Thursday, March 1, 2012

Teaching News

Teaching News

Prove It! in an Online Video Competition!

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST

Prove it! is an online video competition created by the British Science Association for National Science & Engineering Week 2012 (9-18 March) to get as many people as possible talking about science during March.

The competition challenges students to explain one aspect of our world in motion in 30 seconds, either by filming themselves or by making an animation. Themes can relate to science and non-science subjects, and could include the plate tectonics, social media, the solar system, northern lights, gravity, dance, climate change. Watch this to get some tips for making your video:

Click here to view the embedded video.

A special panel of celebrity judges including Professor Robert Winston, British-born astronaut Richard Garriott and Dr Yan Wong, presenter of the BBC's Bang Goes the Theory, will be judging entrants' videos and crowning the stand-out science superstars as part of National Science & Engineering Week 2012 . The winners of the best videos will be offered class visits to The Natural History Museum and the AirKix Indoor Sky diving centres.

Visit the Films for Learning Prove it page and see what schools have already entered – can you and your students do better? There is also information on how adults can enter on the website. The competition closes on 19th March 2012.