Press Room
Download the Kids' Science Challenge flyer [PDF: 1.19MB].
4th grader presents at national geologists' meeting
Remember first-year winner Claire Dworsky? She launched the largest study of its kind on the environmental impact of athletic fields using artificial vs. natural turf. This week, she presented her findings to the American Geophysical Union. Here's the poster [PDF: 259KB] she brought along to the conference. Way to go, Claire!
Year One water winner on Scholastic's Super Science Magazine, Oct, 2009
NPR's Science Friday (October 16, 2009)
Kids' Science Challenge Launches Year #2 October 1, 2009 [PDF: 609KB]
Watch KSC winner Lindsay Carnes on the Today Show 9/4!
Download the ABC-KGO Interview Transcipt (June 2, 2009) [PDF: 58KB].
Download the ABC-KGO Interview Transcipt (June 1, 2009) [PDF: 49KB].
Download the NPR Weekend Edition Transcript Snippet (May 30, 2009) [PDF: 38KB].
Download the DOGO News Article (May 29, 2009) [PDF: 3MB].
Download the San Francisco Chronicle Article (May 27, 2009) [PDF: 539KB].
Download the SETI press release (May 21, 2009) [PDF: 98KB].
Download the UC-Santa Cruz press release (May 15, 2009) [PDF: 880KB].
Download the Washington Post - Kids Post (April 2, 2009) [PDF: 39KB].
Download the Technology & Learning article (April 1, 2009) [PDF: 109KB].
Download Jim Metzner's bio [PDF].
Download our 2008-2009 (year one) prizes sheet [PDF].
Download the Kids' Science Challenge logo [PNG].
Download the Kids' Science Challenge chameleon [JPG].
Gallery
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Year 2 Images
Winners of the KSC raffle at the Girl Scouts of Greater LA Family Science Festival.
Science toys courtesy of Jakks Pacific.
Sports on Mars images (left to right): Ashwin Vasavada - planetary scientist at JPL - throws a Frisbee in the mars yard; Kobie Boykins mobility systems engineer at JPL; Suparna Mukherjee engineer at JPL.
Detective Science images (left to right): Tyna Gaylord Syracuse University Project Advance Forensic science teacher, Indian River Central School District; Mo Lupia Forensics Investigator dusting for fingerprints – Wallie Howard Center for Forensic Sciences; Derenique Barnes, a KSC participant conducts a forensic experiment at Syracuse University; Tamara L. Danner Forensic Chemist – Wallie Howard Center for Forensic Sciences.
Bio-Inspired Design images (left to right): Dr. Bob Full – UC Berkeley Professor - with cockroach and Zoobs; Dr. Christopher Viney – UC Merced professor - with hippo at San Diego Zoo; Dr. Ron Fearing – UC Berkeley Professor Dept. of EECS with a cockroach-inspired robot.
Website Previews (2009-2010/year two):
Year 1 Images
The 2008-2009 (year one) Grand Prize Winners
(composite images from the Winners Gallery, PDF/420KB - 1MB):
The 2008-2009 (year one) Grand Prize Winners
(photos of winners or winner's drawing, 300dpi JPEG/304KB - 4.3MB)
Click here for captions (Word doc)
The 2008-2009 (year one) Activity Kit in Action:
Jim Metzner, Producer:
Adina Paytan, Water Ecologist and Students (2008-2009/year one):
Joan Harvey, Flavor Chemist (2008-2009/year one):
Michael Bream of Gravity Boards and Paul Schmitt of CreateAskate (2008-2009/year one):
Lindsay Carnes, Paul Schmitt and James Dyson on the Today Show
The SETI Institute Team (Jill Tarter, Doug Vakotch, Seth Shostak and Nathalie Cabrol - 2008-2009/year one) :
Website Previews (2008-2009/year one):
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