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Download the Press Release March 31, 2010: The Kids’ Science Challenge Winners Announced

Gallery Year 2 Images

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Sports on Mars Winner at JPL, May 2010.

From left to right: Tyrone Hutchinson II (KSC Sports on Mars Winner) and Jim Metzner (KSC creator) at JPL; Tyrone Hutchinson II gives a thumbs up as he gets ready to go into a lab at JPL; Kobe Boykins (mechanical engineer), Tyrone Hutchinson II, and Suparna Mukherjee (mechanical engineer) experiment with magnetic Martian soil; an animator, Ashwin Vasavada (planetary scientist), and Tyrone Hutchinson II in the Mars Yard at JPL. Click on the thumbnails for press ready images.

Bio-Inspired Design Winner at UC, Merced in May 2010.

From left to right: Olivia Smith Donovan (KSC Winner) and Christopher Viney (Bio-inspired Design Engineer) at University of California, Merced; Olivia Smith Donovan in a plane; Olivia Smith Donovan and Christopher Viney at University of California, Merced developing Olivia's winning invention. Click on the thumbnails for press ready images.

Detective Science winners visit Syracuse University, April 2010.

From left to right: Mason Wonka, Caitlyn Taylor, (KSC Winners) and Don Siegel (forensic scientist) take water samples; Caitlyn Taylor asks Don Siegel a question; Don Siegel, Caitlyn Taylor, and Mason Wonka look at test results; Mason Wonka in a Forensic Science lab at Syracuse University. Click on the thumbnails for press ready images.

Winners of KSC Year Two!

From left to right: Caitlyn Taylor and Mason Wonka “Team Marine Bustologists” (Detective Science winners) are 6th graders from Storm Grove Middle School in Vero Beach, FL; Olivia Smith Donovan (Bio-Inspired Designs winner) is a 4th grader from Claymont Elementary School in Claymont, DE; Tyrone Hutchinson II (Sports on Mars winner) is a 5th grader from Lyons Elementary School in
Lyons, NY. Click on the thumbnails for press ready 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 Press and Print Materials

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Download the Kids' Science Challenge flyer [PDF: 1.29MB].

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 Year 1 Images

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The 2008-2009 (year one) Grand Prize Winners
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The 2008-2009 (year one) Grand Prize Winners
(photos of winners or winner's drawing, 300dpi JPEG/304KB - 4.3MB)
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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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