Competition timeline and the training process
Join Twin Sustainability Competition for schools!
1) Complete 2-months digital training
2) Prototype & showcase STEM-based project
3) Win a trip to New York, UN Headquarters
Competition timeline and the training process
1) Premium sustainability training for all students during November & December
Step1: Watch Interactive Videos
Observe climate change with interactive videos featuring a real explorer.
Step2: Create Hands-on Projects
Complete global warming challenges and projects. Share them with peers.
Step3: Solve Fun Trivia Questions
Play climate change trivia with friends and grow your knowledge together.
Step4: Play Creative STEM+A Games
Collect trash from the ocean and compete with friends to get the highest points.
2) Teams prototype and design their projects in January
Define a real world problem
For example, children living without electricity can not study at home since there is no lighting in their home.
Design a sustainable solution
Prototype your solar powered lighting system project using Twin kits or any craft materials or STEM kits available in the school.
Share video from the Twin app
Explain and share how your STEM-based project solves the real world problem while linking it with related SDG’s
3) Compete in the virtual finals on January to win the grand prize
Twin will announce 10 finalists to attend the finals and present their project directly to competition review committee. Winner team will be announced in the event.
The competition review committee will use a weighted rubric to calculate a combined score of teams in the following categories.
- Real World Problem Description: 30%
- STEM Solution Design: 30%
- Video Explanation: 40%
Competition Awards
Trip to New York, UN Headquarters
Twin Education Pack in $500 Value
Sustainability Trophy
Sustainability Certificate
Competition review committee
Meryl Batchelder
UN Accredited Teacher
Prof Ger Graus OBE
KidZania
Dr. Sunday Popo-Ola
Imperial College London
What students need to know?
- Students age group will be 7 to 13.
- Students will work as a team of 4 members.
- Each team will have a team advisor (teacher) and 4 students.
- Each team will research and define a real world problem they care about. Problems should be described by emphasizing who is affected and how.
- Students will brainstorm and describe a design for a new solution to the problem using STEM concepts.
- Teams are free to use any craft materials or STEM kits available in the school. (Twin kits, LEGO kits or other STEM kits)
- Each team will build a prototype of their solution.
- Teams will share their solution with a 3 minute video in Twin app.
What teachers need to know?
- Each school can have up to 5 teams. Teams can have different team advisors or 1 team advisor can be responsible from 5 teams.
- Team advisors will observe children’s performance in 6 weeks educational period and form teams after this period.
- The challenge of the competition will be providing a STEM solution to a real-world problem related to sustainability.
- Teams can use any STEM or craft material available in the school. Schools that wish to procure a STEM kit can buy Twin STEM Education Pack with 20% discount.
- Team advisors will empower students to define a problem, come up with a STEM solution, build a prototype and create a 3 minute video.
- Teams will work on the challenge. Team advisors will help students to link the solutions to UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Team advisors will submit the video in Twin app.
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