Kidovators 2014

Kidovators 2014 is a platform for school students to showcase their intuitiveness and preparedness for life ahead. The challenge is being conducted in two Rounds. Round 1 is a national level written aptitude test to be conducted at school level. Round 2 is going to be a ‘Practical Challenge’ where students have to solve real life problems. This round will see top 175 students (of Classes 3 - 9) from all over India compete for the top honour – to be crowned ‘Champion Kidovator of India’ along with a host of other prizes.

 

The closing date for registration in Kidovators 2014 is 15th August 2014. The final date for Gyan Lab Team to receive the filled Registration Forms and Fees (Demand Draft/Online Payment) is 31st August 2014.

 

Awards

Best School Award - Cash Prize of Rs. 1,50,000
Most Enterprising School Award - Cash Prize of Rs. 1,00,000                          

1st Place - Prizes worth Rs. 1,00,000(7 nos.)

2nd Place - Prizes worth Rs. 50,000(7 nos.)

3rd Place - Prizes worth Rs. 25,000 (7 nos.)

4th - 10th Place - Prizes worth Rs. 5,000 (each)

11th - 25th Place - Prizes worth Rs. 2,000 (each

 

Round 1: Dates: 25th September 2014 & 16th October 2014

For: Students of Classes 3 – 9

Round 2: January 2015

All India Top 25 Students (of every class from Classes 3 – 9) would be extended an invitation to participate in the Kidovators 2014 Grand Finale in Bangalore

 

Criteria for Participation

• Minimum of 50 students should be enrolled for Round 1.
• The school will be the ‘Centre of Examination’ for Round 1.
• School can choose the Round 1 date to be on either 25th September 2014 or 16th October 2014. (Once the school has selected the date no changes shall be entertained.)

Visit http://www.kidovators.gyanlab.com/2014/index.html for further information

 

Contact

Address: Kidovators 2014, #172, 19th Main Road, Sector - 4, HSR Layout, Bangalore - 560102

Phone: +91-8197392069

 Email ID: kidovators@addongyan.com                     

Gyan Lab

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The Macmillan Book Review Contest

 

Age Groups & Book Lists

Kids! Are you ready to review your Favourite Books?

Select a Book from your Age Group
Borrow the Book from your Library or from a friend, Read it, and then answer the given review questions.

 

Grades 7,8,9 Book List   Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift) Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)

Feluda Series (Satyajit Ray)

Flat-track Bullies (Balaji Venkataramanan)

Jobless Clueless Reckless (Revathi Suresh)

Oops  the mighty Gurgle (Ram G Valath)

Percy Jackson (Rick Riordan)

The Story Catcher (Varsha Seshan)

The Wordkeepers (Jash Sen)

Tiger by the Tail (Venita Coelho)

Vanamala and the Cephalopod (Shalini Srinivasan)     Grades 4,5,6 Book List Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift) Akbar and the Tricky Traitor (Natasha Sharma) Book Uncle and Me (Uma Krishnaswam) Charlotte's Web (E.B. White) Fortunately The Milk (Neil Gaiman) Hugo Cabret (Brian Selznick) Moin and the Monster (Anushka Ravishankar) The 6 Spellmakers of Dorabjee Street (Shabnam M.) The Blue Umbrella (Ruskin Bond) The BFG (Roald Dahl) The Stupendous Timetelling Superdog (Himanjali Sankar) Prizes 3 Lucky WINNERS in each group will WIN Macmillan Book Hampers   Last date is June 30th, 2014   Visit the website at http://www.rivokids.com/macmillan-book-review-contest

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shOObh PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST 2014

Eligibility Criteria:
(i) Participants must be between 5 – 17 years of age.
Participants must be bona fide students of the school they participate through.

(ii) The competition is open to all school children.
(iii) Participant could also be a foreign national.

Theme: JOY

Registration Fee: NIL

Guidelines for Entries:

School can submit the best drawing/painting in categories mentioned below:

1. Group Classification A Nursery - Upper KG B Standard 1st – 3rd C Standard 4th – 7th D Standard 8th – 10th E Standard 11th – 12th F Over 18 years
2. Format of the entry: Paper or Canvas (Any size)
3. Participants are free to use a drawing medium of their choice (pencil, colors, pastels, crayons, ink, etc.).
4. Each entry should be original, entirely done individually & should not have been previously submitted to any other competition or exhibited in any other forum.
5. This is NOT a Poster making Contest. DONOT write Slogans on Painting. Entry form has space for caption/story, but should the caption not exceed 2 lines & must be written in English/ Hindi.
6. The entries should not be mounted or framed.
   The entry form (attached) should be filled up & completed in Hindi/English, or be accompanied by a translation in Hindi/English.
   A maximum of two entries per category per school shall be entertained. Any entries beyond the specified limit shall be disqualified.
   PASTE THE FORM at the back of the painting, complete the form in your own hand writing along with signature of the Principal/ authorized signatory of the school with school stamp when submitting the painting.
   All entrants not complying with the rules will be disqualified. The organizer’s decision shall be final & binding.
   The organizers shall not be responsible for any loss/damage of an entry during transit.

NOTE:  DONOT SEND ENTRIES WITHOUT ENTRY FORM

Closing Date: Entry should be sent through post by 5th September, 2014 to:

shOObh Arts Competition-2014
shOObh Group Welfare Society
10, CSC, Pocket-E, Mayur Vihar-2, Delhi-110091, India
M: +91-9873322822
E-mail: shoobhphotographycontest@gmail.com

Prize & Certificate of Merit: Three selected finalists in each category will receive a Medal & Certificate of Merit.

For further information visit http://shoobharts.com/competition2014.html

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shOObh Arts Competition-2014

 

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Participants must be between 5 – 17 years of age.
2. Participants must be bona fide students of the school they participate through.
3. The competition is open to all school children.
4. Participant could also be a foreign national.

Theme: JOY

Guidelines for Entries:

1. School can submit the best drawing/painting in categories mentioned below:

   Group	Classification
   A	Nursery - Upper KG
   B	Standard 1st – 3rd
   C	Standard 4th – 7th
   D	Standard 8th – 10th
   E	Standard 11th – 12th
   F	Over 18 years

2. Format of the entry: Paper (Any size)
3. Participants are free to use a drawing medium of their choice (pencil, colors, pastels, crayons, ink, etc.).
4. Each entry should be original, entirely done individually & should not have been previously submitted to any other competition or exhibited in any other forum.
5. This is NOT a Poster making Contest. DONOT write Slogans on Painting. Entry form has space for caption/story, but should the caption not exceed 2 lines & must be written in English/ Hindi.
6. The entries should not be mounted or framed.
7. The entry form (attached) should be filled up & completed in Hindi/English, or be accompanied by a translation in Hindi/English.
8. A maximum of two entries per category per school shall be entertained. Any entries beyond the specified limit shall be disqualified.
9. PASTE THE FORM at the back of the painting ,complete the form in your own hand writing along with signature of the Principal/ authorized signatory of the school with school stamp when submitting the painting.
10. All entrants not complying with the rules will be disqualified. The organizer’s decision shall be final & binding.
11. The organizers shall not be responsible for any loss/damage of an entry during transit.

Closing Date: 5th September, 2014

Address
shOObh Arts Competition-2014
shOObh Group Welfare Society
10, CSC, Pocket-E, Mayur Vihar-2, Delhi-110091, India
M: +91-9873322822

Prize & Certificate of Merit: Three selected finalists in each category will receive a Medal & Certificate of Merit.

Result: Winners shall be declared by shOObh Board.

Exhibition of Winning Entries: Winning entries shall be displayed at exhibition(s) across India.

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14th Sasthra Prathibha Matsaram - ശാസ്ത്ര പ്രതിഭാ മത്സരം 2014

Swadeshi Science Movement (SSM), the Kerala chapter of Vijnana Bharati is a popular science movement that aims at developing and propagating science at all levels. SSM organizes several programmes for students in Kerala; Sastra Pratibha Matsaram (SPM) and Face to Face with Frontiers in Science are some of the programmes which mainly target school students.

Structure of SPM 2014

Sastra Prathiba Matsaram (SPM) is a three level process of screening. The first level is a written examination consisting of multiple choice questions (MCQs). The second level is a Zonal one day Camp which will be held at four centres in Kerala and two students from each class representing their district will qualify to the third level. The third level is a two-day State Camp wherein the Sastra Prathibas of the State will be selected.

The State winners – Sastra Prathibas will represent Kerala at the National Camp – Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan Camp.

 

Who can participate?

Students of Kerala state studying in classes 6 to 11 of any Board of Education such as CBSE, ICSE, State Government, both English and Malayalam medium alike.

The candidates will be divided into two groups:

Group A : 6, 7, 8 classes

Group B : 9, 10 & 11 classes

 

Syllabus and Study material

The syllabus for all groups covers Indian Contribution from ancient to modern Science & Technology, Indian Space Science & achievements and Swami Vivekananda & Science besides reasoning & quantitative analysis and current affairs & General Knowledge.

The text material detailing Indian contribution to Science & Technology, Indian Space& achievements and Swami Vivekananda & Science which covers 80% of the total syllabus, will be published in "Science India", the science magazine of Swadeshi Science Movement as a special issue.

This science magazine will be supplied to all those registered students.

 

Selection Process

The first level – written examination will be of one hour duration. The answers are to be marked in the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheets. The medium of the examination is English.

A total of six students from each class of a district will qualify to the 2nd level – Zone Camp. The Zone Camp would comprise of 3-4 districts together but the selection to the third level will be district-wise class-wise. Finally two students from each class will represent their district at the State Camp which will be held at Ernakulam.

 

How to apply

Registration form, duly filled in and signed, along with a Bank draft for Rs.150/- drawn in favor of 'Sastra Pratibha Matsaram' payable at Ernakulam should be sent to

General Convener,
Sastra Pratibha Matsaram,
c/o Swadeshi Science Movement,
Sastra Bhavan, B-4, 4th floor, Mather Square,
Town Railway Station Road, Kochi-682018.
Phone 0484-2393242, 9895351015, Fax 2393256.
Email id : contact@spmkerala.com

It is suggested that the Principal or the authorized teacher of the school collect the registration fees and details from the students intending to participate in the contest and send it to SSM along with the school registration form.

 

Downloads

Brochure

Individual Registration Form

School Registration Form

 

Awards

The Sastra Prathibas would receive cash prizes, mementoes and a certificate. The Zonal Level winners would receive certificate and a prize. All students who participate at the State Level Camp would receive participation certificates.

Schedule (Important Dates)

Last date for Registration - 31st July 2014

First Level written examination - 28th September 2014

Zonal Level Camp - November-December 2014

State Level Camp - April 2015

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Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access (FAEA) Scholarship

FAEA invites application for scholarships (sponsored by BHEL) for the year 2014-2015 to pursue undergraduate studies in arts/commerce/science/medical/engineering and other technical and professional disciplines at any university/institution/college in India. 

Number of scholarships: - 50 

Eligibility Criteria: (i) Students belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged sections in the BPL category (ii) Students who have passed Class XII from a recognized board in India (iii) 1st year under-graduate  students. 

Financial Support: Tuition fee, maintenance allowance or hostel and mess charges as per our norms. 

How to apply: (i) You may apply online at www.faeaindia.org (most preferred way) (ii) The form can be downloaded from FAEA website and submitted by post at the address mentioned below. 

Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access (FAEA) 

C-25, Qutab Institutional Area, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi –110016 

Ph: 011-41689133 

Email: inquiry@faeaindia.org, Website: http//www.faeaindia.org 

 Last date to apply: 30th  June 2014

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Odisha Book Online Essay Competition Winners announced

http://www.odishabook.com/Aticle/More/Odisha-Book-Competitions/2014/05/31/Odisha-Book-Online-Essay-Competition-Winners-announced

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Let's Eat The 15th International Art Exhibition

Art centre for children and young people .

The art centre promotes the art education of children and young people in Finland and its activities include art, art education and research.
The centre organises exhibitions, education and training, and workshops. The emphasis is on visual arts. The heart of the art centre is the international collection and archive of children’s and young people’s art, which has accumulated since the 1970s and now comprises approximately 100 000 artworks from some 130 countries. The Art Centre for Children and Young People collaborates with various expert bodies in the fields of youth work, art and culture.
The Art Centre for Children and Young People is run by a foundation established by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the City of Hyvinkää in 1980.

 

THEME

What kind of food do you eat at your place? What kind of habits and rituals are involved in eating? Where and how is food being produced and made? What does food look, smell and taste like? How would you represent the features and traditions of the food culture in your own environment, family, school or home town?

INVITATION

We invite children and young people throughout the world to participate in the 15th International Art Exhibition for Children and Young People. The theme is food. It can be interpreted freely and dealt with in various ways in order for the participant’s culture, environment and individual ideas to emerge. The inviter and exhibition organiser is Art Centre for Children and Young People in Hyvinkää, Finland.

 

EXHIBITION

The 15th International Exhibition will be held in Villa Arttu Cultural Centre for Children and Young People in Hyvinkää 29.10. –14.12.2014, and in the International Cultural Centre Caisa in Helsinki in the beginning of 2015. The submitted artworks will be evaluated by a working group which consists of recognised artists and art educators. The artworks for the exhibition will be selected from the  ollowing age categories: under 7 years, 7 – 9 years, 10 –12 years, 13 –15 years and 16 –18 years. Medals and diplomas will be awarded in each category.

ENTRIES

THE SUBMITTED ARTWORKS WILL NOT BE RETURNED. All the artworks will be added to the International Archive of Art Centre for Children and Young People.

If the maker of the artwork is underage, an adult person must be in charge (parent, teacher or similar). The copyright of the artwork is given to Art Centre for Children and Young People in Hyvinkää to extent that 1) the artwork can be included in the archive of children and young people’s art maintained by Art Centre for Children and Young People, 2) the artwork in the archive can be used for research, teaching and exhibitions, 3) the artwork can be used for the Art Centre for Children and Young People’s web pages. Otherwise the copyright, including commercialisation, remains with the maker.

The adult person in charge is responsible for the content of the video/photography and that the artwork does not impinge on other copyrighted material (e.g. music). In addition, the adult person in charge is responsible for all identifiable persons appearing in the video/photography having agreed to the artwork being presented publicly. The guardians of the underage persons appearing in the video/photography have to agree to the artwork being presented publicly.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SENDING PAPER BASED AND DIGITAL ARTWORKS

Paper based artworks

• The artworks are not to be framed.

• Techniques: drawings, paintings, graphics, photographs, comics etc.

• The maximum size is 42 x 60 cm.

• One work per person. Schools and groups may submit a maximum of 10 works.

• A copy of the entry form should be pasted to the back of each artwork, and filled with the required details. Visit the site for entry form

• The artworks should be sent by post to arrive no later than 31 May 2014 to: Art Centre for Children and Young People, Kankurinkatu 4–6, FI-05800 Hyvinkää, Finland

Digital artworks

• The digital artworks can be videos, animations, photographs or other digital images. In the videos the theme of food can be dealt with in the form of, for example, a story or a documentary.

• The digital artworks, for example photographs, won't be printed. The works will be shown in digital form.

• Allowed file types: jpg, png, gif, mov, avi, wmv, mp4

• Video Duration: maximum of 3 min

• Allowed file size: maximum of 100 MB

• One digital artwork/participant or a working group. Schools and groups are allowed to send in a maximum of 10 works.

• To upload digital material a code is needed. You receive the code to your email by registering here. You need the code when you send your registration form.

• Registration and uploading are done by filling out the e-form. Make sure that the form is filled out carefully. You can upload one digital artwork onto the form.

 

Visit http://www.artcentre.fi/the15th_international_exhibition19 for details



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Max Life Insurance Igenius

Max Life Insurance i-genius Scholarship Programme, one of the largest corporate scholarship programmes in India, is back with its 4th edition to recognize and reward all-round talent in children.

Who can participate:
Open for students of Classes 3 to 8. A child may register under a category on the basis of the class he/she was in, as on January 1, 2014

It is a 3 stage programme
1. Appear an examination
2. Interview via video conference
3. Grand Finale

 Registration closes on May 31st, 2014.

Registration

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British Council India - English courses for young learners- Summer School for 8-15 years

Summer School courses are offered for young learners in three age groups: 8-10, 11-12 and 13-15 years.
Through these courses the child will:

•   Improve speaking, writing, listening and reading skills, as well as grammar and vocabulary
•   Develop teambuilding and group discussion skills by working with classmates
•   Learn what their strengths and weaknesses are and how to improve in the future

This year’s theme is ‘Around the World in 15 Days’. The children will explore a different country daily.  On the last day of the course, parents will be invited to watch their child perform on stage and/or see their work on display.

Learn English through games, puzzles, songs rhymes, stories and other activities

           

Summer school courses are offered in Chennai,  Kolkata and New Delhi.

Chennai

Term	Course Date	Duration	Fee (INR)	Registration Date
Summer Term	28 Apr - 16 May 2014	3 weeks (28 hours)	7500	Open till 28 Apr

New Delhi

Term	Course Date	Duration	Fee (INR)	Registration Date
Summer Intensive	12 May - 30 May	3 weeks (30 hrs)	11,500/-	Open till 10 May
Summer	9 Jun - 3 Aug	8 weeks (32 hrs)	11,500/-	Not Open

Kolkatta

Term	Course Date	Duration	Fee (INR)	Registration Date
Summer Intensive	19 May - 6 June	3 weeks (30 hrs)	6000/-	Open till 17 May

For registration and further information click here










 

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MICROSOFT OFFICE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Search is On for India’s Top Talent in MS OFFICE

COMPUDON – the gateway to the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship - is a platform for

Indian students to showcase their mastery in using Microsoft Office applications.

Eligible students from across India will compete for the title of “India Champions”, and up to 6 winners will then, proudly represent India at the “Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship” (fully sponsored trip by CyberLearning) in July 2014 at Disneyland, California, USA.

ELIGIBILITY: 

Students between the age of 13 and 22 (as on June 15, 2014) 

ELIGIBLE EXAM TRACKS: 

MICROSOFT OFFICE SPECIALIST – 

Word/Excel/PowerPoint (2007 or 2010 or 2013#) 

#Office 2013 exams are not valid for MOS World Championship.

THERE ARE 2 LEVELS:

QUALIFYING LEVEL: Happens within the participating School.  

INDIA FINALS: Qualifying students will appear for India Finals in NEW DELHI/NOIDA. Top students (top score and time) in each exam track will qualify as “India Champion”. And India Champions with qualifying score and time will be selected for “India Team*” for MOS World Championship 

Selection of winners will be on the basis of qualifying criteria established by CyberLearning and Certiport.

Participation Fee: Rs. 899/- 

All Inclusive. Includes a 'Participation Kit' with prep material. Only for students participating through their school/college 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

For 9 India Champions: Prizes worth Rs. 25,000, Medal, and Sponsored trip# to Disneyland, California, USA# for participation in the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Other Prizes: Prizes worth Rs. 15,000 (for 1st runners-up), Rs. 10,000 (for 2nd runners-ups), Rs. 2,500 (for 45 regional champions) and Rs. 1,000 (50 consolation prizes).

Award medals for school toppers

Microsoft Certificates to all passing students and participation certificates to all participants.

For Faculty that produces India Champion, prize worth Rs. 5,000 & Appreciation Certificates to all participating / nominated faculty members.

For Schools - Office Champion Award Trophy who produce India Champions

For Schools- Association with Microsoft as Microsoft Office Specialist Authorized Testing Center

#Additional eligibility criteria apply. Please read official rules given on www.compudon.in for more details.

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SAVE THE FROGS! Poetry Contest

The 2014 SAVE THE FROGS! Poetry Contest will run from January 15th to October 17th, 2014. All ages and nationalities are encouraged to enter!

Who can participate?
Anyone. Students are encouraged to write and send their Frog poems


Frog Poem?
Any poems that mention frogs, salamanders, newts, toads, caecilians, amphibians, savethefrogs.com, and/or SAVE THE FROGS!

Here are some ideas for your frog poems:

(1) Find out about a particular kind of frog and describe the world from that frog’s point of view.

(2) What if you found the last frogs alive on the planet … What would you do? How would you feel?

(3) Write a poem that makes the reader understand the importance of saving frogs, or one that makes them realize the danger frogs are in.

(4) Write a poem about any of the threats to frogs.

(5) Write a poem about how ridiculously cool frogs are!

(6) Imagine all kinds of brave, extravagant and daring ways in which you could save the frogs. Check out the How to Help page at the Website


The Grand Prize Winner will:
(1) Receive $100 CASH (or check!).

(2) Receive $75 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.

(3) Become an official judge of next year's SAVE THE FROGS! Poetry Contest.

(4) Receive frog fame!

The 2nd and 3rd Place Winners will:

(1) Receive $75 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.

(2) Receive frog fame!


For details visit Save the Frogs website

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AstroSpace Drawing Competition

AstroSpace Drawing Competition From Indian Space Station

March 2014 till September 2014

 

 Did you get inspired by watching movies like E.T, Star wars, Wall-E or Transformers? Here is a chance to write your own movie on a paper. All you have to do is to come-up with an interesting/artistic/creative drawings related to "India's First Mars Mission: Mangalyaan". The students are encouraged to draw  creative paintings that takes into consideration the advances in the space exploration, space technology, astronomy and aviation sector.


Some of the suggested themes around which you can build-up the drwaing are,

• Capture the launch of Mangalyaan  from Sriharikota in a sequence of drawings
• Visualizing Mangalyaan goes through space to reach Mars
• How it works upon reaching Mars
• A situation where in Mars spacecraft is caught by an alien on its way to Mars.
• A situation wherein the student assumes being part of the Mars mission team and work as a scientist in ISRO
• Some of the strange discoveries like a floating lake, Aliens being discovered by India's Mars mission
• Be an astronaut and go fix the problem on Mangalyaan spacecraft once it reaches Mars orbiter
• Any wild imagination related to India's first Mars mission

The competition will commence from March, 2014 and will continue till September, 2014.  India's first Mars mission is scheduled to reach Mars orbiter in September, 2014. This is a tribute from Indian Space Station team to Mangalyaan mission.

Prizes:

A winner will be chosen each month. However, all submitted entries will be displayed on the website.

The exciting prizes will consist of space toys, space books, space bags, space caps, shuttle models and much more...

Rules and Regulation:

The  submitted entries will become the property of  Indian Space Station. However, the author will get the full credit whenever the painting gets published.

The competition is open only for students up-to 10th Std.

The painting should be your original work. However, the teachers/parents could help ONLY in finalizing the theme but not in drawing.

Only the soft copy of the drawing is accepted. You can take the help from your teachers/parents to take a photograph (recommended way is to scan the drawing as quality of the image will be better)  of your work and to send the entry to us. We will ask for the final physical copy of the drawing upon declaring a winner but before sending out the prizes.
Please send your entries to iss@indianspacestation.com with Subject as "Indian Space Station: Drawing Competition Month: 2014"

Either use A4 size or half the A4 size (recommended)  for drawing. The soft copy of the drawing will look good upon publishing  by using a small size paper.

The following details should be provided along with the document

• •Name of the students:
• •Standard/Class Studying:
• Roll number/ID number:
• •School Name and address:
• •Favorite Teacher Name and contact details (phone number and email id):
• •Parents Name and contact details (phone number and email id):

•A good photograph of the student either with his/her favorite teacher or with their parents.

There are no charges to participate in the competition.

Submit the entry before the last day of each month. A winner will be announced on a per month basis. For example, for the month of March - 2014, all entries received from March 1st to March 31st will be considered for the Month of March to declare a winner.

If a student wins a prize in any of the month then he/she could again participate in the subsequent months as well. However, we honestly request the winner to spread a word about this competition and inspire others to participate as well. There are many students with great talent who could make use of this opportunity.
Competition is open from 1st of March, 2014

Competition is open for any student studying in India (priority) and abroad.

The drawing has to be hand-written (using pencils/sketch pens etc) and the student can not make use of any computer tools for this purpose.

Please send a mail to iss@indianspacestation.com for any queries.

The decision of the ISS team is final in selecting the winners. We will not entertain queries regarding the same

 

Visit the website

 

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SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest

Amphibian populations worldwide are in the midst of a mass extinction crisis, yet most people are completely unaware! We need your help in getting the word out: we encourage all nature lovers to seek out their inner frog artist and participate in the SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest!

Who can participate
Open to all.
Art Contest serves as an excellent method for getting students interested in both frogs and art, and gives them a productive and enjoyable diversion from their normal school activities, while educating them about frog extinctions.


The Grand Prize Winner will:
(1) Receive $100 CASH (or check!).

(2) Receive $75 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.

(3) Become an official judge of next year's SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest.

(4) See their winning artwork placed at the top of this page for the duration of their reign (until next year's contest winner is announced).

(5) Receive frog fame.

The 2014 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest runs from January 15th, 2014 to October 15th, 2014.

The 2nd and 3rd Place Artists will:
Receive $75 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.

And to top it off: the Grand Prize Winner and Category Winners may all see their artwork featured on products we sell in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center. Contest winners and honorable mentions will also be acknowledged on this website, along with a picture of their artwork.


Categories
Category winners will be chosen from the following categories. Note however that the Grand Prize Winner may be chosen from any category.

(1) Under 10 years old

(2) 10-13 years old

(3) 14-17 years old

(4) 18 and older

Artwork may be hand-drawn or digitally produced. It can feature frogs, toads, salamander, newts or caecilians. It can be full-color or black & white (e.g. one-color frog outlines of the type used for a coloring book. You can even draw a logo if you like.


The entries can be submitted online or offline

For further details, please visit the website

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Science Olympiad Foundation - Olympiads

SOF is a Registered Not-For-Profit Organization Popularising Computer, Science, Mathematics and English Education among school children.
SOF organises olympiads every year. The National Science Olympiad has proved to be a highly motivating and rigorous aptitude testing platform with special and exclusive focus on Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mental Ability. The National Cyber Olympiad focuses on logical reasoning, analytical skills and IT. The International Mathematics Olympiad is a mean to identify and encourage the mathematical creativity of children through problem solving.

Schedule for 2014-15

NCO

Exam Date : 18th Sep & 14th Oct 2014

NSO

Exam Date : 12th Nov & 25th Nov 2014

IMO

Exam Date : 4th Dec & 18th Dec 2014

IEO

Exam Date : 20th Jan & 29th Jan 2015

2nd level exams will be held on the 2nd/ 3rd Sunday of February 2015.

Registration fee

The registration fee per student per exam is Rs 120. 

Registration through school.

For details visit http://www.sofworld.org/

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Mathrubhumi Vidya - V K C Junior Painting Competition 2014

Mathrubhumi Vidya in association with VKC Junior is organising a painting competition of the school students of Kerala. The competition will be organised in all districts of Kerala.

Date: 6 April 2014
Venue and time will be informed later.

Eligibility: 5 to 18 years
Theme: Society-Family-Me

Categories
Group A:  5 to 7 years
No theme for Group A, can draw on any topic of their choice
Group B: 8 to 10 years
Group C: 11 to 15 years
Group D: 16 to 18 years

To participate interested students may contact the phone numbers given in the image below.

See Mathrubhumi Vidya page14 dated 11.03.2014 and 21.03.2014 or Balabhumi March 14, Minnaminni March 19 for further details and contest coupon.

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World Consumer Day - Essay Competition (Malayalam) for Students of Palakkad

World Consumer Day is observed on 15 March  every year as a means of raising global awareness about consumer rights. President John F Kennedy gave an address on 15 March 1962, to the US congress in which he formally addressed the issue of consumer rights. To commemorate this, the World Consumer Day is observed on 15 March.

The Essay Competition is organised by the Consumer Protection Society, Palakkad

Topic: Changing Consumer Culture and Student Community

Eligibility: High School Students of Palakkad

The essay should not exceed four pages.

ഉപഭോക്തൃ ദിനത്തോടനുബന്ധിച്ച്  ഉപഭോക്തൃ സംരക്ഷണ സമിതി ഹൈസ്കൂൾ വിദ്യാർത്ഥികൾക്കായി ഉപന്യാസ മത്സരം നടത്തുന്നു.

വിഷയം : "മാറുന്ന  ഉപഭോക്തൃ സംസ്കാരവും വിദ്യാർത്ഥി സമൂഹവും" 

നാല് പുറത്തിൽ കവിയാതെ എഴുതുക. 

അവസാന തീയതി : മാർച്ച്‌ 11

അയക്കേണ്ട വിലാസം:

ജനറൽ സെക്രട്ടറി 

പാലക്കാട്‌ ഉപഭോക്തൃ സംരക്ഷണ സമിതി 

16/642, ശ്രീ നഗർ കോളനി 

പാലക്കാട്‌ - 678 013

ഫോണ്‍: 9496132043, 9447350747

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The British Council IELTS Scholarship Award 2014

The British Council IELTS Scholarship Award was launched with the objective of supporting Indian students intending to study in an English-speaking country. Most importantly, it is a commitment to realising British Council’s aspiration of enabling young people to achieve their life goals.

The scholarship will award Eight IELTS candidates INR 300,000 each towards the cost of tuition fees.

WHO CAN APPLY?

To be eligible for the IELTS scholarship, you must:

• be a resident and citizen of India
• have taken the IELTS test with the British Council recently
• have a minimum overall IELTS band score of 6.0
• produce a valid letter of acceptance / offer letter from a recognised education institution that accepts IELTS as part of its admissions criteria
• begin an under graduate or post graduate programme outside India in the 2014 academic year.

HOW TO APPLY?

Apply online:

Click here to complete the online application form. You will receive a confirmation email within two days of applying online guiding you with further steps. 

Download application form:

You should fill up the application form offline and send a scanned copy toielts.scholarship@britishcouncil.org 

Last date for applications: 30 June 2014

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ROBOKID - 2014 - A National Robotics Festival

About ROBOKID

ROBOKID™ - A Robotics Competition which is an intellectual exercise for students to encourage multidisciplinary talent and practical skills among young. This competition is one of its kinds which fall in the month of June of every year. It is aimed to turn out to be a revolutionary one in bringing theoretical lesson coupled with practical experience through a joyful and innovative way for students. ROBOKID™ is one such program which cultivates interest towards exploring new technologies in an amusing way. This competition serves as a forum for students for the overall development of personality, leadership, organizational skills and exemplary team work which are essential for a successful career in addition to academic activities

ROBOKID 2013 was an event for exchange of technological ideas and sporting spirit. It was a pleasure for us as well as the parents to watch students taking the initiative to participate and to get introduced to the world of ‘Logical programming

ROBOKID competition for 2014 will be held in the month of June. This time, ROBOKID 2014 comes up with the theme of “Our planet- Our Future”, to create more awareness about the utmost importance of environment protection for a better future.

This competition will give your kid a forum to learn STEM concepts practically with hands on experience instead of focusing only on theoretical concepts.

BENEFITS are numerous:

Wonderful opportunity to enjoy active and joyful learning.

Students experience NO pressure to perform, rather; enjoy the process of learning.

ROBOKID training sessions will enhance the thought process of student’s logical and analytical reasoning.

Enhances mathematical & scientific curiosity of student in turn strengthening their self learning & problem solving skills.

Fosters the spirit of TEAM WORK which is a key to success in today’s globalized world.

Level 1

As the students get registered, they will be provided with 1 licensed RoboGuru software along with a set of online tutorials. Once he/she is comfortable with the RoboGuru environment they can undergo an online test. 

The test will be on the following topics:

Programming in RoboGuru.

Logical Skills

Level 2

Once the student is selected for the Level 2, he/she will be given a map that involves a similar environment as in Fig 1 (Visit the site for details). They have to solve the map in RoboGuru environment and send the programming code through e-mail robokid@jayrobotix.co.in

Level 3

Two teams (One red and One blue), will be competing with each other.

As in the Fig. (Visit the site for details), Green colored blocks, which represent the saplings, are placed on two sides of the arena. Yellow colored blocks are placed in the path the robot travels which represent garbage

All the student has to do is to trickily program their robots to pick the saplings from one end and place them in the slots at the other end. (For e.g. Blue team has to pick the green blocks from the blue pockets and place them in the blue slots provided at the other end).

The team who places the maximum (or all) the saplings in the shortest time will be announced as the winner.

For Details Click here

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NASA Space Settlement Contest 2014

Student Design Contest


NASA Ames sponsors an annual space settlement design contest for 6-12th grade students.

This annual contest, co-sponsored by NASA Ames and the National Space Society (NSS) is for all students up to 12th grade (18 years old) from anywhere in the world. Individuals, small teams of two to five, and large teams of six or more are judged separately. Entries are also grouped by age/grade of the oldest contestant for judging. The age groups are 8th and under, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. The grand prize is awarded to the best entry regardless of contestant age. Students develop space settlement designs and related materials. These are sent to NASA Ames for judgement. Submissions must be received by March 1.

Contest prizes and certificates:

All participants will receive a certificate. All submissions must be received by March 1, 2014.
The best submission, regardless of category, wins the grand prize, consisting of the space colony submission being placed on the NASA Ames World Wide Web site.
The National Space Society (NSS) invites all 2014 contest participants to attend the NSS 33rd annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Los Angeles, CA May 14-18, 2014. Every year, hundreds of contestants attend, along with their parents, teachers, siblings and friends. Special activities for contestants are planned, including:
The single highest scoring team or individual attending will receive the NSS Bruce M. Clark, Jr. Memorial Space Settlement Award for $5,000. If a team wins, the sum will be evenly divided amongst them.
The highest ranking winners attending will be invited to give oral presentations as time is available.
To the extent space is available, all contestants who attend will be invited to display a poster of their work.
Special sessions are arranged for contestants, teachers, parents, etc.
These activities are not yet finalized and may change. Nonetheless, this is a tremendous opportunity to present your work, meet some of the most important people in space development as well as your fellow contestants, and have a great time.
If you are planning to attend ISDC 2014, please see the ISDC Space Settlement Students Web Site. Only if necessary, contact nss-students@nss.org. Note: Contestants are responsible for all travel arrangements and costs, visas and conference expenses. Also, minors (children under 18) must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Among other potential problems, the hotel may not allow checkin without an adult in the party.

Students from outside of the U.S. planning on attending the ISDC should apply as soon as possible for a passport and visa. It may take some time (months) to acquire one. If you need a letter of invitation, please use the form at https://www.nss.org/events/contest_invitation_form.shtml ONLY if that does not work, requests for letters of invitation can be sent to nss-students@nss.org along with with the school name, address, and names of students, teachers, or family members needing the letter.

Contest categories are
8th grade and under: individual, small group, large group,
9th grade: individual, small group, large group,
10th grade: individual, small group, large group,
11th grade: individual, small group, large group,
12th grade: individual, small group, large group.
Additional categories based on artistic and literary merit are also included in the contest.
Contestants give NASA the right to publish their submissions without restriction as a condition for entering the contest.
For additional information visit http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/Contest/

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