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REGISTRATION OPENS 08.04.14 SUBMISSION DEADLINE 11.24.14
GATHER YOUR TEAM.
DREAM UP YOUR IDEA.
WIN $20,000 FOR YOUR SCHOOL!
NO MOBILE
DEVICES
OR CODING
EXPERIENCE
NEEDED.
Just submit a
great idea and
you could win.
Winning teams learn
coding in-person
and online from MIT
experts to turn their
idea into a mobile app.
A great hands-on
project for Social
Studies, Science, Math,
and Language Arts.
Students in middle
school and high school
can enter.
PROMOTES
TEAMWORK.
Teams of 5-7
students develop
ideas and present
their concepts.
BUILDS
CHARACTER.
Identifying a problem
they want to solve
fosters empathy
in students.
TEACHES
CRITICAL THINKING.
Inspires STEM learning
and addresses key
standards, including
Common Core.
We all
gained so much from
this experience.
Just by completing our
submission, we all felt
like we had won.
STEM App Challenge.
The Verizon Innovative App Challenge provides the
opportunity for middle school
and high school students, working with a faculty advisor, to apply their STEM knowledge,
ingenuity, and creativity to develop an original mobile app
concept that incorporates STEM
and addresses a need or problem
in their school or community.
For more information, visit
verizonfoundation.org/appchallenge.
— MAGGIE BOLADO
Teacher, Resaca Middle School
Best in Nation Winners 2014
Read the Rules and Register at verizonfoundation.org/appchallenge
Our Special Thanks to our School PR Representatives for making 4 Corners possible:
Clarkdale - Debbie Fant
Northeast Elementary - Elizabeth Anderson
Northeast Middle School - Mary Pierce
Northeast High School - Casey Clarke
Southeast Elementary - Angela Myers
Southeast Middle School - Brittney Chaney
Southeast High School - Kimberly Davis
West Lauderdale Elementary - Leitia Banks
West Lauderdale Middle School - Kim Barber
West Lauderdale High School - David Dewease
Lauderdale County Schools - Mandy Goldman
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