Competitions
The SEC Schools' Telescope Competition 2008
The Space Education Council held a competition for secondary schools involving astronomy and astronautics.
Pupils were invited to submit a project on astronautics. The first prize is a computerised telescope for the winner's school, and a place for themselves at this summer's Space School
It's often stated that pupils are interested in dinosaurs and space-flight, but only one of these is around today! Not only that, but today's young people actually have the possibility of flying in space in the future.
We asked for a project that covers some aspect of astronautics. It could be a straight-forward written entry, or a poster, a multi-media presentation (video, podcast, etc), a website ... the choice was pretty much down to the students!
The competition was open to any secondary school pupil in the UK aged between 13 and 18 on June 30, 2008, which was the closing date for entries.
The winner has now had their week at Space School, and arrangements are in hand for the presentation of a telescope at the school.