Student Opportunities

C-SPAN 2010 StudentCam Competition

StudentCam is an annual video documentary competition for middle and high school students that asks them to think critically about national issues.  Students have a chance at winning a portion of $50,000 in cash prizes.  Top prize-winners' entries will air on the C-SPAN Networks, and students may also be interviewed on C-SPAN's morning program, Washington
Journal. For more information about incorporating StudentCam in your classroom or other frequently asked questions go to the updated website, www.studentcam.org.

The Colorado Stock Market Game

Presented by the Colorado Council on Economic Education: A classroom simulation for students in Grades 4-12.
What students gain from The Stock Market Game™ (SMG) program is a remarkable and memorable experience — an understanding of how their classroom lessons apply to the real world, and lifelong learning skills. Open the Brochure...

Early Spring 2010 Game Dates: January 12 to April 23, 2010
Late Spring 2010 Game Dates: March 15 to May 21, 2010
Cost: $10 per team (3-5 students) with a 3 team minimum per Teacher, plus you can sign up for a FREE teacher’s team.
Questions: 303-832-4764, 888-815-2974 toll-free, or smg@ccee.net
Register: http://colorado.smgww.org

Free Teacher Workshops: http://www.ccee.net/smg-workshops.htm

LEADAMERICA ESSAY CONTEST

Essay Guidelines: This contest invites students to write an essay of not more than 2,000 words (supplemented with a bibliography) on Historical Leadership. Using an event from the past students should write about how the leadership by a person or a group of people contributed to the development of society, and what today's leaders and citizens can learn from this. Open the printable flyer.

To learn more about LeadAmerica and the National Leadership Summit, please visit
http://www.lead-america.org/conferences/nls/nls_hs.asp

All entries must be received by April 1, 2010 and can be emailed to Bob Nasson at rnasson@nationalhistoryclub.org (please type "LeadAmerica" in the subject line).

Choices Program Student Video Competition

Challenge your students to take global issues beyond the classroom.

The Choices Program invites students in grades 9-12 to create a 2-minute video detailing a global issue that matters to them and what they are doing to make a change in their school, neighborhood, or beyond. We are looking for videos that are creative, compelling, and informative. Entry period ends April 16, 2010.
Get all the details: http://www.choices.edu/bethechange/

Doodle 4 Google Contest

Hello Google Certified Teachers -

Doodle 4 Google is a contest where K-12 students are asked to re-design the Google logo using a theme. The national winner of the contest wins a $15,000 college scholarship, his/her school gets at $25,000 technology grant for computers, and he/she will have their doodle on the Google.com homepage for one day for millions people to see.

The contest launched on February 3, 2010 and registration is open until March 17th, with submissions due on March 31st.