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View the application questions below. To access the application, register and form your class team(s). Once registered, you will be able to add your classroom team(s) and access the application through your Dashboard. For tips on completing the application, visit Getting Started.

Project Title:

Summary: (2-3 sentences describing your project)

Are you continuing work on a project that was begun before the Challenge opened in August 2011? Yes/No

Step 1: Learn

What issue are you and your students going to address (see Sample Projects for topic ideas) and why? Discuss any research, previous work, or data collected. The topic you choose should impact your classroom or school.

Limit your response to 250 words.

Step 2: Plan

How will your class address this issue? Include an overview of your plan, a description of the data that will be collected, and a prediction about how your class plan will impact the issue.

Limit your response to 800 words.

Step 3: Act

What did your class do? How did you work with your class to create and implement your plan? What were the results? Be sure to describe what data was collected and if the data reflected the predicted change. (Include any data tables and information as an attachment in Step 6).

Limit your response to 650 words.

Step 4: Share & Extend

What did your class learn? Explain how challenges were addressed, how what has been put into place will be sustained, and how others could replicate your work.

Limit your response to 650 words.

Step 5: Reflect

Were you able to effectively support your students' efforts to make a sustainable change that benefits the environment? Why or why not? Would you and your class have done anything differently if given the opportunity?

Limit your response to 400 words.

Step 6: Attachments

In this step you may attach supplemental materials to support your project application. Please follow the attachment guidelines provided below.

  • PDF:

    You may choose to upload one PDF containing materials to support your application. The PDF may be no longer than 12 pages in length, be no more than 50MB and may contain the following:

    • PowerPoint slides
    • Excel data tables
    • Links to website(s) your team created to suppor this project (maximum of 2) and/or screenshots of this website
    • Images that support your application
    • Graphs, charts, etc.

    • Please do not embed video links in your PDF attachment.

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  • Video

    • Additionally, you may include the link to one YouTube video that is two minutes or less. To make the video private, click here. Videos will be reviewed for content, not the aesthetic quality. If your video is over two minutes, only the first two minutes will be reviewed.

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