We Can Change the World Challenge Winners Announced
The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have named the grand prize winner of the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge: Team Dead Weight from West Branch, Iowa. My Grant Wrangler congratulates West Branch Middle School students Jathan Kron (age 12), Justin Roth (age 13) and Brennan Nelson (age 12), along with their teacher, Hector Ibarra.
Members of Team Dead Weight will make an appearance on Planet Green, Discovery's 24-hour eco-lifestyle network, take a Discovery Adventure Trip, and receive: a $5,000 U.S. Savings Bond, a chance to present their project before a panel of environmental experts, a flip camera, and a prize pack of school supplies.
As the mentoring teacher, Hector Ibarra will receive a trip to the next NSTA National Conference, a flip camera, a chance to present his winning project before a panel of environmental experts, a Discovery Adventure Trip, membership to NSTA, a subscription to Discovery Education Science, and a Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge green prize pack.
The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge invited groups of middle school students and their teachers to identify an environmental issue in their communities and create a green solution, utilizing online curriculum tools from Discovery Education. Team Dead Weight's project identified the dangers of vehicular lead wheel weights in an effort to remove the hazardous material from the tire industry. Environmental experts and science educators served as judges to select the top projects.
More information on the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge.
More information on the winners' prizes.
Members of Team Dead Weight will make an appearance on Planet Green, Discovery's 24-hour eco-lifestyle network, take a Discovery Adventure Trip, and receive: a $5,000 U.S. Savings Bond, a chance to present their project before a panel of environmental experts, a flip camera, and a prize pack of school supplies.
As the mentoring teacher, Hector Ibarra will receive a trip to the next NSTA National Conference, a flip camera, a chance to present his winning project before a panel of environmental experts, a Discovery Adventure Trip, membership to NSTA, a subscription to Discovery Education Science, and a Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge green prize pack.
The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge invited groups of middle school students and their teachers to identify an environmental issue in their communities and create a green solution, utilizing online curriculum tools from Discovery Education. Team Dead Weight's project identified the dangers of vehicular lead wheel weights in an effort to remove the hazardous material from the tire industry. Environmental experts and science educators served as judges to select the top projects.
More information on the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge.
More information on the winners' prizes.
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