Municipal Marvels Student Challenge (MMSC)
What does your community look like in 50 years?
Imagine a future where your region leads the way in sustainability. As a team, identify a unique climate change-related issue in your community and develop an innovative solution that can inspire hope and create meaningful change. Collaborate with local groups, apply your creativity, and showcase how your sustainable solution can transform your region for the better.
The Municipal Marvels Student Challenge is inspired by the Future Cities Challenge (featured in the IMAX documentary Cities of the Future). The Saskatchewan Science Centre is implementing a SK-focused student challenge, aiming at providing innovative solutions for municipalities in a prairie context. The contest will be open to any and all groups of students, from across any community in Saskatchewan, to participate in.
Students will compile their teams and submit a two-page document or video explaining their sustainable solution to one of many problem statements (which will be developed in partnership with our MMSC Advisory Committee!). These submissions are accepted until October 31, 2024.
Following the closing of submissions, the MMSC Advisory Committee will decide on a number of finalists, who will then receive a bursary of $250 to complete a physical model of their solution, which will be presented at the final competition in spring 2025. The winning group will receive a cash prize!
How to Get Started:
Find a Project Leader/Educator
Build your team! (minimum 3 students)
Create your proposal about what you would do with $250 to address one of the problem statements based on the program deliveries.
Submit your initial proposal by October 31, 2024, at 11:59 CST
Keep an eye out for upcoming updates!
Submissions are not yet being accepted.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Municipal Marvels is a Saskatchewan-based, student-focused challenge aiming to provide innovative solutions for sustainability issues to municipalities across Saskatchewan.
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To engage today’s youth in STEAM education, focusing on creating positive actions for climate change.
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Open to groups of students across Saskatchewan in a Team Format:
Students can be part of the same school or classroom, a home school environment, members of a youth-focused organization (such as Scouts), or an extra-curricular club
Teams must consist of a minimum of 3 students to participate; there is no maximum team size. They must have one program leader/educator and have the option to engage a local mentor
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Project leaders, or Educators, guide the team members through this project-based learning experience, helping them tackle a relevant sustainability issue as they imagine, research, brainstorm, design, and build communities of the future.
The work is entirely student-led, but the program leader keeps the team on track, uploads deliverables, and offers feedback and guidance.
Who can be a Project Leader?
Teachers, educators, homeschool leaders, community/youth/church leaders, afterschool program leaders, members of a nationally, regionally, or province-recognized youth-focused organization, such as Scouts/Guides or 4-H, STEAM professionals, parents, and more!
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Students will compile their teams and submit their proposals explaining their sustainable solution to one of the problem statements. These submissions are accepted until 11:59 CST October 31, 2024.
Following the closing of submissions, the MMSC Advisory Committee will decide on a number of finalists, who will then receive a bursary of $250 to complete a physical model of their solution. Each finalist team will present their model at the final competition in Spring 2025, and the winning team will receive a cash prize to be used towards their organization’s or schools STEM/STEAM program
