Winners of the IUCr worldwide crystal growing competition 2014

Section: videos 

A panel of judges has evaluated all the entries using the following criteria: creativity, aesthetic value, description of working plan and experimental work, clarity of explanations and scientific background. 
Certificates and prizes will be sent by mail to the laureates (laureates will be notified in advance about the exact date).
The official announcement of the laureates has taken place during the IYCr2014 Legacy launch conference in Rabat (22-24 April 2015).

Congratulations to all laureates! Enjoy watching the winning videos and reading the winning essays.

[1]Gold medalists

ID Team name School name Country Category Watch the movie
101711 Georgina Camps Paradell Escola Garbí Pere Vergés Esplugues Spain 15-18 (high school upper forms)
103575 Equipo IES Massamagrell IES de Massamagrell Spain 15-18 (high school upper forms)
103631 Sam Gorrie St Andrew's School Australia under 11 (primary school) 103631
104106 A growing Geoda method with a single crystallization Colegio Salesianos San Isidro La Orotava Spain 15-18 (high school upper forms)
104182 LED there be light Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires Argentina 15-18 (high school upper forms)

[2]Silver medalists

ID Team name School name Country Category Watch the movie
95216 OLV 6B Onze-Lievevrouwinstituut ASO Belgium 15-18 (high school upper forms)
103267 Prerana Pai Delhi Private School United Arab Emirates 11-15 (high school middle forms)
103577 Crystals growers Vassily Kachalov gymnasium Lithuania 11-15 (high school middle forms)
103673 Pampas Colegio de la Universidad Nacional de La Pampa Argentina 15-18 (high school upper forms)
104279 Team1 shenzhen middle school China 11-15 (high school middle forms) 104279

[3]Bronze medalists

ID Team name School name Country Category Watch the movie
94473 Eveline Santermans en Anne-Belle Feyen Sint-Martinusscholen Herk-de-Stad Belgium 15-18 (high school upper forms)
103496 YSS Yishun Secondary School Singapore 15-18 (high school upper forms)
103523 Crystal Maniacs Colégio da Imaculada Conceição - CAIC Portugal 11-15 (high school middle forms)
103566 Krystyna Suda Zespół Szkół Chemiczno-Medycznych i Ogólnokształcacych Poland 15-18 (high school upper forms)
103568 Daisies Zespół Szkół Chemiczno-Medycznych i Ogólnokształcących Poland 15-18 (high school upper forms)

[1]Honorary mentions

 
ID Team name School name Country Category Watch the movie
95197 5D paridaensinstituut Leuven Belgium 15-18 (high school upper forms)
99746 Ada Luong, Jennifer Wang and Chantelle Sun Sydney Girls High School Australia 11-15 (high school middle forms)
103636 Los Tejanos Liceo N°66 Montevideo Uruguay 15-18 (high school upper forms)
103641 A. Williams C. Lambert-Lyons Maumee Valley Country Day School United States 11-15 (high school middle forms)
103643 J.Taylor M.Peek Maumee Valley Country Day School United States 11-15 (high school middle forms)
103649 Quinque Crystals Deyi Secondary School Singapore 11-15 (high school middle forms)
103658 A Maaieh J Akpunonu S Radjenovic Maumee Valley Country Day School United States 11-15 (high school middle forms)
103718 Cheong Shao Hong Naval Base Secondary School Singapore 11-15 (high school middle forms)
104016 Club de Ciencia y tecnologia "Marie Curie" Escuela N°752 - Prof. Raquel Chatta´h de Bec Argentina 11-15 (high school middle forms)
104033 Cristales azul profundo Colegio Nº 17 "Primera Junta" D. E 7º Argentina 15-18 (high school upper forms)
104108 Dulces cristales EESOPI N° 8118 Pedro Lucas Funes Argentina 15-18 (high school upper forms)
104180 Salty Xmas tree Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires Argentina 15-18 (high school upper forms)

[4]Special category: creativity

   
ID Team name School name Country Category Watch the movie
GOLD medal 103568 Daisies Zespół Szkół Chemiczno-Medycznych i Ogólnokształcących Poland 15-18 (high school upper forms)
SILVER medal 103577 Crystals growers Vassily Kachalov gymnasium Lithuania 11-15 (high school middle forms)
BRONZE medal 95216 OLV 6B Onze-Lievevrouwinstituut ASO Belgium 15-18 (high school upper forms)
Honorary mention 95197 5D paridaensinstituut Leuven Belgium 15-18 (high school upper forms)

Section: essays



 

[1]Gold medalists

ID Team name School name Country Category Read the essay
103256 Felipe Urretabizkaya y Emanuel Franco Leiva C.P.E.M. n° 28 Argentina 11-15 (high school middle forms) PDF
104128 Aditya Bhargava and Arundhati S Sharada Vidyanikethana Public School India 15-18 (high school upper forms) PDF
104184 Cortázar y la Ciencia Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires Argentina 15-18 (high school upper forms) PDF


 

[2]Silver medalists

ID Team name School name Country Category Read the essay
103052 Мolecule Lyceum №1575 Russia, Moscow Russia Federation 11-15 (high school middle forms) PDF
104134 Camila Rocío Speranza y Camia Carrasco C.P.E.M. 28 Argentina 15-18 (high school upper forms) PDF
104312 Team13 shenzhen middle school China 11-15 (high school middle forms) PDF


[3]Bronze medalists

ID Team name School name Country Category Read the essay
103315 RACI ACT Holy Family Primary School Australia under 11 (primary school) PDF
103583 Vivas Brenda y otros Trabajo 2 Escuela de Educación Secundaria Técnica Nº2 “Alemania” de Villa Ballester Argentina 15-18 (high school upper forms) PDF
104281 Team2 shenzhen middle school China 11-15 (high school middle forms) PDF


[1]Honorary mentions

ID Team name School name Country Category Read the essay
103588 The Clairvoyant Naval Base Secondary School Singapore 11-15 (high school middle forms) Doc
103619 CLASS VIII ARTCHOUNA SOUPRAYA NAIKAR GOVERNMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL MUDALIARPET India 11-15 (high school middle forms) Doc
103639 Wallace Team 1 Wallace High School United Kingdom 11-15 (high school middle forms) PDF
103646 Maisie Fenner The Queens School United Kingdom 11-15 (high school middle forms) Doc
103680 Loa Cho Maumee Valley Country Day School United States 11-15 (high school middle forms) PDF
103689 A. Vijendra Maumee Valley Country Day School United States 11-15 (high school middle forms) PDF
104190 Year 3 Division 1 Morning Shift Colegio Secundario Nº 29 Argentina 11-15 (high school middle forms) PDF