The winners of the contest "Know? Teach!" were awarded at the RUSSIA EXPO

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On May 15, the ATOM pavilion hosted an awarding ceremony for 20 winners of the third season of the All-Russian Children's Popular Science Video Contest "Know? Teach!". Pupils of grades 1-11 filmed short popular science videos, and the jury determined the winners in three age categories, five thematic nominations and six special nominations.

"The All-Russian Contest "Know? Teach!" is held within the framework of the Decade of Science and Technology announced by President Vladimir Putin. This time more than 8 thousand schoolchildren participated in five thematic and six special nominations. This shows how interesting the topic of science is to the younger generation. Dear children! Your works were seriously selected and recognized as the best. I wholeheartedly congratulate you on your victory! The third season of the competition is coming to an end, but your scientific life is just beginning," appealed Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko to the winners.

The award ceremony is not just a solemn event for the winners, but also an opportunity to honor all the participants who were able to show their talents and combine the research spirit with a creative approach to learning, emphasized Sofia Malyavina, General Director of ANO "National Priorities".

"We are happy to see that the contest unites the kids in the desire to join scientific knowledge and pass it on to others. Every year the interest in "Know? Teach!" grows - in the third season of the contest almost three thousand children sent their videos. Their works inspire new discoveries and demonstrate that knowledge can be fascinating and accessible to all," she said. 

The contest is held within the framework of the initiative "Infrastructure for popularization of science, content creation” of the Decade of Science and Technology and with the support of the national project “Science and Universities”. The contest is organized by ANO "National Priorities" and the science education platform "Atomarium | Homo Science" with the support of Rosatom State Corporation.

"We have summarized the results of the third season of our contest. It involves children from all regions of the country. I would like to note that this is the largest All-Russian popular science video contest among schoolchildren. In the course of it, children try their hand at being science communicators. In addition, by generating ideas for their videos and recording them, they learn to use different media tools. While helping their students, the teachers-mentors, who were also awarded at the ceremony, acquire new skills. We are popularizing the format of creative learning, when a child, fascinated by a certain scientific topic, goes beyond the standard school curriculum and at the same time makes discoveries," said Gleb Fedorov, Chief Producer of ANO "National Priorities".

Rosatom State Corporation encourages children and youth to pursue research, science and technology, and opens new opportunities for interested and inquisitive schoolchildren. That is why Rosatom presented its own special nomination “Composites without Borders” in the 2024 competition.

"Today more than ever it is important not only to have knowledge, but also to be able to share it. And that is why Rosatom is once again happy to support the All-Russian video contest, which helps schoolchildren to explore and learn about the world around them, as well as to take an active part in creating scientific and educational content. All participants of the contest are our future, and their passion for science is another step towards the formation of an advanced society," emphasized Alexander Tyunin, Director General of the Composite Division of Rosatom State Corporation.

The age categories were divided into "Junior School", "Middle School" and "Senior School", in each of them children of corresponding ages competed. In addition to the age categories, winners were determined in thematic categories of the competition, which reflected specific areas of modern science.

The winner in the "Natural Sciences" nomination was Liliya Dzhakvalieva, an 11th grade student of School No. 32 in Astrakhan, with her video “How to Hold on to Molecules”: "I learned about the contest from my teacher. I was very interested in it, as I like to watch popular science content, and it became interesting to be on the other side of the screen. I made a video with my lizards. The point of the video is to utilize the workings of living systems in modern science. That's exactly what bionics is all about".