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Anyone can participate in our challenges, regardless of age. However, to enter the contest you must be 12-years-old or younger.
No need to be fancy here! Most phones and digital cameras are also video cameras. You could also use the camera on a Chromebook or other computer. We don’t require professional quality videos or special effects. Just point and shoot. While the Popular Choice voters may be swayed by fancy videos, the Board Choice judges won’t be!
Yes. We want our participants to learn from each other, and the only way to do that is to see each other’s solutions! If you are concerned about privacy and safety, check out our safety tips here. Entries can be completely anonymous and you don’t even have to be in the video if you are feeling shy. If you really don’t want anyone to see your project, just have fun inventing and engineering right along with us…. you aren’t required to enter the contest!
We take your safety very seriously. We know that there are less than nice people out there who might try to slip an inappropriate video into our contest. We don’t want our kids to see that stuff either. Because of that, we will view and approve all videos prior to posting them into our gallery. In the very unlikely event that something does slip through, please be sure to tell us right away and we’ll take it down immediately.
This is the fastest and easiest way to get the latest challenges and winner announcements. We’ll also send out occasional engineering tips and tricks.
Don’t worry!!! We will not inundate you with emails and we will not sell or share your information to anyone else. We are real people and we value our privacy too. We will not do anything with your information that we would not want done with ours.
We will send each participant a Points Collector and stickers in the mail. We will also mail prizes to our weekly winners. The easiest way for us to do this quickly is to get your address when you enter the contest. This information will not be sold or shared online with anyone else.
You are not required to give us this information. But if you do, your school will get a chance to win a grant for engineering, Maker Space, or classroom supplies with every contest you enter!