Competition Results
The deadline for our Land & Water project was October 16th. After completing this project, we had to finish our Air and Climate project by December 12. We had organized our team and chosen topics the previous spring, as school was letting out; work on both projects began towards the middle of summer, as we knew our experimentation would take many weeks to complete.
We were one of eight middle school teams in the nation to be chosen as a Round 1 (land and Water Challenge) winner. The judging criteria included relevance or our chosen topic, application of the scientific method, our plan of action, quality of writing and communicating, overall team effort, and spreading awareness. In total we were given $10,000, and it was split into 3 parts. Our teacher adviser was given $1,000, the school was given $2,000 and $7,000 was split evenly between the 10 members. Our Air and Climate (dioxin/backyard burning) project was not chosen as a Round 2 winner.
As a Round 1 winning team, we were invited to participate in a 'final challenge'. There is a total of 16 middle school teams competing at this level (the eight Land & Water winners as well as the eight Air & Climate winners). March 5th is the deadline; while not all of our experimentation and outreach will be complete, we have accomplished and learned a lot in a short time frame (see Final Challenge Land and Water) and will submit our work-to-date. We look forward to continuing our work (we have several presentations scheduled, one at our state capitol!) after submitting our project.
We were one of eight middle school teams in the nation to be chosen as a Round 1 (land and Water Challenge) winner. The judging criteria included relevance or our chosen topic, application of the scientific method, our plan of action, quality of writing and communicating, overall team effort, and spreading awareness. In total we were given $10,000, and it was split into 3 parts. Our teacher adviser was given $1,000, the school was given $2,000 and $7,000 was split evenly between the 10 members. Our Air and Climate (dioxin/backyard burning) project was not chosen as a Round 2 winner.
As a Round 1 winning team, we were invited to participate in a 'final challenge'. There is a total of 16 middle school teams competing at this level (the eight Land & Water winners as well as the eight Air & Climate winners). March 5th is the deadline; while not all of our experimentation and outreach will be complete, we have accomplished and learned a lot in a short time frame (see Final Challenge Land and Water) and will submit our work-to-date. We look forward to continuing our work (we have several presentations scheduled, one at our state capitol!) after submitting our project.