Save the date, February 11^th! In honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) at Stony Brook University is thrilled to launch an exciting challenge to celebrate the incredible scientific and engineering achievements of women.

We invite enthusiastic young minds with a passion for STEM to conduct an experiment and showcase it in an engaging video format.

How to participate

Participant Instructions:

1. Explore Scientist/Engineer Accomplishments:
   • Discover the achievements of various scientists using the Accomplishments/Experiments Gallery below.
   • Choose a scientist/engineer whose work interests and inspires you.
2. Experiment Selection:
   • Select an experiment related to the scientist/engineer’s work.
   • Experiments are available for all age groups, from elementary to high school students.
   • Experiments are categorized by difficulty: Green (simple), Yellow (medium), and Orange (higher difficulty). Green and yellow experiments can be completed with everyday objects, while orange experiments may require laboratory materials and/or adult supervision.
3. Recording Guidelines:
   • Create a video showcasing what you have learned and highlight about the selected scientist/engineering and demonstrating your experiment.
   • Videos must be no longer than 60 seconds and recorded in vertical format.
4. Submission:
   • Fill out the submission form HERE where you will need to share the link to your video with us.
5. Contact Us:
   • If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at TODO@INSERT_EMAIL_HERE.com.

Eligibility

• Be a student in K-12 education
• Teams of at most three participants are allowed.
• Parental consent must be filled out at the time of submission to proceed with the video uploading.

Competition

• Phase 1: A committee of researchers in fields related to the proposed challenges will select five finalists.
• Phase 2: Finalists will be invited to participate in a live presentation of their video at a campus event (on or around February 11, 2024) where the winners will be announced.