Student Competitions
& Programs
Join Intermediate Unit 1 (IU1) for these innovative student competitions! Student competitions are open to middle school and high school students in Fayette, Greene, and Washington Counties. More information including event details, registration, and competition guidelines will be released closer to the event date. Please reach out to the event contact for more information or to be added to the mailing list. We hope to see you and your students this year! Check out the flyer below and feel free to share!
Powering Pittsburgh
Teams of students can compete in the Powering Pittsburgh Competition for a Pittsburgh Steelers Prizes and a monetary donation to your school (this off of past competition awards and are subject to change for the 2021 competition)! Students between 6th - 8th grade and 9th - 12th grade in Allegheny, Beaver, and Washington Counties are eligible to participate.
DATE: October 19, 2021
LOCATION: California University, Convocation Center South Wing
AGENDA: https://bit.ly/3EcwFe6
Governor's STEM Competition
Join in February 2022 for the Regional Governor's STEM Competition. Teams of up to five high school students from Fayette, Greene, and Washington counties are tasked with the challenge of using their STEM skills and knowledge to solve a problem in their community.
For more information on the Governor’s STEM Challenge go to https://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/STEM/Pages/default.aspx for forms, competition information and contact.
DATE: TBD
LOCATION: TBD
REGISTRATION: Opens in November 2021
Media & Design Competition
Join us for the PA Media and Design Regional Competition at the IU1 Central Office on March 15, 2022. The PA Media and Design Competition, formerly the PA Computer Fair, is an annual event that highlights Pennsylvania students’ application skills, creativity and knowledge. Students are able to unleash their creativity, learn how to convey information more dynamically, and enhance the learning process.
For more information on the competition, categories, go to www.mediadesigncompetition.org.
DATE: March 15, 2022
LOCATION: IU1 Central Office
REGISTRATION: Opens in January 2022
STEM Design Challenge featuring K'Nex
The STEM Design Challenge is a competition for students in grades 4-8 where they build a project out of K’Nex pieces. Teams in grades 4-5 and grades 6-8 will only be able to use only K’Nex pieces.
Teams will have from November 2021 to March 25, 2022 to build their projects. Two teams per school are able to participate with a max of four students per team.
DATE: March 25, 2022
LOCATION: California University, Convocation Center South Wing
REGISTRATION: Opens in November 2021
Additional Competitions & Programs
What If: A Gifted Super Saturday Event
On November 13th ESU's Special Education and Rehabilitation Department will be hosting a Super Saturday Gifted event for all gifted students between the grade levels of 2nd to 8th grade.
Please note that the first 32 students will be accepted. Anyone after that first 32 will be added to a waitlist. Registration will end on October 25th.
Any questions please contact MLabadie3@esu.edu
REGISTER: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TrLYOHLLNIs8nT0t-T5UWRUXbU4cCN6aU_cBDIR-5FwH2A/viewform
Science of Agriculture Challenge
The Alice Challenge
PA Invention Contest
Cyber Robotics Coding Competition
Girls Who Code Program
Innovations Challenge