Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams

InvenTeams is a Lemelson-MIT national initiative to foster inventiveness among high school students.Teams composed of students, teacher(s) and mentors identify a problem to address with an invention, and receive up to $10,000 ($2,000 can be a teacher stipend) to develop a prototype. For more information click here.

Scientist for a Day

The Cassini Scientist for a Day essay contest, sponsored by NASA, is open to all grade 5-12 students in the United States. Students work alone or in groups of up to four students. They write a 500-word essay about one of three possible imaging targets (Saturn’s moons: Dione; Prometheus & Saturn’s Rings; or Epimetheus and [...]

BEST Robotics Competition, Teacher Training

BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) Robotics Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization whose mission is to inspire students to pursue careers in engineering, science, and technology through participation in a sports-like, science and engineering-based robotics competition. For more information about BEST, its National Conference, and its Teacher Training Pre-Conference Workshops, click here.