Does your middle school student need an extra challenge? Are they constantly "bored" and curious? Check out these resources below to extend and enhance your child's learning at school and at home!
NJ STEAM Tank - The New Jersey School Boards Association invites all NJ Public Schools to join the NJ STEAM Tank. This popular program gives students the chance to invent, modify, or use problem-solving skills to solve real-world problems.
Engineer Girl Writing Contest: The topic is posted in September with submissions due February 1- Open to boys and girls!
Rube Goldberg Machine Contest: This team contest focuses on creating a Rube Goldberg-inspired machine to solve a given task. Families can participate as well!
Doodle For Google: Design the next Doodle for Google!
Mensa for Kids: This site caters to gifted youth with resources, games, and information
Cubes in Space: (ages 11+) Cubes in SpaceTM, a program by iEDU, provides students access to space to design and test experiments on NASA missions.
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: (ages 13+) This is the longest-running art and writing competition in the country and provides teens with 28 categories to explore.
Davidson Gifted Institute: Check out this extensive list of competitions in every subject!
John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth has competitions in journalism, creative writing, and essay writing!
National PTA has a reflection competition in literature.
November is National Write a Novel Month