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?”  This year’s competition opens September 14, 2022 at noon MT and closes to entries January 18, 2023 at noon MT.  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 learn how to make and submit your video!

 

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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