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Welcome to the WHERE Challenge! In celebration of the International Year of Planet Earth, the first annual WHERE Challenge is asking Canadian kids aged 10 – 14 years to discover the answers to these questions: What on Earth is in your stuff and WHERE on Earth does it come from?  The WHERE Challenge is inviting young people and schools from across the country to compete for thousands of dollars in regional and national cash prizes by letting their imaginations run wild!

Enter as a group or individual. All you have to do is tell a story about any object in your home or school, one or more non-renewable Earth resources needed to make that object and WHERE on Earth those resources come from. The more original your story, the better! You can write a poem or an essay, compose a piece of music, stage a play, make a home movie, paint a picture, do a tap dance, put together a multi-media presentation or anything else you can dream up!  Winning entries will be used as promotional tools to demonstrate how Earth resources are essential to our everyday lives. So think hard. Dream big!

To be eligible for the WHERE Challenge contest, a participant must be a legal resident of Canada between the ages of 10 and 14 years during the Contest submission period of October 17, 2008 – February 28, 2009.  Submission period ends on 12:00 a.m. (midnight) MST/MDT February 28, 2009.

JUDGING CRITERIA

All entries will be judged based on creativity and originality, accuracy, and how well they address the WHERE Challenge questions: What on Earth is in your stuff and WHERE on Earth does it come from?

PRIZES

EVERY entry in the WHERE Challenge goes into a draw for a brand new iPod touch! But there’s much more…..

National Grand Prizes

Three national grand prizes will be awarded:

• First place: $3,000
• Second place: $2,000
• Third place: $1,000

School Prizes

Top three school entries will each receive $1,000!  (School entries are group entries from a school or classroom with an associated teacher.)

Regional Prizes

In addition, up to seven regional cash prizes will be awarded in each of the following seven Canadian regions: Atlantic Canada (PEI, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador), Quebec, Ontario, Prairies (Saskatchewan & Manitoba), Alberta, British Columbia, the North (Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut).

• First place: $250
• Second place: $225
• Third place: $200
• Fourth place: $175
• Fifth place: $150
• Sixth place: $125
• Seventh place: $100

To enter this Contest click here

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