Science Center announces i5 Digital Video competition winners
More than 175 middle and high school filmmakers from 29 area schools and organizations explored the impact of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in their lives for Carnegie Science Center’s i5 Digital Video Competition, presented in partnership with Pittsburgh Filmmakers. The videos were viewed more than 7,710 times on YouTube, with 1,071 votes cast for viewers’ choice.
On Thursday, April 23, students attended an awards ceremony at the Rangos Omnimax Theater to see the top contenders’ films on Pittsburgh’s biggest screen. All 57 video entries were played on large screens in the Omnimax lobby during the event. At the event, Brett Perl, a Carnegie Mellon University architecture thesis student, told students about how socially-, environmentally, and economically-conscious design can change the world. Perl’s conceptual design work in Haiti has been publicly and personally commended by President Bill Clinton at Clinton Global Initiative.
Student video submissions are available at www.youtube.com/cscsteam .
The i5 Digital Video Competition is a program of the Chevron Center for STEM Education and Career Development. Working individually or in teams, students created videos (five minutes or less) that showed how STEM plays a role in their lives — namely in the areas of innovations, issues, individuals, inspiring careers, and incredible income potential.
The following middle and high school students received awards and cash prizes:
Middle School
· Best Storytelling Award ($150)
STEM in my Future by Justin Clevenger and Richie Dell (South Fayette Middle School)
· Communicating Science Award ($150)
Pittsburgh Food Science by Trinity Cioppa, Jazmine Howard, and Ciarra Turner (STEM Stars Woodland Hills Junior High School)
· Best Use of Technology Award ($150)
The Concussion Crisis by MaKayla Brown, Abigail Collura, Maggie Goob, Dylan Ordean, Max Miller, Dani Sakulsky, Leah Stoner, and Evan Walker (Propel Montour)
· Artistic Vision Award ($150)
Be a Hero: i5 by Abigail Hipkins and Brandy Washington (Canonsburg Middle School)
· Viewers’ Choice Award ($150)
Project 15206: A Watershed Moment by Amila Niksic (Winebiddle Street Homeschool)
High School
· Best Storytelling Award ($150)
Computer Reach: Refurbishing Computers, Manufacturing Hope by Sead Niksic (Obama Academy)
· Communicating Science Award ($150)
Pollution in the Pittsburgh Region by Tyler Barry, Zach Gibbons, Jake McCloskey, Avery McGinnis, and Evan Noll (Altoona Area Junior High School)
· Best Use of Technology Award ($150)
Redefining Rest: How Modern Medicine Uses STEM To Change The Way We Sleep by Ross Peters and Victoria Peters (St. Peter's Homeschool)
· Artistic Vision Award ($150)
The STEAM Revolution by Jacob Spagnol (Elizabeth Forward High School)
· Viewers’ Choice Award ($150)
Computer Reach: Refurbishing Computers, Manufacturing Hope by Sead Niksic (Obama Academy)
Grand Prize Winner
($300 plus a $400 tuition certificate that can be used for any media class, camp, or workshop at Pittsburgh Filmmakers)
· Grand Prize
Project 15206: A Watershed Moment by Amila Niksic (Winebiddle Street Homeschool)
All category prize winners also received two general admission tickets for Carnegie Science Center and two general admission tickets for Pittsburgh Filmmakers Theaters. A trophy will be provided to each of the winner’s schools.
About Carnegie Science Center
Carnegie Science Center is dedicated to inspiring learning and curiosity by connecting science and technology with everyday life. By making science both relevant and fun, the Science Center’s goal is to increase science literacy in the region and motivate young people to seek careers in science and technology. One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the Science Center is Pittsburgh’s premier science exploration destination, reaching more than 700,000 people annually through its hands-on exhibits, camps, classes, and off-site education programs.
About Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Founded by Andrew Carnegie 120 years ago, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh is a collection of four distinctive museums dedicated to exploration through art and science: Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum. The museums reach more than 1.3 million people a year through exhibitions, educational programs, outreach activities, and special events.
