Iron Range Earth Fest is proud to announce the second annual Green Inventors Contest on April 9, 2011 at Merritt Elementary in Mountain Iron, MN. Whether you are in grade school, middle school, high school or home school, this is your chance to get those safety goggles on and start solving one of the problems facing our community or environment.
Kids should think about a problem facing your community, economy or environment and a way they can solve or improve it. Use your imagination to develop a way to make something more sustainable or environmentally friendly. There are three age categories, Level I (grades 4-6), Level II (grades 7-9) and Level III (grades 10-12), and the top three winners in each age category will win a prize. A panel of judges will talk with the entrants and make the tough decisions on who has the best overall presentation and solution to a problem. The Green Inventors Contest is open to students from across the Iron Range.
Organizers are also seeking sponsors of the Inventors Contest, prize donations, or material donations for the starter kits to be donated to students and teachers to help defray the cost of their inventions and presentations.
Earth Fest is a celebration of local traditions and practical resources for sustainable living on the Iron Range, offering opportunities to explore how we can all live more sustainably in our homes and communities, our economy and our environment. Participants are invited to learn about new and existing technological approaches as well as rediscover some of our longstanding local traditions
For more information, go to www.ironrangeearthfest.org and click on the Green Inventors Contest Packet, email Jim DeVries at devries@northlc.com, or call Ardy Wilberg at 218-749-4331.
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