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Sample Student Submissions

Student teams participating in the challenge create and present 2-minute videos describing their innovations to help mitigate global warming. The videos shown here come from previous competitors in 8th-12th grade from across the U.S.

Explore Student Videos

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This micro-vessel has the potential to absorb (or “farm”) aquatic algae to develop biofuels.

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These solar blinds both insulate the home and help generate electricity with built-in solar cells.

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This team’s innovation combines the carbon sequestration ability of grass with the unused wasted space on the roofs of cars.

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This team wants to place transparent solar panels on many of our devices to make them self-charging.

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This innovation paints—and powers—a building with “solar paint,” a mixture of graphene, water-based paint and tiny solar panel chips.

 

I was drawn to the opportunity to actually do something tangible with what I had been learning in school. I love academics, but I am also interested in applying what I learn."

– Student