hey there Virginia students I'm Tara
Kesterson with the Virginia Department
of Mines and minerals and energy and we
have a new challenge for you we're
launching a stem video contest at
science technology engineering and math
and we want to see you put your cameras
to good use and of course phone video is
acceptable as well and while you're at
it we want you to learn a little bit
more about our agency the Virginia
Department of mines minerals and energy
the video needs to be no more than two
minutes and you can work in groups of up
to four people all the details and some
topic suggestions are on our website at
DME for jigna gov we'll pick four
winners - from fifth to eighth grade and
- from ninth to twelfth grade
submissions one for each grade group
will be the top winner and the second
will be a People's Choice Award in which
your friends and family can vote for the
three finalists in each age group on DMM
e's Facebook page now here's the best
part if your video is chosen as a winner
your school will receive $1,000 for its
stem program so be sure to get your
entries to me by October the 15th and in
honor of October being national energy
awareness month we'll announce the
winners the last week we can't wait to
see what you create