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Wednesday 29 May 2013

National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement

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Ministry of Women and Child Development National Award for Children.
The National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement was instituted in 1996 to give recognition to the children with exceptional abilities and who have achieved outstanding status in various fields including academics, arts, culture and sports etc.. Children between the age of 4 to 15 years who have shown an exceptional achievement in any field including academics, arts, culture and sports etc. are eligible for this award. One Gold Medal and 35 silver Medals (one for each State/UT) are to be given annually

    The Awards for the child with exceptional achievement shall consists of :-
    (A)   Gold Medal – 1 (One)
    (i)   A cash prize of Rs.20, 000/-
    (ii)   A Citation and certificates, and
    (iii)  A Gold Medal
    (B)   Silver Medals – 35 (Thirty five)
    (i)     Award money @ Rs.10,000/- for each awardee.
    (ii)   A citation and certificate for each awardee, and
    (iii)    A Silver Medal for each awardee.

Applications of children for this Award should be recommended by the State Government/UT Administration, any Department of Government of India, District Authority, local authority or voluntary organization.  The last date for submission of nominations for each year is 31st July. 

Details and Nomination Form
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NASA Exploration Design Challenge

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NASA and Lockheed Martin launch Exploration Design Challenge targeted at K-12 students
The challenge will allow K-12 students to examine different materials that simulate space radiation shielding for Orion, participate in teacher-guided activities and recommend the best materials to protect astronauts from radiation.
High school students can take the challenge farther by designing shielding to protect a sensor inside Orion from space radiation.  The winning design will fly aboard the Orion capsule during Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) set for September 2014.

About the Challenge

The goal of the Exploration Design Challenge is for students to research and design ways to protect astronauts from space radiation. NASA and Lockheed Martin are developing the Orion spacecraft that will carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit and on to an asteroid or Mars. Protecting astronauts from radiation on these distant travels is an important -- and very real -- problem that needs solving. NASA would like your help!
All students that participate in this challenge can join other participants from around the world to celebrate the Exploration Flight Test-1 of Orion by having their names flown on board as honorary crew members. The deadline to register students for the virtual crew is March 14, 2014.

The challenge will be in three grade levels. For details click on the respective level.
 Registration is required for participation. 
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Tuesday 28 May 2013

World Quizzing Championship 2013

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This year, the World Quizzing Championships will take place on Saturday 1 June.  The event is open to anyone who would like to  participate - no age or educational qualification restrictions. The World Quizzing Championships itself is a written test that is sat simultaneously around the world. It consists of 240 questions (about two hours) across a wide variety of subjects and is available in a number of languages.

For participation contact the venues. In Kerala University of Calicut will host the event. The test will be conducted on June 1 at 2:30 pm.

To register the interested candidates may register for the event till May 30 at Wqckerala@gmail.com. For further information you may contact 9746212274, 9744382337 (Kerala only).

For the complete list of venues in India click here.

Please visit the website at http://www.worldquizzingchampionships.com/ for further information like the topics and sample questions.


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Thursday 16 May 2013

Photography Competition for Students (for age group 16-21 years)

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The Institution of Engineers, Singapore is organising the World Engineers Summit  (WES) 2013 themed “Innovative and Sustainable solution to climate Change” on September 9-15, 2013 at Singapore. In this event, they propose to hold Photo  Competition (for age group 16-21 years) for students. Jointly organised with The Photographic Society of Singapore (PSS), the WES Biennial Photography Competition 2013 is on the theme "Environmental Sustainability – The Challenges".
“As the world's environment faces daily threats and damage from direct and indirect sources, the challenge is to save and protect our environment for future generations. How will we do that? Capture the essence of the environmental challenges facing the world and what is being done to overcome them. Create an impact. Spread the message. Inspire action.”
There will be 2 categories (Youth & Open) and 3 sections (Digital Colour, Digital  Monochrome & Digital Experimental) and entry fees are as below:

Entries not accompanied by the entry fees will not be judged and will be
considered disqualified.
All entries must be received by 30 June 2013.
Details related to the Terms of Participation are available at the url http://www.wes2013.org/photo-competition
Please note: All charges will be in Singapore Dollars. USD and INR fees shown are only indicative.

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CBSE Science Exhibition-2013

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The CBSE Science Exhibition 2013 is scheduled to be organised in different parts of the country at Regional level in the month of July/August and atNational Level in the month of September/October,2013.


The main theme and sub-themes for this year’s exhibition are:
Main Theme: Science and Society
Sub-themes: The six sub-themes are:
Industry
Natural resources and their Conservation
Transport and Communication
Information and Education Technology
Community Health and Environment and 
Mathematical Modelling. 


Key aspects of the exhibition
How to register:
(i) Every participating school will pay a participation fee of Rs.500/- in the form of a demand draft in favour of Regional Officer, CBSE payable at respective regional office city.
(ii) The request for participation alongwith the enclosed registration form and fee is to be  sent directly to the Respective Regional Officer and not to Headquarters Delhi.
(iii) The schools in Delhi region may send it to the Regional officer, Central Board of Secondary Education, PS-1-2, Insitutional Area, I.P. Extension, Patparganj, Delhi-110 092
(iv) The last date for registration for participation in the event is June 15,2013.
Rules for Participation:
(v) The participating school can put up a maximum of two exhibits/projects/models.
(vi) A school team may be represented by a maximum of two students per exhibit and one escort Science Teacher.
(vii) School team participating at regional level and National level must remain the same.
(viii) The exhibit/project displayed and selected at regional level should be based on theme and sub theme selected.
(ix) Schools may rework on exhibit / project shortlisted at regional level for its display at national level. However they are not allowed to change the theme or sub theme of the selected / shortlisted exhibit.
(x) The participating school/team will have to bear all expenses related to participation in the event.
(xi) The participating teams will have to make their own lodging/boarding arrangements at the venue city of exhibition.
How to prepare Models/ Projects:
(xii) The exhibit/model may be either
(a) A working model
(b) An investigation-based project
(xiii) The exhibit/project may include working model to explain a concept, principle or a process an indigenous design of a machine/device
an innovative/inexpensive design or technique application of basic principles of Science/Technology
Scheme/design of a device or machine to reduce production cost Investigation based study
(xiv) Greater emphasis may be given to investigation-based innovative projects to kindle scientific method and scientific approach in the students.
(xv) A brief write-up about the main-theme and sub-themes is enclosed for reference. The participating teams may prepare the exhibits/projects on any one of the sub-themes satisfying one or more of the stated parameters.
(xvi) It is mandatory to submit a neatly typed brief write up (approximately 100 words) about the exhibit at regional as well as national level at the time of registration.
(xvii) The exhibits/projects will be assessed by the experts as per the following criteria:
a. Students’ own creativity and imagination 20%
b. Originality and innovativeness in design of the exhibit/project 15%
c. Scientific thought/principle 15%
d. Technical skill/workmanship/craftsmanship 15%
e. Utility/educational value 15%
f. Economic aspect, portability, durability 10%
g. Presentation -Explanation and demonstration 10%
General Guidelines:
(xviii) The first stage of exhibition will be held at two/three different venues in every region.
(xix) The selected best fifteen exhibits/ schools at every regional level venue will be eligible to participate in the National level exhibition.
(xx) The actual dates for the regional level exhibition will be communicated through the Regional officers to every school as well as through CBSE website www.cbse.nic.in by July 15,2013.
(xxi) Attractive awards/cash prizes are given to exhibits/students who present the best twenty models at the national level.

For details see the prospectus


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