
Lexus Eco Challenge
Ages:Middle School, High School
Type:Submission
Categories:Environment, STEM
Scope:National
Contact
The Lexus Eco Challenge is a STEM-focused contest for grades 6–12 that gets students involved in an environmental issue that affects their community, to use their critical-thinking and research skills to come up with a solution, and to report on the results by way of an Action Plan.
The contest is broken into three main parts:
- The Land & Water Challenge: 8/1/19–10/16/19
- The Air & Climate Challenge: 10/18/19–12/4/19
- The Final Challenge (by invitation only, open to winners of the previous two challenges): 1/28/20–3/16/20
Land & Water Challenge—Registration for the Land & Water Challenge is now closed.
Air & Climate Challenge—Registration Opens: 10/18/19; Entries Due By: 12/4/19
Teams may choose to enter one or both of two initial challenges: Land & Water or Air & Climate. Winners of the first two challenges will receive an invitation to compete in the Final Challenge.
Students must develop a solution to an environmental issue affecting their community. The students report on the problem and their proposed solution through an "action plan" that is submitted online.
Website: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/sponsored-content/lexus/home/
Managing Organization: Scholastic
Contact:
ecochallenge@scholastic.com
Eligibility:
The “Lexus Eco Challenge” Contest (“Contest”) is open to students in grades 6–8 and 9–12 who are enrolled in a public or accredited private school or who are schooled at home in compliance with the laws of the students’ primary state of residence and who are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as “Student” or “Students”). Students must enter the Contest in a team consisting of at least five (5) but no more than ten (10) Students (each a “Team”) and up to two (2) teacher advisors (“Teacher Advisor”).
Registration Opens: October 18, 2019
Registration Closes: December 4, 2019
Overview
The Lexus Eco Challenge is a STEM-focused contest for grades 6–12 that gets students involved in an environmental issue that affects their community, to use their critical-thinking and research skills to come up with a solution, and to report on the results by way of an Action Plan.
The contest is broken into three main parts:
- The Land & Water Challenge: 8/1/19–10/16/19
- The Air & Climate Challenge: 10/18/19–12/4/19
- The Final Challenge (by invitation only, open to winners of the previous two challenges): 1/28/20–3/16/20
Land & Water Challenge—Registration for the Land & Water Challenge is now closed.
Air & Climate Challenge—Registration Opens: 10/18/19; Entries Due By: 12/4/19
Teams may choose to enter one or both of two initial challenges: Land & Water or Air & Climate. Winners of the first two challenges will receive an invitation to compete in the Final Challenge.
Process
Criteria
Participate
Website: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/sponsored-content/lexus/home/
Managing Organization: Scholastic
Contact:
ecochallenge@scholastic.com
Eligibility:
The “Lexus Eco Challenge” Contest (“Contest”) is open to students in grades 6–8 and 9–12 who are enrolled in a public or accredited private school or who are schooled at home in compliance with the laws of the students’ primary state of residence and who are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as “Student” or “Students”). Students must enter the Contest in a team consisting of at least five (5) but no more than ten (10) Students (each a “Team”) and up to two (2) teacher advisors (“Teacher Advisor”).
Deadlines
Registration Opens: October 18, 2019
Registration Closes: December 4, 2019