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Contests
Page Index:
WHERE Challenge
OMA High School Video
Competition!
Google Science Fair
WHERE Challenge
Managed by Mining Matters, the
WHERE Challenge replaces our long-running Junior
Miner Competition with a national contest that asks students aged 9 – 14 “What
on Earth is in your stuff?” and “WHERE on Earth does it come from?”
Launched in October of each year, the WHERE
Challenge runs until the following April,
offering up to $16,000 in regional and national
prizes.
This contest presents Earth sciences material to students in a way they can
relate to. It excites them about learning, promoting awareness and appreciation
of our planet and of employment opportunities in the mining, energy, and
environmental sectors.
The WHERE Challenge allows for cross-curricular collaboration and thematic
teaching; art, English, social studies, technology, and science departments can
all get involved.
See current and past WHERE Challenge winners
here.
OMA High School Video Competition!
Here’s a terrific opportunity for Ontario high school students. Create a two to
three minute video on the benefits of mining to society and submit it to the 4th
annual So You Think You Know Mining (SYTYKM) contest, launching in autumn 2011.
More.
The SYTYKM competition attracts high-quality entries. Check out the winning
videos here.
SYTYKM 4 High School Video Competition
launches autumn 2011. Your students could win!
Google Science
Fair
 Google is looking for the brightest, best young scientists from around the world
to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today.
The competition is open to students aged 13–18 from around the world working on
their own or in a team of two or three.
There are three finalist winners, one in each age category 13–14, 15–16, 17–18.
One of the three is selected as the Grand Prize winner. Prizes include $25,000
and $50,000 Google Scholarships and a 10-day trip to the Galapagos Islands with
National Geographic Expeditions.
More
See 2011 winners
here.
Want to participate next year?
Sign up for
a notification when GSF registration opens for 2012.
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Educators Info
ArcGIS
Mining Matters now offers our first learning
resource for geographic information system (GIS) software. Partnering with
ESRI Canada, we have adapted four hands-on activities from out
senior curriculum resource, Discovering Diamonds, into a multi-part
lesson that teaches high school students the use of ArcGIS, ESRI’s suite of GIS
software products.
The activity manual, master answer pages, and all data files are free to
download.
Nouveau
Maintenant, disponible
en français leçons pour « ArcGIS »
Certaines leçons ont été créées
en utilisant ArcGIS 9.2 mais des versions
plus récentes peuvent être utilisées.
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Mining Matters is a charitable organization supported
by government, foundation grants and
donations from corporations and individuals.
Registration Number: 88775 6435
RR0001.
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