Congressional App Challenge
Issues: Education, Economy and Jobs
"An educational foundation in the STEM fields - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - will give our students the knowledge and skills to be successful in a competitive global marketplace that is becoming more scientifically and technologically advanced. I hope students will participate in the Congressional App Challenege so they can further develop that knowledge and gain those skills. I look forward to working with our students throughout the challenge and seeing the great app designs they come up with." - Congressman Joe Heck
WHAT IS THE CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE?
The Congressional App Challenge is the first House academic competition to promote innovation in the fields of science, technology engineering and math (STEM). The competition is for high school students in the Third Congressional District. Participating high school students in the district will develop or design an App on a platform of their choice. Submitted Apps will be judged by a panel of experts and winners will be selected at the end of May 2014.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
1) The Competition is open only to high school students who reside in a participating district or who are eligible to attend public high school in that district. Individuals submitting on behalf of teams must meet the eligibility requirements for individual Contestants.
2) Participants must be at least 13 years old as of February 1, 2014.
3) Participants may compete individually or in teams of up to 4 students. If students attend school outside of their home congressional district, they may compete in either their home district or their school district. If competing as a team, 2 members of the team must be from the same district.
4) The Competition is subject to all applicable United States federal laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to the Official Rules.
WHAT ARE THE CONTEST RULES?
The official contest rules can be found by clicking here or by downloading the pdf at the bottom of this page.
WHEN DOES THE CONTEST START? WHEN DOES IT END?
The contest begins on February 1, 2014.
Submissions will be accepted from February 1 - May 31, 2014 at 12:00pm EST.
Winners will be announced in early June.
HOW DO YOU ENTER THE CONTEST?
During the Competition Submission Period, create an account on www.challengepost.com and register for the House Student App Contest. Upload the entry form on the site so your Member of Congress can communicate with you during the Submission Period.
I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Contect the Nevada office of Congressman Joe Heck by calling 702-387-4941 and ask to the speak to someone about the House Student App Contest.
RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
* Code.org
* 36 Resources To Help You Teach Kids Programming
* CodeAcademy.COM self-taught courses in HTML/CSS, Python, Ruby, and PHP
* MIT App Inventor tutorial to develop mobile apps on Android phones.
* Scratch a simple visual programming language
* Alice is used to create 3D animations
