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Presentation of
awards
• IYCr2014 crystal-growing competition for schoolchildren
• Moroccan Crystal Growing Contest
• Best PhD thesis in crystallography – Morocco – 2014
Chair: Luc Van Meervelt
General Secretary and Treasurer IUCr
Co-ordinating group:
Two main objectives
Luc Van Meervelt, JuanMa Garcia-Riuz,
Jagadese Vittal, Samantha Wynne, Denis
Bussières, Diego Lamas
(1) Start other regional/national competitions
submission
scoring
crystallization
(4-5 weeks)
registration
shipping
introduction
ceremony
Now crystal-growing competitions in more than 34 countries!
Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, England,
France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan,
Poland, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey,
United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, … ?
(2) Start a worldwide international competition
videos and essays
IYCr2014 crystal-growing competition for Schoolchildren
139 entries from 25 countries
Videos
5 gold medals
5 silver medals
5 bronze medals
12 honorary mentions
4 creativity prizes
Essays
3 gold medals
3 silver medals
3 bronze medals
7 honorary mentions
IYCr2014 crystal-growing competition for Schoolchildren
Video competition – creativity prizes
Team Daisies – Tarnowskie Góry
Poland
Class 6B - Onze-Lievevrouwinstituut
Sint-Genesius-Rode - Belgium
Team Crystal growers – Kachalov gymnasium
Lithuania
Class 5D – Paridaensinstituut Leuven
Belgium
IYCr2014 crystal-growing competition for Schoolchildren
Video competition – Honorary mentions
5D Paridaensinstituut Leuven - Belgium
Ada Luong, Jennifer Wang and Chantelle Sun - Sydney Girls High School - Australia
Los Tejanos Liceo N°66 - Montevideo - Uruguay
A. Williams, C. Lambert-Lyons - Maumee Valley Country Day School - United States
J.Taylor, M.Peek - Maumee Valley Country Day School - United States
Quinque Crystals - Deyi Secondary School - Singapore
A. Maaieh, J. Akpunonu, S. Radjenovic - Maumee Valley Country Day School - United States
Cheong Shao Hong - Naval Base Secondary School - Singapore
Club de Ciencia y tecnologia "Marie Curie"Escuela N°752 - Argentina
Cristales azul profundo - Colegio Nº 17 "Primera Junta" D. E 7º - Argentina
Dulces cristales - EESOPI N° 8118 Pedro Lucas Funes - Argentina
Salty Xmas tree - Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires - Argentina
Video competition - Bronze medalists
Eveline Santermans en Anne-Belle Feyen
Sint-Martinusscholen Herk-de-Stad - Belgium
YSS Yishun Secondary School - Singapore
Crystal Maniacs - Colégio da Imaculada Conceição
CAIC - Coimbra- Portugal
Krystyna Suda - Tarnowskie Góry - Poland
Team Daisies - Tarnowskie Góry - Poland
Video competition - Silver medalists
Class 6B - Onze-Lievevrouwinstituut
Sint-Genesius-Rode - Belgium
Prerana Pai -Delhi Private School
Sharjah - United Arab Emirates
Crystals growers - Kachalov gymnasium –
Vilnius - Lithuania
Pampas - Colegio de la Universidad Nacional
de La Pampa - Argentina
Team1 - Shenzhen Middle School – Shenzhen China
Video competition - Gold medalists
Georgina Camps Paradell
Escola Garbí Pere Vergés Esplugues - Esplugues - Spain
IES de Massamagrell - Massamagrell- Spain
Sam Gorrie - St Andrew's School
Walkerville - Australia
A growing geoda method with a single crystallization
Colegio Salesianos San Isidro La Orotava – Tenerife - Spain
LED there be light - Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires
Argentina
IYCr2014 crystal-growing competition for Schoolchildren
Essay competition – Honorary mentions
The Clair voyant - Naval Base Secondary School - Singapore
Class VIII - Artchouna Soupraya Naikar Government Middle School - Mudaliarpet - India
Wallace Team 1 - Wallace High School – Lisburn – Northern Ireland - United Kingdom
Maisie Fenner - The Queens School - Chester - United Kingdom
Loa Cho - Maumee Valley Country Day School – Toledo - United States
A. Vijendra - Maumee Valley Country Day School - Toledo - United States
Year 3 Division 1 Morning Shift - Colegio Secundario Nº 29 - Argentina
Essay competition - Bronze medalists
Benjamin and Aidan Rothenfluh - Holy Family Primary School
Gowrie - Australia
Vivas Brenda y otros Trabajo 2 - Escuela de Educación Secundaria Técnica Nº2
“Alemania” de Villa Ballester - Argentina
Team2 - Shenzhen Middle School - China
Essay competition - Silver medalists
Team Мolecule - Lyceum №1575 Russia – Moscow - Russia Federation
Camila Rocío Speranza y Camia Carrasco - C.P.E.M. 28 –
San Martin de los Andes - Argentina
Team13 - Shenzhen Middle School- China
Essay competition - Gold medalists
Felipe Urretabizkaya y Emanuel Franco Leiva - C.P.E.M. n° 28
San Martin de los Andes - Argentina
Aditya Bhargava and Arundhati S- Sharada Vidyanikethana Public School
Mangalore - India
Cortázar y la Ciencia - Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires –
Argentina
Congratulations to all the winners!
Many thanks to the co-ordinating group,
the national/regional organisers,
UNESCO and the staff of IUCr!
Crystal-growing competition
for UNESCO Associated Schools
1st prize - Yishun Town Secondary School, Singapore
2nd prize - Benin Université, Benin
3rd prize - Yishun Town Secondary School, Singapore
4th prize – Colegio Juan Demonte N° 2701, Argentina
Official launch of the…
2015 crystal-growing competition for Schoolchildren