Have you heard about the I Love Science Video Contest?
The Perimeter Institute (for Theoretical Sciences) is hosting this video contest to reach out to youth in Canadian high schools who are passionate about science. All you need to do is make a video that’s 30 seconds long (or shorter!) about why you love science. The prize for this contest? An all expenses paid round-trip to Hawking at the Perimeter on June 20, 2010!
Please note, only youth in grades 9 – 12, who are also between the ages of 14 – 19, and are enrolled full-time in a Canadian public, private or home school are allowed to participate. Students must also be Canadian citizens or legal residents living in Canada. Click here for the Official Contest Rules.
And for those of you wondering, the Perimeter Institute is an independent research institute devoted to theoretical physics that is located in Waterloo, Ontario. Stephen Hawking is a famous British theoretical physicist who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is a form of motor neuron disease that causes the gradual degeneration of motor neurons.
Apparently, the Physics 30 students of Sir Winston Churchill had the choice of completing a lab (to do with marshmallows) or submit a video for this contest. So far, my friend and I have located 12 videos from the students of Churchill! I guess this is proof that the video isn’t a lot of work ; ). Feel free to check them out below:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd4q8f_you-may-love-physics-but-not-as-muc_tech
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd53gv_i-love-science_tech
Yes, this contest does end soon, so send in those videos! This contest will be over on May 10th, 2010, so if this is your kind of thing, get to work! ; )