Science competition for all UK Secondary education students and their schools:

Curious About Copper Poster Competition

Calling the UK’s young scientists! Design an A3 poster exploring the properties of copper to win a first prize of £100 (and £500 for your school) or a runner up prize of £50 (and £250 for your school).

The competition is open to all UK students (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales).

1. Choose a category to explore:

Buildings and Design
Copper and its alloys have been a material of choice for architects and designers for centuries. Why? What are the properties of copper that make it such a versatile and attractive material?

Electronics and CommunicationCopper has played a key role in the development of electrical applications and is used everywhere from smart phones to space exploration. What are the properties that make it so useful?

Health and MedicineWe need copper in our diets to stay healthy, and its inherent germ-killing ability makes it the ultimate hygienic material. Why is it essential to our health?  How can it contribute to safer hospitals?

2. Design a poster:

•  Make it appealing and educational for secondary school children. 
• Give examples of copper’s use in your chosen category and explore the properties that see it so widely used.
• Answer the questions, and make sure it's A3-sized!

3. Submit your poster:

• Write in an email, or on the back of your poster: Your name and email address.Your age category: 11–14 (Years 7–9) or 14–16 (Years 10–11).Your teacher’s name and email address.Your school’s address.

• Email your poster as a PDF to bryony.samuel@copperalliance.org.uk, or post a hard copy to:
  Copper Development Association, 5 Grovelands Business Centre, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7TE
• All entries must be received on or before May 29 2015!

Judges will be looking for factual accuracy and a clear demonstration that you understand the properties of copper. Creativity, attractiveness, originality and clarity of layout will also be assessed.

Judging will take place in June and winners will be notified by email. Prizes will be sent to the school. If a school has more than one student winner, it will receive the largest prize only.

Information and Inspiration

To get started, you can browse our Education Resources, Copper: Key to a Sustainable and Healthy World and theCurious About Copper brochure.