Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest
For: Teachers and students in grades 6 to 12
Prizes: $100,000 in Samsung technology and classroom resources
Register by October 30, 2018

How will your students apply science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) to solve a problem in their school community?

That’s the challenge posed by Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow contest, which aims to promote STEM learning, leadership, and community serve through authentic, hands-on problem solving.

The competition, which is open to all public school teachers and students in grades 6 to 12, awards $2 million in classroom technology and supplies.

Last year, three middle school teams won the national grand prize for devising solutions to detecting sports concussions, reducing collisions with wildlife, and helping first responders treat opioid addicts.

The trio of winners – from Ashland Middle School in Ashland, Ky., Cavallini Middle School in Upper Saddle River, N.J., and Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Winston-Salem, N.C. – were each selected from among 255 state finalists (5 per state) in November, then from 51 state winners (including Washington, D.C.) in December, and then from among 10 national finalists in March, 2018. Watch the 2018 national finalists’ pitch. [YouTube 2:29:15]

Click HERE to learn more about how the contest works or click HERE to register by October 30, 2018.

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