[NMScience] MS Competition

[Daniel, Maryjo, PED]

GREEN COMPETITION URGES KIDS TO CHANGE THEIR COMMUNITIES IN 2009

 

The "Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge" is encouraging middle
school students across the United States to kick off 2009 by "going
green" and implementing environmental change in their local communities.
The website for this entirely web-based challenge, www.wecanchange.com
<http://www.wecanchange.com/> , is host to lots of kid-friendly
activities such as virtual interactive labs, an eco-footprint game, an
environmental IQ quiz, online journals, video clips -- plus many more
resources for both students and adult advisers. Teams of two to three
students in sixth through eighth grade, under the mentorship of a
teacher or adult supervisor, will identify an environmental issue in
their community, research the issue using scientific investigation, and
create a replicable green solution using web-based curriculum tools
powered by Discovery Education. "Siemens We Can Change the World
Challenge" submissions from middle school students will be accepted
through March 15, 2009. A total of 51 teams representing each state and
the District of Columbia will be selected as state finalists and an
additional 50 teams will be eligible for honorable mention awards. Three
of the state finalist teams will be selected as national finalists, and
one of those will be named the inaugural grand prize-winner. 

 

The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, and the National Science
Teachers Association (NSTA) have partnered on the "Siemens We Can Change
the World Challenge" to educate, empower, and engage students, teachers,
and communities to become "Agents of Change" in improving their
communities nationwide. The initiative expands to elementary schools in
2009 and to high schools in 2010. The Siemens Foundation provides more
than $7 million annually in support of educational initiatives in the
areas of science, technology, engineering, and math in the United
States. Triangle Coalition member, NSTA, is the largest organization in
the world dedicated to promoting excellence and innovation in science
teaching and learning for all. NSTA works to improve science education
and increase student learning by providing resources and training that
support and enhance quality teaching.

 

 

Mary Jo Daniel, Ph.D.

Interim Bureau Chief

Science Specialist

Math and Science Bureau

New Mexico Public Education Department

300 Don Gaspar

Santa Fe, NM  87501

Phone:  (505) 476-1882

Fax:  (505) 827-1784

 



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