Kid's Challenge

There are so many fantastic competitions for students to become involved with. The Kid's Challenge is a great one. The website has many resources for students and teachers. The grade range is geared more toward upper elementary/middle school, but we can all learn something. The deadline is very near for this year, but perhaps you will want to consider incorporating the idea in your curriculum for next year. Who wouldn't want a free planetarium for the classroom?!

The deadline for the Kids' Science Challenge is February 27th, 2010. The KSC is a free national competition for third to sixth graders, funded by the National Science Foundation. Students enter their ideas in three science fields: Bio-Inspired Designs, Detective Science and Imagining Sports on Mars.
If their idea is chosen, they visit and collaborate with scientists and engineers to see the idea come alive. Last year's winners were featured on NPR and the Today Show!

The first thousand students who enter receive free hands-on activity kits. We have about 200 kits left, but they are going fast!
We also have 8 classroom prizes left (including microscopes and planetaria) for teachers who send in 25 entries or more from their classes.

On our website, kidsciencechallenge.com you'll find entry forms, videos, downloadable activities, educational games and curricula aligned to national standards. Kids can enter individually or as teams. Thousands of students and educators have participated in the KSC and downloaded our curricula, including many NSTA members - see our ad in the January issue of Science and Children.