Following the great success of the IYCr2014 competition, the IUCr announces the 2015 edition of a worldwide competition, open to all schoolchildren, to introduce students to the exciting, challenging and sometimes frustrating world of growing crystals. The winners will be those who most successfully convey their experiences to the panel of judges in a video report.
Original competition details published here. Detailed video instruction on how to grow a crystal can be found on this website.
The aim of the competition is to convey your experience of growing crystals through a video. The following guidelines are applicable:
Each contribution should clearly show or mention the experimental work carried out by the participants during the growing of their single crystals (compounds and methods used are free of choice). Furthermore the contribution should reflect in a creative way on the experimental work and theoretical background and/or applications.
The winning contributions in each category will receive 'Young crystal growers' certificates and medals.
A panel of judges will evaluate the entries. The following criteria will be used: creativity, aesthetic value, description of working plan and experimental work, clarity of explanations and scientific background.