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CGénial contest
We created InCOGnito as part of the CGénial 2021 contest and were selected to participate in the national finals alongside with 19 other projects from all over France.
What is CGénial ?
CGénial is a national science competition for middle and high school students in France.
As a partnership between the CGénial Foundation and the ministerial program "Sciences à l'École", the CGénial competition promotes the teaching of science and technology in middle and high schools. It allows young people, with the help of their teachers, to present a didactic and innovative project in many disciplines such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, technology, life and earth sciences...
https://www.cgenial.org/
http://www.sciencesalecole.org/
Objectives
To promote the teaching of science and technology in secondary schools by selecting innovative team projects involving students and their teachers.
To train students in a scientific and interdisciplinary project approach, the students being supervised by one or more teachers.
To encourage students to get in touch with professionals (scientists, engineers, technicians...) from the public and/or private sector.
The project shall be innovative, interdisciplinary, and conducted in partnership with companies or researchers.
Cgénial and us
We knew the CGénial contest from our participation to a «scientific atelier» in its 2020 edition where we were animated by our physics-chemistry teacher, M. Moiroud, for building a cloud chamber. CGénial's 2020 edition was finally cancelled, so this year we propose our project InCOGnito. The time frame in which we had to build the machine was particularly challenging.
It is important to mention that the CGénial competition supported us by granting us a substantial amount to build the machine.
We reached to the national finals but we were not awarded a prize.
To draw a conclusion, InCOGnito and the participation in the CGénial contest brought us a lot in terms of knowledge but also on a personal level.
This inspiring project has developed our team spirit, our resilience, and our taste for science and engineering.