineering. The project involves them in an exciting social and technology learning project to construct radio controlled sporting robots to compete in a National competition which takes place in June each year at Selex Galileo, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh. Your first kit is free.
Click here for further information and an order form.
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| Toyota Technology Challenge |
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Toyota Manufacturing UK and Rapid invite teams from across the UK to take part in this year's Toyota Technology Challenge, aimed at 11 – 16 year olds. |
There are two categories to the challenge: Solar Power and PIC Microcontroller. The challenge is to design and build an environmentally friendly model vehicle for a chance to win up to £1,000 in cash for the school, trophies, certificates and, for the best of the best in each category, a 7 day European trip. |
Once registered into the competition, teams receive a free kit supplied by Rapid, containing all the components necessary to build a vehicle; they then make modifications to earn more marks in the competition by making their vehicle more environmentally friendly, improving their vehicle performance and creating their own team identity.
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