Global Music Challenge 2021

For the top 5 projects over 1’000 people’s votes have been cast - so much engagement by kids worldwide!

Virtual Awards Ceremony

Hosted by Erik Thorstensson, Inventor and Co-Founder of Strawbees

Congratulations to all the teams and individuals who participated and submitted their music invention - watch the virtual award ceremony below! 🎉🎉🎉

SCHOOL AWARDS
(9-14 YEAR-OLDS)

Overall winner
Best in all categories

RIGHT TO PLAY, TEAM ‘VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS’, BEIRUT, LEBANON

Most creative

JING SHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL, TEAM CANDY, SINGAPORE

Most sustainable

RIGHT TO PLAY, TEAM ‘RIGHT TO EDUCATION’, BEIRUT, LEBANON

Best Teamwork

ADMIRALTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, TEAM ADP, SINGAPORE

Home Learner AWARDS
(6-14 YEAR-OLDS)

Overall winner
Best in all categories

SARAH HUNI, PROJECT ‘BACK-UP BAND’, DAWN OF IMAGINATION, LAVAL, CANADA

Most creative

EZRI CÔTÉ-KEAYS, PROJECT ‘WAVING CAT MUSIC INVENTION’, DAWN OF IMAGINATION, MONTREAL, CANADA

Most sustainable

JOAH DU PREEZ, PROJECT ‘SPONGY MUSIC INVENTION’, DAWN OF IMAGINATION, POINTE-CLAIRE, CANADA

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

People's Choice

ADMIRALTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, TEAM ADP, SINGAPORE

The Jury

We had a top-notch panel of judges in the domain STEAM, Coding & Learning.

Lindsay Balfour

Head of Professional Development Strawbees

Erik Thorstensson

Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder Strawbees

Sam Yancey

 Educator, STEAM Curriculum Developer, Talented Grant Writer

Judging criteria

Creativity

  • Ability to think out of of box
  • Innovative movement & sound
  • Design concept and prototyping

Sustainability

  • Recycled materials
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Feasibility

Teamwork 

  • Project scale and complexity
  • Division of team roles
  • Collaboration

Process

  • Ideating
  • Playing & Sharing
  • Trial & Error
  • Reflecting & Iterating

THANK YOU TO OUR MUSIC PARTNERS AND THEIR ROCK’N’ROLL PRIZES

WHAT ARE STRAWBEES GLOBAL CHALLENGES ABOUT?

Strawbees launches yearly invention challenges where kids can prototype new ideas, having their work exposed, and winning top prizes sponsored by Strawbees and their partners.

Although the ground rule is to use Strawbees products, we encourage you to combine them with other existing learning tools and materials!

If you are a teacher or parent who would like to know when we run the next invention challenge - register your interest here - you get informed when the next Global Challenge is out.

Register your interest for Strawbees Global Challenge 2022

Why join?

Develop 21st century skills

Through coding, design thinking and problem solving, teams can equip themselves with essential 21st century skills.

Teamwork and community spirit

Join Strawbees creative community and share work you are proud of. Our learning tools are made for teamwork, collaboration and perseverance in teams.

Join virtually from anywhere in the world

It's a virtual challenge! Teams complete missions at their own pace and submit results via our online portal.

We love supporting our educators

We are devoted to giving you educators as much technical and content support as possible during the Strawbees Global Challenge. Let’s go on this exciting journey together!
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