Siemens We Can Change the World Environmental Education Challenge

Posted by on August 24, 2009

Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge Invites Students and Teachers to Address Environmental Issues

The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, and the National Science Teachers Association have partnered again to invite students and teachers across the United States to become “Agents of Change” in improving their communities through the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge.

The second year of this national sustainability challenge — now expanded to include elementary school students — encourages students in kindergarten through eighth grade to team up with their classmates to create replicable solutions to environmental issues in their classroom (grades K to second), school (grades third to fifth) and community (grades six to eight). (The program will expand to high school students in 2010.)

Student and teacher/mentor prizes, which vary according to grade level, include savings bonds, school grants, trips, TV appearances, and more.

The deadline for elementary-level entries is January 31, 2010; the deadline for middle-school entries is March 15, 2010.

Teachers, students, and mentors can visit the program’s Web site for complete application information and resources, and to register for the challenge.

http://www.wecanchange.com/