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Get your hands on fabulous prizes and free resources, with our pick of the opportunities available to schools this term...
COMPETITION Uncover Copper 2018
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and competitions on our website at
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Students can win £100 (plus £500 for their school) by exploring copper’s essential role in our daily lives, and as a key component in the innovations that will shape our future. Copper surrounds us – it’s in our phones and tablets, the walls of our houses, even inside our bodies – yet we rarely notice it. This competition calls on students to design a poster
properties and application in one of the following categories: buildings, health and medicine, and new applications in renewable energy and sustainable transport systems. There are two age categories: 11- to 14-years-olds and
Where is copper used? Judges are looking for originality, a good scientific understanding of copper, and a clear and creative poster design that is easy and engaging to read
14- to 16-years-olds. Entries must be sent in to the Uncover Copper Competition by 25 May 2018. For more information, go to
copperalliance.org.uk/education/competitions.
WHAT CAMPAIGN
Nike & Discovery Education’s Active Kids Do Better
COMPETITION
Young Enterprise Fiver Challenge
WHEN WHO PRIZES, RESOURCES AND OUTCOMES
Register now
Age 5 to 11 years
A nationwide drive to get primary school children moving, Active Kids Do Better encourages pupils to be active for a least an hour a day. The new initiative will support schools and parents by delivering resources for use both at school and at home.
Register from 19 March
Age 5 to 11 years
Pupils are pledged £5 and have between 4 and 29 June to set up a mini business. Online resources are available to help teachers plan and run the challenge. The budding entrepreneurs repay the £5 pledge at the end of the challenge, keeping the profits.
COMPETITION
Better Energy School Awards
Register by 8 May 2018
Age 5 to 11 years
The awards aim to assist and encourage environmental education, promoting cross-curricular work. Groups of young people can submit projects across a range of environmental themes. More than 50 cash prices – from £100 to £5,000 – can be won.
CAMPAIGN
What’s Under Your Feet?
Register now for digs in March and June
CAMPAIGN Water Warriors
Register now
Age 4 to 16 years
Help scientists at the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) understand the relationship between climate, the availability of invertebrates, and how this impacts UK bird numbers and their migration patterns. This activity is curriculum linked and will help develop analytical and scientific research skills.
Pupils from Year 1 to Year 6
One in ten children around the world have to collect water from a muddy pond – help stop this by signing up to WaterAid’s non-uniform day with a difference. Register your school’s interest and receive free resources, including craft activities, curriculum-linked lesson ideas, posters, stickers, and more!
CAMPAIGN
BBC Terrific Scientific
Register now
Age 7 to 11 years
Free primary science resources with ten mass- participation investigations, mapped to the curriculum and linked to research being undertaken by university partners. Teachers who register to take part will be eligible for incentives.
14 SPRING 2018 FundEd
FOR MORE INFORMATION
activekidsdobetter.co.uk
fiverchallenge.org.uk
betterenergyschoolawards.
org.uk
jointhepod.org/campaigns/ wuyf-2017
wateraid.org/uk/water- warriors
bbc.co.uk/terrificscientific
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