SciencePod Competition
Enter our SciencePod Competition and make your voice heard! We’d like you to interview friends, family or teachers on one of these health-related topics:
- Diet and cancer – does it matter what we eat?
- Should smoking be totally banned?
- Is the cervical cancer vaccine a good idea?
- Should under 18s be allowed to use sunbeds?
Submit your entry to us now!
What you need to do
- Choose one of the topics above
- Interview one or more people on the topic, gathering different view points
- Submit your entry to us in mp3 format by 30th April 2008 through our online form (which will go live on 7th March)
- IMPORTANT: your entry must be no longer than 4 mins!
- Entrants must be between 14 and 16 years old
But before you get started, make sure you find out more about your topic and check out our tips on how to make a podcast!
Prizes
First prize is a digital camcorder and the second prize is an mp3 player, kindly donated by our corporate partners, Samsung.
Judges
Our panel of judges are:
Left to right: Scott Mills, DJ and pioneer podcaster for Radio 1; Alok Jha, the Guardian's science correspondent and host of their Science Weekly podcast and Kat Arney, who presents the Cancer Research UK podcast
What the judges are looking for:
- Accuracy – make sure your podcast is factually accurate
- A clear argument – make sure your podcast is well planned and thought-out
- Creativity – how will you make your podcast stand out from the crowd?
IMPORTANT: Don’t worry if you’re not an expert at the technical side of podcasting. The judges are looking for good content, rather than technical wizardry, but your entry must be audible.
The competition is open to GCSE students and links to several aspects of the Science, English and Citizenship curricula.
