Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
A recent event for high school inventors from across America at NASA’s Ames Research Center was not your average science fair. The 2010 Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award Summit handed out top prizes of $5,000 in grant money to winners of four categories — aerospace, renewable energy, green building and space nutrition — while finalists received $1,000. Students also got to talk to potential investors.
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Tags: Competitions for Students, Ideas & Inventions, NASA, Science Contest
Posted on March 29th, 2010 by ASEE
The You CAN Do the Rubik’s Cube Tournament challenges teams of K-12 students from area schools in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia, to see who can solve 25 Rubik’s Cubes in the fastest time. Registration Deadline: April 30, 2010. Prizes: Range from $1,000 to $100.
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Tags: Competitions for Students, Mathematics, USA Science and Engineering Festival 2010
Posted on March 18th, 2010 by ASEE
This competition is to create a Jingle for the USA Science & Engineering Festival. It will be heard and sung by hundreds of thousands of science enthusiasts across the country. Submission Deadline: March 31, 2010. Prize for the winning Jingle: $500.
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by ASEE
As part of the 2010 Junior Solar Spring, Florida middle school students, grades 6-8, are invited to design, build and race Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) cars. The small model cars — powered entirely by solar energy and steered by wires — are built as team efforts guided by teachers. Date: May 1, 2010
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Tags: Automobiles, Automotive engineering, Competitions for Students, Solar Engineering
Posted on March 15th, 2010 by ASEE
Make plans to join hundreds of students, their families, and scientists and engineers at the upcoming the Tri-Valley Science and Engineering Fair (TVSEF), in Livermore, California, March 30 — April 2, 2010.
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Tags: Competitions for Students, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Science and Engineering Fair
Posted on February 20th, 2010 by ASEE
Starting to ponder the upcoming science fair and projects? Be sure to consult Science Buddies, a Website that boasts 900+ free project ideas, organized by grade level, difficulty, and topic. The Science Buddies site is packed with supporting materials for teachers and parents, and offers “free science fair ideas, answers, and tools for serious students.”
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Posted on February 19th, 2010 by ASEE
The National Academy of Engineering is soliciting nominations of students who have made a contribution to one of the 14 NAE Grand Challenge problem areas: Sustainability, Health, Vulnerability, Joy of Living. The winning stories will be featured at a summit on April 21, 2010 at Wellesley College, bringing together educators, students and leaders from business and government to explore new ways to educate the next generation of Grand Challenge leaders and to celebrate the efforts of young people working to solve grand challenge problems. Deadline for nomination: March 1, 2010. For students age 13 and up.
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Posted on February 15th, 2010 by ASEE
The Engineering Olympics, is hosted by the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Michigan Technological University on May 7, 2010, and consists of a series of competitions for high school students.
Application Deadline:: April 23, 2010.
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Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The Northeast Indiana Engineers Week Committee and the Anthony Wayne Chapter of the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers holds their annual Student Bridge Competitions for middle and high school students on Feb. 13 and Feb. 20 respectively. Students build a variety of different bridge models, and then their designs are tested by applying weight loads.
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Tags: Architectural, Bridge building, Competitions for Students, Contest
