On February 6, 2021 Volyn Junior Academy of Sciences launched the 29th defense competition of research projects. Volyn schoolchildren presented their research papers and competed for the right to defend the scientific honor of the region at the national level.
All activities took place in compliance with quarantine requirements and in online mode using remote technologies.
The works of young scientists were evaluated by the jury consisting of 62 teachers of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk National Technical University and Lutsk Pedagogical College.
This year 400 scientists from Volyn region are competing for the victory. Exceptions are Kivertsivskyi, Ivanychivskyi, Turiyskyi, Shatskyi districts. However, Volyn Junior Academy of Sciences is actively working to involve students from all united territorial communities in the region. The plans for the next defense competition are to train more than 500 young scientists from all united territorial communities of Volyn region.
This year the most popular sections among schoolchildren were as follows: literary criticism, folklore and study of art (58 projects); history (55 projects); chemistry and biology (52 projects). There are 63 scientific sections in total.
Source of information and photos: http://vvman.lutsk.ua/
Tetiana YATSECHKO-BLAZHENKO