From public safety to drought problems, a national science and technology contest is looking for Missouri middle and high school students to participate. Samsung’s “Solve for Tomorrow” STEM Competition includes $2 million in technology and classroom supplies to participating schools.
Ann Woo, with Samsung Electronics, said Missouri has done well over the last 15 years of the competition.
“Every year we have a state winner from the state of Missouri. It’s part of the design of the competition,” she told Missourinet. “But what we really love about Missouri students is really the diversity of ideas, really from public safety to climate change, topics that are really relevant to them, but something that also translates to other communities.”
The contest empowers public school students in grades 6-12 to leverage STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) to develop innovative solutions that address pressing local issues in their communities.
“I think what happens in Missouri happens in a lot of other communities,” Woo said. “And students from Missouri have been a great voice and champion for those issues that are most pressing and just come up with magnificent ways to solve them.”
Woo has been involved in the contest from the very beginning.
“What we hope to see in all of the projects is solving a problem, and sometimes simple ideas are the best at solving complex problems, or sometimes something more complex is needed. It is much more about can you solve the problem at hand,” says Woo.
Missouri teachers can sign up their students through October 24th by clicking here.
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