Team Contests
Here are sites that have students working together in small teams to do some pretty amazing things.
50 Competitions
KudosWall has a list of 50 different student competitions, broken out by areas like Art & Music, Physical Activity, STEM, Volunteering, and Writing.
STEM Student Competitions
SolidWorks, a 3D software company, maintains a list of competitions with a focus on robots and STEM activities.
NASA Student Competitions
NASA sponsors a ever changing set of student competitions. Check out this resource for the latest list.
Exploravision
Toshiba/NSTA Exploravision contests challenges teams of students to design future technologies. Examples have been: a satellite-based early warning earthquake detection system, a body suit that monitors vital signs and delivers medication.
Doodle4Google
Every year, Google has a competition open to students grades K-12 to submit artwork for the Google home page. Winners (broken out by grade level) will have their artwork appear on the Google home page.
Odyssey of the Mind
The Odyssey of the Mind teaches students to learn creative problem-solving methods while having fun in the process. Students develop team-building skills by working in groups of as many as seven students per team.
Have your students submit their work to the various competitions, or use these resources as a springboard to create your own classroom or school wide competitions.
Other Areas To Check Out...
• Off Planet Field Trips
• NASA Resources
• STEM Primer
• G Suite for Education
• Images of Space
• Maps and Globes
