About The Challenge

As citizens and future stewards of our planet, today’s students are in a unique position to become active agents of environmental change. The good news is that many of them are very interested in learning about and taking responsibility for their environment and their future.

Today’s young people will inherit a world that’s very different from the one their parents inherited. Climate change; polluted air, water and soil; endangered species; shrinking coastlines; and a rapidly increasing population are among the many issues that threaten our global environment.

The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge gives students the opportunity, tools and inspiration to become those agents of change. Beginning August 19, 2009 through March 15, 2010, elementary school classes from across the country will be challenged to create sustainable, reproducible environmental improvements in their classroom or school.

Top prizes will include a chance to appear on TV, a grant for your school, and a trip for the teacher to New York City and more.

Today’s students are ready to change the world. Let’s get them started.

Learn about another great resource from the Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education called Siemens Science Day. Teachers can find videos, tools, and hands-on activities to help reinvent their science class.