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Here are the Nominations for the Planet SciCast Awards 2009. Not all these films are viewable yet — we’ll be catching up as quickly as we can, so keep checking back to see which new ones we’ve published!

Best Presenter 2009

• Music to Our Ears — Thunderbolt Three
• Why do Boats Float? — Floating Physics
• Sound — Duke and Dave
• The Floating Tea Bag — Teabag Techs

Award for Technical & Artistic Achievement 2009

• The God Particle — Vibrant Films
• Explaining Fibre Optics — Nower Hill High School
• Volcanic Islands — Helston Science
• How Wavelength Affects Pitch — Team Phree

Flipside Most Entertaining Film 2009

• Wibbly Wobbly Jelly — Le Hom
• The Geiger-Müller Groove — Let’s Get Physical
• Pressure and the Gas Laws — It’s Physics Time
• Boat Bother — Super Hero Scientists
• Relativity and Warp Drives — Space Hoppers
• Atmospheric Pressure — The Air Heads

Best Original Score 2009

• The Geiger-Müller Groove — Let’s Get Physical
• Transcription and Translation: The Latest Sensation! — Demented Student Productions
• Photosynthesis — BB Productions
• Levitating Lime — Team Jayman

Best Chemistry Film 2009

• Professor Hartley’s Science Lesson (2M) — Year 2M
• Chemistry Attack!! — LangClang
• Exploding Water — Team Tom
• The Screaming Jelly Baby — Josh & Mathew

Best Earth Science and Environment Film 2009

• Breezeblocks — Legotown Productions
• Pollution — Aaarrgghh!! — Eagle Eye 9
• The Formation of Crude Oil — Crazy Chemistry Demonstrations
• Volcanic Islands — Helston Science

Best Biology Film 2009

• Why do Ants Wear Sunglasses? — BaSSic Studios
• Photosynthesis — BB Productions
• Six Steps to a Perfect Poo — Helston Science
• Olympic Flowers — Badminton Junior School
• Mrs. Gren — Badminton Junior School

The Engineering and Technology Board Best Engineering Film 2009

• Building Bridges — Treacherous Two
• Water Rockets — How They Work — SAS JGS Productions
• Death of a Toothbrush — Protons for Breakfast
• EMP Launcher v2 — The Tinkerers

The Institute of Physics’ Best SciCast Physics Film 2009

• The Geiger-Müller Groove — Let’s Get Physical
• Pollution — Aaarrgghh!! — Eagle Eye 9
• Explaining Fibre Optics — Nower Hill High School
• How Wavelength Affects Pitch — Team Phree
• Lasers — thegroupwithnoname
• Atmospheric Pressure — The Air Heads

EPSRC Best Film (Adults) 2009

• The Immiscible Love Story — Aksheusz Studios
• It’s About Time (you switched off your television set and did physics instead) — Small Dog Productions
• Buckley’s Double-Acting Baking Powder — Dan and Agnes
• Levitation: Science or Magic? — Shift Productions

Best Film (Primary) 2009

• Absolute Absorbency or Not? — Barnes Primary 61!
• Orbiting X-Factor — 5R Orbiting X-Factor Script Editors
• Mrs. Gren — Badminton Junior School
• Electricity — Team SciStars

Best Film (Secondary) 2009

• The God Particle — Vibrant Films
• The Geiger-Müller Groove — Let’s Get Physical
• The Formation of Crude Oil — Crazy Demonstrations
• Atmospheric Pressure — The Air Heads

Notes

Nominees will receive certificates, together with invitations to the glittering Awards Ceremony, to be held at the Royal Institution in London on 30^th March 2009. Category winners will be announced at the Ceremony: winning teams will receive individual mini-awards and a coveted ‘SciCastie’ block award for the team, along with Amazon vouchers.

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees, and our thanks to everyone who submitted a film.