The Search Is on for ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’

February 3, 2011 | by aharris

DE3MYSC LogoKnow a scientifically savvy 5th through 8th grader? Discovery Education and 3M have just opened the 2011 call for entries for the 13th annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Ten finalists will be selected to receive an all-expense paid trip to the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minnesota to compete in the final challenge in October 2011, and the winner will receive $25,000 and the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.”

Scientists rely on communication to help solve problems and create innovative solutions. For this reason, U.S. middle school students are asked to create a one to two-minute video communicating the science behind a possible solution for an everyday problem related to one of the following categories:

  • The Way We Move
  • The Way We Keep Ourselves Healthy
  • The Way We Make a Difference

If you know a budding young scientist, find out more about the Young Scientist Challenge at www.youngscientistchallenge.com.

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  • http://twitter.com/TomRHarrington Thomas R. Harrington

    It’s going to be harder to find young scientists as the Creationism and Intelligent Design folks get their pseudo-science pushed into school science curriculum.

  • http://twitter.com/iq4sale Kaje Ffarg

    There is so much great talent out there right now. The key will be to find people that can stick to it long enough to solve real problems and make changes in a failing process.

    Kaje, http://www.iq4sale.com

  • Steven Harmon

    My cousin Jeffrey is in 7th grade and has this great idea on an electric car that powers its self. hit back for more details

  • Haydan

    I built a prototype when I was in grade 6 and it was sucsesful. I’m in grade 8 now and I use it to go to and from school. The nice thing is that you never have to recharge it and it goes farely fast. It sucks that since I live in Canada, I can’t enter the competition.

  • Tesla’s Reincarnation

    um no, depending on the device, a lot of that energy would be lost to heat which is impossible to conveert to electrical energy, it would lose power very quickly, I’m in 6th gradeand I knowthat wouldn’t work

  • Altair

    if it was 3d graphic modeling or star gazing, I would have taken part

  • Michael johnson

    I’m in 7th but I don’t know if I’m the very top… I hope I am!

  • Freestyle-300

    i have a idea for a perpetual motion car but im in grade 9