The 2023 Maine STEM Film Challenge
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09/19/2023 UPDATE:
The 2023 season has begun! If you are interested in participating, please register for the 2023 season here: MSFC Registration. Please review the updated 2023 Challenge Rules. This document includes challenge information, technical specifications, team structure guidance, as well as rubrics. Some new things this year:
Video submissions are due November 17th, 2023 - this is when team registration is due as well. Join our Zoom Webinar series for more information! More dates may be added in the future. The current schedule is:
For more information, reach us at msfc@maine.edu The Maine STEM Film Festival and Awards will be held December 2nd, 2023 at the USM-Portland Campus. This is a great opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments made by the film challenge teams - but not required to attend. We have teams from all over the state of Maine compete. Join Maine Robotics, the University of Southern Maine, and the Southworth Planetarium for the 3rd annual Maine STEM Film Challenge! This program will have students in the K-12, as well as college, making, editing, and sharing their videos!
There will be awards for best in age; and best overall. Depending on the number of entries, there will be more as well. Teams can be from 1 to 10 members in size, and can be from a school; a family; a homeschool, it doesn't matter. Of course for the program, all entries must be done by the students and they must be shareable with the MSFC.
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2022 Maine STEM Film Challenge Winners
9-12 Grade Winners |
6-8 Grade Winners |
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1ST PLACE: Amazing World of Ants, tied for 1st place in this year's 9-12 category as well as winning the 2022 MSFC Most Creative Video.
1ST PLACE: How Dogs Learn, tied for 1st place in this year's 9-12 category. A good example of using self-video in a production.
2ND PLACE: HTML and CSS and how they work together, was this year's 2nd place winner. Good introduction to how our websites are built.
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1ST PLACE: Better Lives for Fur Foxes, a short film on how we can save foxes from the fur industry.
2ND PLACE: Why 0.9 Repeating equals 1. Taking a look at the math proof for equating 0.9 to 1 and how they are equal.
BEST ACCESSIBLE VIDEO: Gaming Language. This video explores the basic languages and parts used to create digital games.
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2021 Overall Maine STEM Film Challenge Winners
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Team Hull: What is Honey? won this year's 9-12 grade category as well as the 2021 MSFC Most Creative Video.
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The Smashing Titanics won the 2021 Award for Most Accessible STEM Film with good use of both audio and on-screen textual displays.
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6-8th Grade Award Winners1st Place Winners:
The Butterfly Effect. A short video from the Hungry Hungry Hippos 6-8th grade team. Uses the examples of the NBAs Forgotten Fax and Misty Copelands rise to success in the ballet world. 2nd Place Winners:
Team Mechaniks presented their Computing Computers video about the history of computers from the 4,000 year old abacus to the modern laptops and cell phones. |
9-12th Grade Award Winners1st Place Winners:
What is Honey? Team Hull won this year's 9-12 grade category as well as the 2021 MSFC Most Creative Video. 2nd Place Winners:
Team Lily presented their Agricultural Destruction by Wildfires video. Covering details from the 2020 fire season as well as reviewing different strategies to minimize the risks to farmers. |
K-5th EntiresWhile we had several K-5 teams registered, none submitted videos for final review.
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College Team EntriesNo College submissions were received for the 2021 season.
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