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Last week we started a series on science competitions that you and your school can enter. Today I want to continue this discussion by exploring the EV Challenge competition. This competition is focused on transportation technology.
This week’s science competition is the EV Challenge, which has recently been renamed “SMARTT Challenge.” SMARTT stands for “Students Making Advancements in Renewable Transportation Technology.” The name change was done to reflect the new focus of the competition, which is now on renewable transportation technology.
The sponsor of this competition is the Carolina Electric Vehicle Coalition, Inc. The competition is open to both middle schools and high schools, however, the vehicles need to be driven by a high school student. Registration for this competition is open right now, however, you will need to get your registration in by the deadline which is one month after the Fall school semester begins. The first competition will be at the State Fair in October and the final judging event will be in May of 2009.
There are several forms and rule books that you will need to read through before working on your project. However, your project will be judged on the following seven criteria:
trouble shooting
web site development
oral presentation
auto cross
vehicle design
school initiative
When working on your entry don’t forget to utilize all the resources for energy science projects that are at your disposal including energy science fair supplies providers.
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Over the last several months this blog has covered a wide variety of science topics. During the month of April, I want to focus on science programs and competitions that you and your schools can participate in. The first in this series is ExploraVision, which is in its 16th year of operation.
ExploraVision is a scholarship competition that focuses on the development of future technologies. This competition is open to kids from Kindergarten all the way through the 12th grade. The best part about this science competition is that it offers high value scholarships as well as valuable regional awards. For example, the first place prize is a $10,000 U.S. EE Savings Bond and the second place prize is a $5,000 U.S. EE Savings Bond. In addition to these overall prizes, regional prizes will also be awarded to the 24 regional categories. The regional prizes include a notebook computer for the winning school and special gifts for each of the regional winners.
There is no entry fee for this competition. It is a team event, and teams can be made up of 2, 3 or 4 students. Students on the team don’t have to be from the same school and they can also be from a homeschool. The entry deadline for this competition is January of each year, and you retain all the rights to your inventions.
While entries are due until January of next year, it is not too early to start working on your entries. A good way to prepare for this competition is to complete practice energy science fair projects, like an alternative energy power house.
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Last week I touched on the Department of Energy and their multiple science competitions that students can enter. This week I would like to talk about the Canon Envirothon. This is the national event. To participate in the national event your team will need to have already won a state level competition for the same competition circuit.
Before talking about this year’s Canon Envirothon, I need to provide you with information about getting there. First of all you will need to establish your team. Team members can be in the 9th, 10th,11th or 12th grade; and the team needs five student members and one adult team member. State level competition will be help before registration is due for the national level event held in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Information and application packages can be requested from the official Canon Envirothon headquarters by writing to Canon Envirothon, PO Box 855, League City, Texas 77571. This year’s event will be help July 28 through August 3. The topics that will be covered in this year’s event will be based on “recreational impacts on natural resources.” In order to perform well in this science competition your team will need to be able to identify resources quickly, create an interesting presentation and make sure that each student on the team participates equally in the completion of the project and in the oral presentation. This is great practice for science fairs.
Reviewing science fair projects news and current scientific journals can be a great way to prepare for this science competition. To give students the best chance possible to win, they need to be up-to-date with science issues. To help them out, you can cover these issues in class lectures and in classroom science demonstrations.
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Last week we talked about the Toy Challenge, a science competition for middle school students in grades 5 through 8. Today I’d like to talk about how you can use science competitions to develop your students’ interest in science. To start with you will need to familiarize yourself with the Department of Energy’s website.
The Department of Energy is a great site to use to find legitimate science competitions for school aged kids. Some of the general energy contests include: National Science Bowl for High School and Middle School Students, Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, National Junior Solar Sprint, and the Solar Decathlon. If you are looking for energy and conservation competitions for your students then also consider these programs: American Solar Challenge, Energy Challenge, Explora Vision, Future Track and Energize Our Future Bowl.
Each of the above contests is designed for students from middle school to college. The key to using these competitions to encourage kids to get involved in science is to match the right competition with the right group of students. Also you need to understand that many of the competitions that require teams, also require a faculty mentor to guide the team to success. Because of this requirement, you will want to plan ahead for student participation and get school approval.
fuel energy science fair projects and other science experiment kits, can be a great source of inspiration for science competition projects. Energy science units can also be used to inspire great competition science entries.
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