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This challenge gives students the opportunity, tools and inspiration to become agents of change. High school student teams from across the country are challenged to create sustainable, energy-related environmental improvements that can be replicated by or impact others beyond their local community. Top prizes include thousands of dollars in scholarship money and more! The challenge opens August 17, 2010 and runs through March 15, 2011.

Save the Frogs, a nonprofit organization dedicated to amphibian conservation, invites you to create cool artwork that features frogs and says SAVE THE FROGS! or savethefrogs.com (or both) somewhere on it. The grand prize winner receives $100. Top prize winners may also see their artwork featured on Save the Frogs products. The contest runs through September 29, 2010.  Details: Click Here

Turn your love of birds and photography into a dream trip to the Galapagos, the Peruvian Amazon, or wild Belize in the second annual Audubon Magazine Photography Awards. Each participant can submit up to 10 photos, so you have 10 chances to win. Your winning entry will appear in the January-February 2011 issue of Audubon and in Nature’s Best Photography. Read the rest…

PBS’s Design Squad wants you to recycle, reuse, and re-engineer everyday materials into an out-of-the box invention! Kids ages 5-19 are eligible to enter. The three grand prize winners will appear on the TV show Design Squad! Apply online by September 5, 2010.     For all details CLICK HERE Read the rest…

The Ron Clark Academy’s Great American Teacher Awards honor teachers who best demonstrate exemplary teaching that is challenging, innovative and creative. Teachers can be nominated by their schools, colleagues, students, or anyone else who recognizes their outstanding work in the classroom (including themselves). Nominees must be currently employed by a public or private school, at any grade level or subject preK-12, and planning to continue in an active teaching status. A minimum of three years teaching experience is required.
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Each year over 1,000 students submit entries to the National Peace Essay Contest while thousands more participate in related writing and other classroom exercises in high schools around the country.

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The Young Composers Challenge is open to young musicians ages 13 to 18 who are U.S. residents.

The Challenge is simple. First, you can take part in a free full-day workshop with world-renowned composers. Then you will have all summer to write your own score. Finally, a panel of judges will choose the top three orchestral and top three ensemble pieces.  All details : CLICK HERE

Volvo’s Bob the Bunny competition is aimed at younger adventurers between the ages of 10 and 12. To enter, form a team of one to three members and then identify a local environmental issue. Next, create a cartoon illustrating the issue and actions you might take to solve it. The winning team will be sent to the Volvo Adventure final.

The deadline is February 28, 2011.

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Looking for a way to get kids excited about science homework?   What if he or she had the chance to win $50,000 in U.S. Savings bonds?

Discovery Education and 3M are searching for “America’s Top Young Scientist” in the 2010 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, which will award one gifted middle school student $50,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds (a $25,000 cash value). Read the rest…

The Allstate Foundation (TAF) is calling for teens to either write an article and have it published in their school newspaper or write and produce a broadcast news segment for their high school news station to help raise awareness about the dangers of texting while driving.  Students can win up to $3,000 in cash.

Please visit www.KeeptheDrive.com/journalist for story topic ideas, startling facts and other writing resources. Submissions will be accepted now through March 20, 2010.