AMMAN — A research project by
Jordanian school students has won the International LUMA StarT Awards, awarded by LUMA
Center Finland, which promotes competence in mathematics, science, and
technology, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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The project entailed comparing the ratio of aluminum
migration to the food from different kinds of aluminum foil. The winning team
from the ISO Academy consists of teacher Hadeel Al-Khatib and seventh grade
students Siwar Zureikat, Sadeen Hamadna, and Jana Al-Sawalmeh.
Zureikat said the team had won first place in the
International LUMA StarT Award-Jordan, organized by Ebtikar in collaboration
with the University of Jordan and the Ministry of Education, for projects for
the 13–16 age group, and then got nominated to take part in the global version.
The team sent written information and a video
explaining the project’s phases and went on to win the award, which is given to
the three best StarT student projects internationally.
The three winning teams were announced on June 13
and were recently invited to Finland to receive their awards and participate in
the gala 2022.
StarT competition has two categories: projects by
teams of children and youth, and best educational practices by teachers,
instructors, and other educators.
Ebtikar has been a partner and representative of LUMA in
Jordan since 2018; it is the local organizer of the competition.
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