Challenges & Activities
There are many ways to win the Global Challenge! You choose how much you want to do, when to do what, and who to do it with. Earn points for cool prizes with everything you do and tackle bigger challenges to earn college scholarships! You can enter as many contests as you like and win in every one of them! Wondering how to get started? Take a look at our "Questions & Answers" page.
TIP Challenges - Technical Innovation Plan - Form an International Team and work together to create an innovative idea that helps solve global warming and the future of energy. The effort you put in here can be the foundation for the bigger and more complex Global Business Plan. Maximum awards are $1500 per person, given as summer study, travel and college scholarships.
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GBP Challenges - Global Business Plan - Your International Team can work as much as as little as you want, whenever you want. But you can only win if you stay in constant touch with each other and do a little bit each week. Maximum awards are over $3000 per person in summer study, travel and college scholarships. |

STEM Explorations - You can work on these on your own at any time, a few of them require team feedback or discussion. We let you earn a LOT of points in this category, because this is the key to your future in the global workplace! Maximum award is $200 in cash plus $600 in prizes - per person.
Hands-On Activities - Exciting options like the Green Earth Corps get you involved in your local community doing things that make an immediate difference! Work alone, with a small team, or with your whole school or community to help homeowners and small businesses save energy costs, create a video, or make a working model.
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