The winners for the 2016 COBIS Young Scientist Film Awards were announced at the recent COBIS Conference in London and BSN students – both junior and senior – were successful in several categories. The films were judged by esteemed scientists from the National Physical Laboratory with the BSN claiming prizes in the following categories:
The Best Film Overall KS4 – 5 winners: was made by A-Level students, Patrick Sheppard, Andrew Buglass and Emil Ostergaard who’s film about pasta boiling was conducted in their own time with thanks to Food Tech department for the use of facilities and equipment. This film was also nominated for Best Scientific Theory Explanation and Best Scientific Investigation. Watch it here.
Healty eating was the inspiration for Alessandra Peters and Lorena Meijas’ film Electrolytes - about the efficacy of sports drinks, which earned these two A-Level students, the Best Film in the Biology category as well as being runners up for Best Scientific Investigation and Best Film Overall. Watch it here.
Two Year 9 students, Amelia Mance and Vivian Fraser-Leonhardt were nominated in the Best Film About Light category. They made their film about The Last Solar Eclipse, based on the space topic being studied in the Year 9 Physics course. Watch it here.
Stephen Kettle, Head of Science at Senior School explained: “We’re delighted with the success of our students who have made good use of the skills developed in practical programmes across the sciences – this enabled them to design, conduct and evaluate successful investigations. This is a testament to the team of teachers, technicians and students as well as the outstanding resources we have available here at school.”
Our junior schools were not to be out-shone by the older students, and at Junior School Leidschenveen (JSL) – recently awarded the Gold Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM Gold) – six children were keen to be involved.
Barbara van Duijne, JSL’s Lead Science Teacher explained: “Once these children had volunteered, the challenge really began - with help from Rachel Iles, Learning Technology Manager and myself acting as advisors, the children were full of ideas and worked hard to turn them into films.”
The JSL films were:
Density – by Nathan Trenchard and Tom Laidlar whose film was very close to being nominated but was just pipped to the post. Nathan told us: “It was really fun doing it even though we didn’t win.” Watch it here.
Isaac Newton – by Odun Adun – this film was nominated for Best Film About Light and Odun tells us: “I felt really tired while I was doing it but when I was done I was really proud of myself.” Watch it here.
How Rainbows are Formed - Tanisha Phadke, Manami and Midori Kail received a nomination for The Best KS1/2 Investigation Film and were the runners up in the Best Film About Light. Watch it here.
The process was challenging for all the students taking part – they had the painstaking task of continually reviewing and editing the footage to be sure they produced accurate, original films - no longer than 2.5 minutes.
Well-deserved recognition to all the young filmmakers and scientists who participated in this annual competition.
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