STEM Video Contest 2020

STEM in Everyday Life

VIDEO CONTEST

 

Explore an event, object or idea in your everyday life through a “STEM lens” in an engaging video using your tablet or phone.

 

Enter by: JUNE 8th (NEW DATE–DEADLINE EXTENDED)

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(teachers send link to entries to Donna.Morgan@burnabyschools.ca)

• • open to Burnaby K-12 students–there are prizes for Primary, Intermediate and Secondary
  • students can enter on their own or as a group (of 2 or 3)
  • to enter the contest, students must provide their teacher with the following:
    • a link to their video (must be 4 minutes or less)
    • signed personal consent form
  • video cannot contain any copyrighted material
  • video should not contain video clips from other sources
  • video should be original live footage or student created animation
  • video should be filmed in British Columbia, and follow COVID rules as given by our Provincial Health Officer

*note: free music sites are available online

Judging Criteria

25% of marks for TOPIC
 chooses an interesting topic in SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING or MATH
 video is relevant to students and makes a clear point about a topic, issue, invention or event

50% of marks for CONTENT AND CREATIVITY:
 topic is scientific and explanation is thorough and explained well
 topic is clearly presented and easy to follow
 video is creative
 video is original—content is from the students, and video is shot by students in the local area
 uses humour effectively
 use everyday events or natural surroundings
 applies Indigenous perspectives as appropriate

25% of  marks for PRESENTATION
 video flows well
 visuals interesting
 uses a variety of strategies (visuals, explanations, analogies) to communicate thoughts

Winners 2020 (links to follow soon)

Winners 2018

Congratulations to the Video Contest Winners for 2018.  You can find their videos in the links

Winners (Secondary School)

Rebecca Mar, Toya Peters and Hannah Quin —Sunglasses (Moscrop)

Maelle McCallum, Muhammad Zain, Krista Traboulay – Batteries, a Scientist’s Dream (Burnaby Mountain)

Susanna Wang, Izzi Farlette—Glass (Mosrop)

Honourable Mentions (Secondary School)

Callista Berg, Lindsay Hofman, Aya King-  Kinder Morgan Pipeline (Mountain)

Sophia Lee, Emilija Veljkovic, Maya Cheah Breton –Hidden Dangers of Sitting (Moscrop)

Winners (Elementary School)

Alex Wang and Kosei Liou, Mizuki Liou (K) (Chaffey Burke) Diffusion

Leo Zhu, Grade 6, Armstrong–Go Carts

Winners from 2017 contest

See top videos from 2015/16 contest

Also, the following three videos are good:

1) How water gets up a tree – excellent but the video is too long for this contest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BickMFHAZR0

2) How a refrigerator works – very good explanation and visuals but could be more entertaining/creative

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrcEWhurQl4

3) Dear Future Onion song – very creative and engaging – however, could include more scientific material

https://www.youtube.com/user/EverydayScienceTV

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