Contests for Students - Design Challenges

Designed for K–12 students of all interest, skill and ability levels, ExploraVision encourages kids to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result from creative thinking and problem solving. That's what ExploraVision is all about. ExploraVision prizes include: First Prize (4 teams): U.S. EE Savings Bond worth $10,000* at maturity for each student; Second Prize (4 teams): U.S. EE Savings Bond worth $5,000* at maturity for each student. Deadline: 2 February 2011


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Submitted by Pamela Whiffen, NESTA Southwest Regional Director

The USGS and Japanese seismologists both upgraded the magnitude of Japan's March 11, 2011 quake to 9.0 on March 14.

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