“No Boundaries” Competition

This NASA-USA Today collaboration helps students explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Final career presentations are eligible to win cash awards and VIP passes to a NASA shuttle launch. The contest deadline is May 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.noboundaries-stemcareers.com/

Kids’ Science Challenge

The Kids’ Science Challenge, backed by a National Science Foundation grant, is a nationwide competition designed to engage 3rd to 6th-graders in practicing science. Students submit experiments, questions or problems to scientists, who choose which ideas become reality. More information is available at http://www.kidsciencechallenge.com

Essay Contest

The “Green Light Contest” essay competition, sponsored by PC Mall Gov, in partnership with HP, InFocus and T.H.E. Journal, is seeking entries from students in two categories: grades 5 – 8 and 9 – 12. In essays of 1,000 words or less students are asked to describe how they and their teachers can utilize technology [...]