Tag - Kids’ Science Challenge

January 19, 2011

Meet a Scientist & Share Your Ideas with the Kid’s Science Challenge

The Kid’s Science Challenge, presented by the radio series Pulse of the Planet and the National Science Foundation, is open for students in 3rd to 6th grade. It’s a unique opportunity for students to explore the world of science and technology and share their ideas with real live scientists. The competition also offers lots of cool prizes including trips to meet with those real live scientists.

The competition offers three science topics and asks students to come up with an idea, question or problem to submit to a group of expert scientists and engineers. The students are expected to research and learn about one of the topics and then submit their ideas.

There is a grand prize winner in each topic. The winner(s) visit and collaborate with the scientists and engineers in their research settings. Winners will travel to Point Reyes, California; Mississippi and New Orleans; Seattle and the Northwest; New York or New England. This is the chance of a lifetime to spend time with an expert in the science field.

A number of runners-up will also be selected and will win one of

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April 3, 2009

Kids’ Science Challenge Winners Announced

kids-science-challengeI first told you about the Kids’ Science Challenge back in January, and now we have some winners. We first got involved in the planning stages of the project when Jim Metzner, Executive Producer of Pulse of the Planet, contacted me to discuss the initial plans for the Kids’ Science Challenge and how we might get involved with the development of the science activity kits.

The Kids’ Science Challenge is a NSF-sponsored competition designed to stimulate interest in science in third to sixth graders. The competition launched back in October 2008. The winners have been announced. Here’s the information from the official press release…

Lindsay Carnes
5th Grader
Our Lady of Mercy School
Lewisville, NC

Lindsay will be working with the skateboarders to see what would happen if you used balls for the wheels like on a Dyson vacuum. Skateboard engineer Michael Bream says “I’ve never seen anything quite like it in skateboarding before. There are several aspects that would need to be tested, including the size, position and composition of the ball. One of the main reasons we decided on Lindsay’s idea is that it’s one that would yield a

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