Move Mining Next Gen

Move Mining Next Gen Competition

In Move Mining Next Gen, students from grades K-12 create and submit short, 3-minute videos to answer the question, “Why is mining important in our lives?”   There are prizes for a grades K-5 category ($250 and $150), a grades 6-8 category ($250 and $150) and a grades 9-12 category ($250 and $150), as well as an overall winner ($1,000)! The new 2022-2023 competition is sponsored by Newmont.

Go to www.MoveMiningNextGen.org to see the submissions.

MEET THE 2022-2023 MOVE MINING NEXT GEN WINNERS!

Move Mining Next Gen is an online competition for students K-12 that explores the importance of mined minerals. In partnership with our sponsor, Newmont, we are proud to announce the 2022-2023 Move Mining Next Gen Award Winners selected by expert judges:

Best Overall ($1,000) goes to Steele Chicken for their video, “Into the Miningverse.”

Grades 9-12, 1st place ($250) goes to The Copperheads for their video, “The Electrifying Truth of Copper.”

Grades K-5, 1st place ($250) goes to Will “Spaceminer” Kuhn for his video, “SpaceMining.”

Grades K-5, 2nd place ($150) goes to the Rock-in Sisters for their video, “We Need Copper with the Rock-In Sisters.”

Thank you to all of the participants in the contest!

 

MEET THE 2021-2022 MOVE MINING NEXT GEN WINNERS!

 

The winners of the 2021-2022 Move Mining Next Gen competition were:

Best Overall Award went to “The Stop Motion Siblings” from Wisconsin, for their video about pyrite.

Best in Grades 9-12 Award went to “Steele Chicken” from Minnesota.

Best in Grades 6-8 Award went to Team “Serendipity” from Minnesota.

People’s Choice Award AND Best in Grades K-5 went to Team “Salty” from Utah.

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