{"id":336,"date":"2012-02-20T10:54:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T10:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/?p=336"},"modified":"2012-02-20T10:54:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T10:54:36","slug":"lossiemouth-high-girls-celebrate-energy-challenge-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2012\/02\/20\/lossiemouth-high-girls-celebrate-energy-challenge-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Lossiemouth High Girls Celebrate Energy Challenge Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Go4SET<\/a> is a UK wide educational programme allowing secondary school pupils to work with organisations to address issues of sustainability and engineering\/science awareness.<\/p>\n

School teams from Moray attended Moray College on Wednesday 8th<\/sup> February to compete in the Go4SET Celebration and Assessment Day (CAD). \u00a0The judges selected Lossiemouth High School\u2019s all girl team as the winner of the Best Overall Project Award for their outstanding work on the use of biomass as a source of renewable energy and the team were presented with a trophy and a cheque for \u00a3250 by Howie Firth, Director Orkney Science Festival. The team will now go forward to the Go4SET Scottish Final which will be held in the Scottish Parliament in May.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Lossiemouth High School were supported by Diageo during the project and their mentor Barry Paterson commented \u201cTo see the team come together, the effort that the team put into their report and presentation, to see how they conducted themselves in front of the judges, brings together all the reasons why I continue to work within the Go4Set programme and illustrates Diageo values through the support I receive to be a STEM ambassador.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0The Moray CAD event and awards were sponsored by Viridor and Martin Grey<\/em>, Scottish Communications Manager commented; from wind farms to waste management, how we create a sustainable Scotland is rightly the subject of intense debate.\u00a0 As Scotland\u2019s leading recycling, renewable energy and sustainable waste partner working with 96% of local authorities that is a debate we are keen to encourage.\u00a0 It\u2019s for that reason we are delighted to support the Go4SET programme in Moray and across Scotland, challenging young people to think about their environment and future.\u00a0 \u201cLike Viridor, young people in Moray are committed to their environment and conscious of how they utilise resources.\u00a0 The standard of entries was again very high and I congratulate the young people on their work.\u00a0 With talented young people like those in Moray, Scotland\u2019s future is sure to be bright.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Go4SET biomass project began at the launch event in November 2011 and the teams of six 12 to 14 year olds (S2) continued to work with their teacher and mentors from industry on the challenging 10-week project.\u00a0 They were tasked to research a biomass fuelled renewable electricity and heat plant for their school and provide a written report on their findings, produce a model and display these at the celebration event.<\/p>\n

At the event the students demonstrated their individual projects and models to a group of assessors and discussed their projects with guests attending the event. The other award winners at the event were Speyside High School Team 1 supported by William Grant & Sons who won the Best Team Work Award and were presented with a cheque for \u00a3100 the team also won the Students Choice Award<\/p>\n

Duncan McSporran, EDT Director for Scotland commented \u201cThis dynamic and innovative curriculum based programme has proved to significantly change the perception of young people on careers and opportunities within science and engineering industries.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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