2012 Kavli Science & Engineering Video Contest

Monday, February 13 2012 by eric.ma

The Kavli Foundation is challenging grades 6-12 students across the world to brainstorm and share their ideas!

Deadlines and Prizes - The contest will open Oct. 21, 2011 and all entries must be submitted before midnight on March 21, 2012. First prize is $2,000 and a travel stipend to travel to Washington DC for the Expo. Second prize is $750, third prize is $500. The People's Choice Award is $250. Additional prizes include individual student licenses for Wolfram Mathematics Software.

Students worldwide are invited to submit entries to the 2012 video contest, with cash awards and prizes for the top entries. The best videos will be shown at the Festival Expo during April 27-29, 2012, where hundreds of thousands of science fans are expected to gather in Washington D.C. The first place winner will also receive a travel stipend to attend the expo and the contest awards ceremony hosted by Bill Nye.

Our contest theme this year was inspired by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges. "Meeting these challenges would be 'game changing,'" says NAE president Charles M. Vest. "Success with any one of them could dramatically improve life for everyone and may even be required for our survival." We encourage you to learn more about the Grand Challenges to get resources and to help you develop ideas for your videos (30-90 seconds in length).

We are challenging you to:

1. Investigate and Solve:

THE NEXT GREAT SOLUTION. What problem(s) do you think man needs to solve to improve life on earth? Is it to make solar energy economical, to provide access to clean water for everyone, improve the way we teach students, or something else? Investigate the problem and propose or share a solution (examples: energy, food production, climate, disease)

2. Explore and Discover:

THE NEXT GREAT FRONTIER. Where, or what, do you think man needs to better explore or investigate, and why? Maybe it’s space, or the depths of the ocean, perhaps our own brains? Be sure to explain how the discovery will improve or enhance our lives. (Examples: the human mind, the oceans, the earth, the sun, the universe, the human genome, cyberspace)

3. Dream and Build:

THE NEXT COOL TOOL. What do you think we need to invent and build next? Why? How will we engineer the tools of scientific discovery, enhance virtual reality, secure cyberspace, or create some other cool tool? (Examples: nano devices and materials, new sources of energy from microbes, metallic elements, carbon sequestering, water purification, climate, transportation technology, data technology, robots, virtual worlds, bio-monitoring/testing devices, cloaking devices, communications devices, security technology, learning technology)

Follow these steps to sucessfully enter:

Register under your school for a free SchoolTube.com account. You will receive an e-mail confirmation with information on logging into SchoolTube. It may take up to 24 hours to receive your confirmation.
Review the official rules.
Visit here to submit your video into the contest. Use the button that says "Add A Video to This Channel" to upload your video.
Tag your video KAVLI 2012
Go to the USA Science & Engineering Kavli Video Contest and submit your entry form to become eligible for the contest. Be sure to include your link to the video.

The upload deadline is March 21, 2012 11:59 p.m. CST.

Disclaimer: The information in this blog post is provided as a service to the users of our web site. It does not constitute endorsement of the program or activity by Youth Science Canada, or any assessment of its suitability for our users. We encourage site users to investigate thoroughly any program or activity before committing to participate. Youth under 18 are strongly encouraged to check with a parent/guardian before participating in any program - including those offered by Youth Science Canada.

Comments

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, February 17 2012.

Hi! Thanks for sharing news of our science video contest on your blog. Entrants can post their videos anywhere, i.e., youtube, vimeo, and just send us a link to the video on the entry form

http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2012festival/contests/kavli-video-contest

We hope we will see Canadian student entries!

Here is an example of a 6th grade class taking our contest challenge and running with it.

http://sciencesavestheworld.wordpress.com/

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, February 24 2012.

Looks great. I will definitely pass this on. Can I share a cartoon that compares the popular view of science with what scientists actually do? Something interesting to read when you’re bored. http://cbt20.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/science-cartoon/

Note: Cartoon contains language that may offend and is inappropriate for younger students [YSC]