Posts Tagged ‘ Contest ’

Increase Student Interest in STEM and Mobile Technology

November 16, 2012

The Verizon Innovative App Challenge provides an opportunity for middle school and high school students, working with a faculty advisor, to use their STEM knowledge, their ingenuity and their creativity to come up with an original mobile app concept that incorporates STEM and addresses a need or problem in their school or community. The goal of the challenge is to provide an engaging and empowering learning experience to increase student interest and knowledge in STEM and mobile technology. Prizes include grants of $10,000 for 10 winning schools, and Samsung Galaxy Tab wireless tablets for students. Winners that bring their apps to…

Share the Wonders of Technology

October 17, 2012

Students and teachers in grades 6–12 are eligible to compete in a national science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) video competition. The Solve for Tomorrow contest is organized in partnership withSamsung, the Adobe Foundation/Adobe Youth Voices and DirecTV, as well as the National PTA. This year’s contest asks participants to submit ideas on how STEM can help improve the environment in their communities. To begin, applicants describe how the contest would be used to raise student interest in STEM-related disciplines, the ways in which students would participate in the project and what the school’s technology needs are. Seventy-five schools will be chosen to participate in the…

Taking Action in Caring for the Environment

October 17, 2012

Sponsored by automaker Lexus and children’s publishing company Scholastic, the Lexus Eco Challengeis an educational program and contest designed to inspire and empower US middle school and high school students to learn about the environment and take action to improve it. Teams comprised of five to 10 students and a teacher-advisor are invited to participate in one or both of the two initial challenges, each addressing different environmental elements—land/water and air/climate. For each challenge, teams define an environmental issue that is important to them, develop an action plan to address the issue, implement the plan and report the results. Each of the challenges will have 16…

Stand Up and Speak Out

October 17, 2012

The Upstanders Contest is an initiative from Facing History and Ourselves to celebrate those educators, administrators and school staff who have taught their students the importance of participating in a democratic society. Upstanders are educators dedicated to examining the impact and history of bigotry and injustice. They inspire conversation about the choices we make every day. Upstanders foster civic engagement, tolerance and mutual understanding in our communities. They are outstanding educators whose ingenuity, determination and passion teach students, parents and colleagues not to stand by, but to stand up and speak out in the face of injustice. You can nominate someone as an Upstander…

Discuss Name-Calling and Bullying

February 14, 2011

No Name-Calling Week, a week of educational and art activities aimed at stopping name-calling and bullying in schools, took place during the week of January 24–28. The Creative Expression Contest is an opportunity for students to submit essays, poetry, music, original artwork or other pieces that convey their experiences and feelings about name-calling and their ideas for putting a stop to verbal bullying in their schools and communities. This year there is a new High School category to the contest for short-film submissions that focus on anti-LGBT name-calling and bullying in school. The contest is open to all individual K–12 students. Students…

Win an Interactive Classroom Makeover from eInstruction

January 13, 2011

The 2011 eInstruction Classroom Makeover video contest is coming this summer! Get your kids ready now to compete to win one of the three classroom makeover prize packages are valued between $63,000 and $79,000 each, and include educational technology from eInstruction, American Ed Corp A+ Classroom, Calypso Systems, Incredible Kid, Knowledge Adventures, Math Forum @ Drexel, Nectar Foundation, Nettreker Search, Panasonic, Reading Plus and other educational technology companies. Here are the 2010 winners – check out their cool video work! Then start planning to win YOUR Classroom Makeover! Watch this site for more information about when the 2011 contest will…

Doors to Diplomacy 2011 Web Project Competition

January 2, 2011

The State Department Announces “Doors to Diplomacy” 2011 Web Project Competition for Middle School and High School Students The Department of State and the Global SchoolNet Foundation announce the 2011 “Doors to Diplomacy” award competition, recognizing the student-created Global SchoolNet Web projects that best teach others about the importance of international affairs and diplomacy. To qualify, middle school and high school students will work in small teams with teacher-coaches. Projects must be completed by March 15, 2011, and winners will be announced in May 2011. Every team that enters a project will receive a special “Doors to Diplomacy” certificate recognizing…