National Schools Geology Challenge
The next National Schools Geology Challenge will be on 19 March 2020. Regional heats will be taking place from September 2019.
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The 2019 Competition - 26 March 2019
The National Schools Geology Challenge Finals was attended by 11 teams of school students from across the UK. The day was packed full of fascinating talks and posters on an assortment of geological topics including 'Diamonds on the gas giants', 'Spacecanoes', ‘The Titanoboa's tale and 'Earth's depleting resources'.
Each of our judges also gave a talk on their area of geoscience covering: engineering geology, mining geology, sustainable development, teaching geology and petroleum exploration.
The Winners
The winning team were Altrincham Grammar School (North West Regional Group) with their talk and poster on ‘Yellowstone’.
Winners: Best Presentation
The students from Methodist College Belfast (Northern Ireland Regional Group) won the Presentation Award with their talk on ‘Fuel for thought’.
Winners: Best Poster
Aylesbury Grammar School (Home Counties North Regional Group) won the Poster Award with their poster on ‘The Titanoboa's tale’.
Congratulations to the winning teams and to all of our finalists!
- Sheffield High School (Yorkshire Regional Group)
Diamond rain on the gas giants
- Bexhill College (South East Regional Group)
Spacecanoes
- Saffron Waldon (unable to attend final) (East Anglia Regional Group)
- Truro School (South West Regional Group)
Geothermal Energy
- Whitchurch High School (South Wales Regional Group)
My geological hero
- Twycross House School (East Midlands Regional Group)
Don't give ice the cold shoulder
- Worcester Sixth Form College (West Midlands Regional Group)
Carbon: the good, the bad and the ugly
- Radley College (Thames Valley Regional Group)
The geology of wine
- Cirencester College (Western Regional Group)
Earth in the balance: a 50 year countdown
See photos of the 2019 Final
