
How do you get ten year olds excited about science?
Well, you empower them to create designs for a new skateboard, join SETI astronomers in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, explore new ways to improve the quality of our drinking water, or invent a new flavor for candy.
THE KIDS' SCIENCE CHALLENGE is a nationwide competition for third to sixth graders to submit experiments and problems for REAL scientists and engineers to solve!
Using an innovative range of new and traditional media - podcasts, virtual communities, after-school activities, online games, a nationwide competition and prizes such as skateboards, telescopes, encyclopedias, science toys, and science activity kits - The Kids Science Challenge will inspire kids to discover a well-kept secret : Science is cool!
Visit the Kids' Science Challenge web site!
Participating scientists and engineers in the first year of the competition include:
- Paul Schmitt, Director, CreateAskate.org, Michael Bream, CEO, Gravity Skateboards: Skateboard Science
- SETI Scientist Team: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Doug Vakoch, Jill Tarter, Nathalie Cabrol, Seth Shostak - Adina Paytan, Associate Research Scientist, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz: Beach Ecology Project
- Joan Harvey, Manager Candy and Flavor development at Cadbury
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