2008 Discovery Education/3M Young Scientist Challenge
It’s that time of year again! Time for all middle school students to dust off their lab coats, clean out their test tubes and… grab their camcorders?
That’s right, it’s time for the 2008 Discovery Education/3M Young Scientist Challenge! This is the 10th year of the challenge. In the past 9 years, over 540,000 students have been nominated to enter, with 9 incredible students emerging as America’s Top Young Scientist.
The competition is open to all 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and will revolve around the theme “The Science of Space.” Students are being challenged to create a 1-2 minute video about a specific scientific concept selected from a list of concepts provided by the judges. Entries are not being judged based on production skills, rather the students ability to demonstrate understanding of the scientific concept and his/her comfort level discussing science in general.
Ten lucky finalists will win an all-expenses paid trip to Washington D.C. to participate in the competition finals. After a series of individual and team challenges, an overall winner will be named America’s Top Young Scientist and awarded a $50,000 savings bond.
This is a wonderful opportunity to help cultivate a love of the sciences amongst our middle school students. I hope you will join me in both spreading word about this challenge, as well as encouraging students to enter the competition! Who knows? America’s next Top Young Scientist may be in YOUR school right now!
For more information, view the press release in its entirety or visit www.discoveryeducation.com/youngscientist
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I am so going to enter this and talk about the benefits of having a permanent space platform that rings the entire Earth. Those kids don’t have a chance.
JP
3/20/2008
Thanks for this information.
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5/4/2011
thank you for sharing thisThis wonderful opportunity to help cultivate a love of the sciences amongst our middle school students
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jobelle poe
5/10/2011
This is very nice information!! This is the opportunity to all the people wanted to grab this. I will grab this opportunity!! I will tell all of my friends to visit this site!! Thanks
Tanya
5/13/2011
Great information. This is a very nice and great opportunity that should be grab by people. I am going to share this to my friends,i’m sure they will also grab this opportunity as well as me. Thanks for sharing
rea
6/1/2011
Great information. This is a very nice and great opportunity that should be grab by people. I am going to share this to my friends,i’m sure they will also grab this opportunity as well as me. Thanks for sharing this with us.
rea
6/1/2011
I find this blog post a good one. It helps students who are good in science to be able to show what they have got through the contest. Nowadays, it is rare for a student to be good in science. This challenge can prove otherwise.
peter hynes
6/28/2011
Its good to see that the Discovery Education/3M Young Scientist Challenge competition is still alive and strong. You can find out more about this great competition at their website: http://www.youngscientistchallenge.com/
James
8/27/2011
@James
Thanks for that link. I had never heard of this until now. As the father of a very scientifically inclined young man I’m very interested.
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