Blog feedClimate change competition for schools
February 5th, 2010
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The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has launched a national schools competition on how climate change will affect the lives of people in their own local areas.
The competition invites primary and secondary school children to produce a poster and 5 minute DVD on how climate change will affect the lives of people in their own local area.
The competition is being supported by former BBC weather forecaster Dr Heather Reid, with a prize fund of £5,000 available between primary and secondary schools in the north, centre and south of Scotland.
The competition has been designed to complement the new Curriculum for Excellence, and will invite students to look at both the opportunities and challenges caused by climate change, and the impacts it is already having on people’s lives and livelihoods in the developing world.
This national competition forms part of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s major inquiry into facing up to climate change, launched in October 2009, which seeks to identify how to bridge the gap between the aspirations of the policies now in place to address climate change, and how much the public are currently prepared to go.
Groups of no more than 4 pupils can submit an entry, but schools may submit more than one entry.
What are the prizes?
Overall winning group, Primary £1000
Overall winning group, Secondary £1000
£500 for three regional winning groups at Primary and at Secondary in each of three regions namely north, central and south Scotland.
What is the format for submission of entries?
• One A1, (594 mm x 841mm) poster.
• One DVD (if desired) with mixed format additional or back up material.
If a DVD is submitted it must have a maximum of 5 (five) minutes duration (this includes required reading time for any additional print material).
• Regional and National winning groups are expected to present their entries at a prize giving event before Heather Reid (“Heather the Weather”) to be held in The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ on a date to be announced in late August/September.
Entries must be sent or delivered to The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ.
Entries must be received no later than noon (12.00) on Wednesday 30th June 2010.
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