CREEC Network

Student Opportunities and Contests

Student Programs with Deadlines

California Agriculture in the Classroom Story Writing Contest:  Deadline November 1, 2010

Challenge students in grades 3-8 to learn and write creatively about agriculture and meet the California content standards for reading and writing.  Students should enter today for a chance to become a published author.  State winning stories will be illustrated by high school students and published by the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.


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Student Programs with No Deadlines

Do Something Growth Grants

Applicant must be 25 or under
Did you create a sustainable community action project, program or organization that you want to grow? Are you looking for funding to take your already successful project to the next level? If you answered "YES!", you are eligible to apply for a Do Something Growth Grant. We give out a $500 Do Something Growth Grant every week to help young people. .Do Something Growth Grants are targeted towards projects that are already developed and sustainable. These grants go towards the next steps of your project and organization to help you as you look to expand your project and grow your impact.

Do Something Seed Grants

Applicant must be 25 or under
Are you working to start a community action project or program? Do you need money to put your ideas into action? If you answered, "YES!", you are eligible to apply for a Do Something Seed Grant. $500 Do Something Seed Grants are awarded every week to help young people. Do Something Seed Grants are targeted towards project ideas and programs that are just getting started. These grants can be used to jump-start your program or to realize your ideas for the first time. These are grants for all types of community action projects around causes that you care about and are important in your community.

UC Davis Young Scholar Program: June 20- July 31, 2010

Application is now available
The UC Davis Young Scholars Program is a summer residential research program designed to expose 40 high achieving high school students to the world of original research in the natural sciences with emphases on the biological, environmental and agricultural sciences. To be eligible for the summer of 2010, students must be currently enrolled as sophomores or juniors in high school. Participants in the 2010 UCD-YSP will work one-on-one with research faculty and research groups in state of the art laboratories for six weeks.

Tiger Woods Fist Pump Moment Contest

Deadline: Last day of each month
Eligibility: The contest is only open to children aged 13-18 that reside in the Unites States.

Have your kids video tape (or email) their proudest moments, send them to the website, and enter a competition to get prizes, be posted on the website, and be entered to possibly win a scholarship to college!

Teen Ink: Environmental Solutions Contest
Do your teenage students have a creative plan to stop pollution? Have they found a way to encourage recycling in your neighborhood? They can share ideas to solve an environmental problem or describe a current solution. Every month one teen is honored for the best Environmental Solutions article. Essays are published in Teen Ink magazine and contest winners receive $25 and a copy of the magazine featuring their environmental solution. Teen Ink will only consider original essays written by teens.  Essays should be between 150 and 1,000 words. Possible topics include global warming, clean water, species preservation, air quality, the rain forest, alternative power, depletion of resources and more!

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2010 Canon Envirothon

The Canon Envirothon is an annual competition in which winning state/provincial teams compete for recognition and scholarships by demonstrating their knowledge of environmental science and natural resource management. The teams, each consisting of five high school-aged students from participating US States and Canadian Provinces, exercise their training and problem-solving skills in a competition centered on four universal testing categories (i.e., soils/land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, and wildlife) and a current environmental issue.

Training for the Canon Envirothon begins well in advance of the actual event. Each team arrives at the Canon Envirothon as a result of extensive training and superior performance at local and/or regional and state/provincial Envirothon competitions.

The Envirothon program is an effective educational tool, capable of supplementing environmental education both inside and outside the classroom. Led by a volunteer advisor, teams usually meet from late autumn until spring. Teams work collaboratively to develop their knowledge of ecology and natural resource management and to practice their environmental problem-solving skills in preparation for Envirothon competitions.

Team training includes field trips to natural resource sites, museums, or other areas of interest; listening to presentations given by natural resource professionals; and careful study of natural resource materials. Through these learning activities, teams increase their knowledge of and ability to understand complex environmental and natural resource issues.


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