| Type of Contest |
Website |
Goal |
| American Computer Science League (ACSL) Competitions |
www.acsl.org |
Junior/Seniors. To provide a unique and exciting educational opportunity for computer enthusaists.
Contest problems motivate students to study computer topics not covered in their school's curriculam and to
pursue classroom topics in-depth. Contests are heald at each participating school, an unlimited number of
students may compete. Schools begin registering in July.
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| Craftsman/NST A Young Inventors Award |
www.nsta.org/programs/craftsman |
All grades. Education Events, links to various contests.
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| RoPro - Robot Programming |
www.cse.uta.edu/robots |
High school. Each year students from Dallas and Fort Worth area high schools face off at The University of Texas at
Arlington to see whose Lego Mindstorms robot can navigate through a maze without direct control
and/or find an object using vision and touch. The competition, called RoPro, is the sixth annual high
school robot programming contsts sponsored by the Computer Science and Engineering Department at UT Arlington
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| Davidson Fellows - Extraordinary Achievers |
www.DavidsonFellowers.org |
The Davidson Institute for Talent Development is offering high achieving young people across the country the
opportunity to be named as 2007 Davidson Felows, an honor accompanied by a $50,000, $25,000, or $10,000
scholarship in recognition of a significant piece of work in Science, TEchnology, Mathematics, Music, Literature,
Philosophy, or Outside the Box.
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| Future City - Engineering |
www.dfwfuturecity.org |
7th and 8th grade students team up with professionals and teachers to tackle the challenges of
building a city of the future. A fun way to learn about science and technology…and a chance to win a
trip to the National Finals in Washington, D.C.
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| Destination Imagination - Creativity/Problem-solving |
midcities.texasdi.org |
All grades. K-12th. Destination ImagiNation is a community-based, school-friendly program that builds participants'
creativity, problem solving, and teamwork in enjoyable and meaningful ways. Teams of five to seven
members work together to apply creativity, critical thinking and their particular talents to solve a
Team Challenge.
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| Mathcounts - Math contest |
www.mathcounts.org |
6th, 7th, 8th. MATHCOUNTS is a national enrichment, coaching and competition program that promotes middle school
mathematics achievement through grassroots involvement in every U.S. state and territory.
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| Duke TIP - Academic contest |
www.tip.duke.edu |
4th, 5th, 7th Grade and 8th Grade Talent Identification Program (TIP) -
Every year, over 100,000 7th and 8th graders take the SAT along with high school students
for a special competition called the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP).
Students in the 7th and 8th grades are encouraged to take the SAT by January of that school
year and submit their scores to Duke University's TIP Program. If the scores are high enough,
the student will be recognized on either the state or the national level through an awards ceremony.
In addition, high scorers can win admission and scholarships to the Duke University Summer Academic
Programs. Many parents have their middle school children enrolled in the Duke University competition
to simply give their child a head start in preparing for the SAT and PSAT
exams, the most important exams in high school. When you take the SAT in middle school, the scores are removed from your record
before you enter high school automatically (unless you request otherwise). So there is no need to worry about colleges later
seeing your SAT score from middle school.
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| National Engineering Future City
| www.futurecity.org/ |
7th, 8th. The National Engineers Week Future City Competition is a program developed to help them discover and foster interests in math, science and engineering.
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| The ©®EA™ Contest - Inventions |
www.inventnow.org/InventNowKids |
All grades. The ©®EA™ Contest and Resource Guides were designed to encourage interest in and
understanding of intellectual property and its protection through patents, trademarks and copyrights.
The Contest and Guides have been developed with age-appropriateness for elementary, middle and high
school classrooms, but they can also be used by parents or home-schoolers. to engage
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| Future Problem Solving Program International, Inc.
| www.fpspi.org/ |
The World Future Society and the Future Problem Solvers Program are partnering on a high school essay contest for the coming school year.
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| Pulse of the Planet
| www.pulseplanet.com/ |
If you're in 3rd to 6th grade you could win a trip to visit a scientist or engineer to invent a new flavor of candy, find new ways to keep our water clean, search for aliens in outer space, or design a new kind of skateboard. If you're a teacher or parent, then this is a great opportunity for classroom or after-school science learning activities.
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| Christopher Columbus Foundation
| www.columbusfdn.org/ |
All grades. The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is an independent Federal government agency established to "encourage and support research, study and labor designed to produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind.
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| Stanford Winter 2009 Rubik's Cube Competition |
www.caltech.cubingusa.com/epgy2009/ |
February 14, 2009. Anyone who can solve a cube may register and compete. EPGY Stanford Winter 2009 is the second annual winter competition at Stanford University, sponsored by Stanford's Education Program for Gifted Youth. It will be an official competition run by a team of cubers from the Berkeley, Caltech, and Stanford Cube Clubs.
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| Igniting Creative Energy Challenge |
www.ignitingcreativeenergy.org/ |
March 13, 2009. K-12; 8th Annual Igniting Creative Energy Challenge. This educational competition is designed to encourage students to learn more about energy conservation and the environment. Student entries must reflect the theme "Igniting Creative Energy" and demonstrate an understanding of what an individual, family or group can do to make a difference in their home or community.
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| Engineering Innovation Essay Contest |
www.engineergirl.org/?id=10104/ |
March 1, 2009; 8-18 years old; Imagine That! Engineering Innovation Essay Contest
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| ThinkQuest |
www.thinkquest.org/en/ |
Think.com is now part of ThinkQuest -- A learning platform where teachers and students create learning projects, participate in a website competition, and browse a library of student projects.
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| PhysisQuest |
www.physicscentral.com/experiment/physicsquest/index.cfm |
PhysicsQuest is a middle school competition that consists of four physical science experiments centered on a mystery. The experiments are designed to be done by small groups in a classroom or after school setting.
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| The National Environmental Science Education Center, Inc. |
www.nesecenter.com/page13/page13.html |
K-12th; Earth Day 2009 T-Shirt Design Contest!
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| Ideas |
www.ideas.edresources.com/Ideas/IdeasHome.aspx |
April 1, 2009. We are offering a $2,500 technology voucher to each of the two schools that can show us how they are best at implementing technology for the advancement of student learning. All you have to do is submit an essay detailing the technology used, how it is utilized and how it impacted student achievement.
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| Earth Island Institute |
www.broweryouthawards.org/article.php?list=type&type=54
rg/ |
Young activist leaders ages 13-22. Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards to honor founder and legendary activist David R. Brower. The Brower Youth Awards recognizes six young people in North America annually for their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and environmental justice advocacy. The winners of the award receive a $3,000 cash prize, a trip to California for the award ceremony and wilderness camping trip, and ongoing access to resources and opportunities to further their work at Earth Island Institute.
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| Just Do One |
www.justdoone.org/ |
13 years or older; We're on a worldwide quest for the best short video articulating personal-action solutions for a better planet.
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| Discovery Education and 3M |
www.youngscientistchallenge.com/ |
Discovery Education and 3M announce a call for entries in the 2009 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge (YSC), a science competition
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| Igniting Creative Energy Challenge |
www.whatifprize.org/ |
6th, 7th, 8th; February 13, 2009. Essay competition and win a great prize! This year’s competition is about living on an orbiting space station as the first step to building colonies on the moon or mars. Use your imagination, innovation and intelligence to tell us what we can learn from this experiment.
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| Igniting Creative Energy Challenge |
www.thechallenge.dupont.com/ |
Feb 8, 2009. 7 -12th. The DuPont Challenge© Science Essay Competition gives you an opportunity to put your thoughts on paper—not only expressing yourself, but sharing your ideas with others. The only limits—besides the contest’s 1,000-word limit—are your own enthusiasm, your research, and your interest in studying and presenting a fascinating aspect of science or technology.
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| U.S. Space & Rocket Center |
www.moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov/ |
High School. The 16th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race will be held April 3-4, 2009 in Huntsville, Alabama, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Students are required to design a vehicle that addresses a series of engineering problems that are similar to problems faced by the original Moonbuggy team.
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| Book, River of Words |
www.riverofwords.org/contest/index.html |
Feb 15. All grades. Each year, in affiliation with The Library of Congress Center for the Book, River of Words conducts a free international poetry and art contest for youth on the theme of WATERSHEDS. The contest is designed to help youth explore the natural and cultural history of the place they live, and to express, through poetry and art, what they discover. The contest is open to any child in the world, from 5-19 years of age.
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| Pulse of the Planet’s Kids’ Science Challenge |
www.kidsciencechallenge.com/ |
In this nationwide competition, students in grades 3-6 submit experiments and problems for real scientists and engineers to solve in one of four fields: skateboard design, flavor chemistry, clean water protection, or the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Students will be able to participate in their classrooms, in after-school groups, or online and win prizes, including trips to visit the scientists in their laboratories or in the field.
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| World of Children |
www.worldofchildren.org/NOMINATE_someone.htm |
Each year the World of Children presents awards to ordinary people who have done extraordinary good on behalf of the health, education, and well-being of children. The maximum award presented is $50,000. Persons nominated must have full knowledge that they are being nominated and must be available in November to participate in the World of Children event held in New York City.
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| Journey North’s |
www.learner.org/jnorth/season/ |
K-12. Journey North’s 16th annual global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. A free internet-based “citizen science” project, Journey North enables students in 11,000 schools to monitor migration patterns of monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, and other animals; the blooming of plants; and changing sunlight, temperatures, and other signs of spring. Each Journey North study features many entry points and resources that address learning standards: Journey North for Kids reading booklets and lessons, stunning photos and video clips, weekly migration updates, interactive maps, instructional units, and compelling migration “stories.”
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| Journey North’s |
www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/mclass/About.html |
Teachers and students in grades 4 to 12 are invited to participate this winter/spring in Journey North’s online geography, science, and math project in which students try to find 10 secret classes “hiding” around the globe. The central clue is the changing amount of sunlight (photoperiod) at each site. Students first use only sunrise and sunset times, and later receive geographic, climatic, and cultural clues about each site. In the meantime, they also track day length in their hometowns. On this 11-week journey, young geographers must use reasoning, graphing, and research skills to pinpoint exact locations of the mystery classes.
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| Junior Engineering Technical Society's |
www.jets.org/TEAMS/about/index.cfma> |
TEAMS, the Junior Engineering Technical Society's (JETS) flagship program, is an annual academic competition that gives students in grades 9–12 the opportunity to discover the practical applications of math and science by solving some of today's greatest engineering challenges. Check the website for registration deadlines, which vary by host college or university.
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| National Science Teachers Assocation |
www.nsta.org/publications/calendar/a> |
Various links to contests and events.
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