As if one contest announcement isn’t enough, there’s another competition going on that you should certainly be entering. Discovery Education and 3M have partnered together for this year’s Young Scientist Challenge. YES, there is a teacher competition too, and it couldn’t be easier to enter. You can read all the details here, but essentially all you need to do is create a 1-2 minute video that demonstrates one of the following scientific concepts: Newton’s Laws of Motion, Acceleration, Aeronautics, Centrifugal & Centripetal Force, or Scope & Scale. Five finalists will be chosen, and each will be provided an all expenses paid trip to Washington DC where they will compete to become “DEN’s Science Teacher of the Year”. Time to break out those digital storytelling skills you’ve been honing all year. Have some fun and create your 1-2 minute video and get it submitted by June 15th and we just might see you in DC. Oh yeah, the main part of the competition is actually for students! So spend some of your last few weeks of the year helping yours students create their entries. Need a little help motivating them? Well, the Mythbusters are here to lend a hand. Just think, not only could your students win a trip to Washington, DC to compete in the YSC finals, but they also have a chance to win a $50,000 savings bond! There’s a ton of prizes to be won though. In fact, the top entry from each state will win $250, and each of the 10 student finalists will win $1000 in addition to the trip to DC. Need more resources? Check out the webinars that Hall created, one for the students and one for the teachers. You can also find a ton of links that Hall and Joe have put together by visiting here. Not only that, but they’ve recently added 40 audio files to the YSC sit. Students can use these clips to spice up their entries. Visit http://youngscientist.discoveryeducation.com/ for all the details and to submit your entry! Less