Posted on October 18, 2012
Deadline: March 5, 2013

Fifth Annual Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge Opens

The annual Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge invites teams of students and their adult advisors to tackle local (K-5), regional (6-8), and global (9-12) environmental problems or issues and find replicable green solutions.

Now entering its fifth year, the challenge is a collaborative effort of the Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, the National Science Teachers Association, and the College Board.

The program invites entries from students and team advisors (who must be full- or part-time school employees) in the United States. A panel of environmental experts and science educators will judge teams based on their research, analysis, and the potential of their solution to be replicated on a larger scale.

High school students are specifically challenged to address energy, biodiversity, land management, water conservation and cleanup, or air and climate.

Student and teacher/mentor prizes, which vary according to grade level, include scholarships, savings bonds, school grants, adventure trips, school assemblies, and more. This year's challenge will award prizes totaling more than $300,000.

Complete program information and resources to help teams begin their projects are available at the We Can Change Web site.

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Primary Subject: Education
Geographic Funding Area: National

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