Champions of Discovery – November 2024 Challenge
November 2024 Challenge
Scientists in our community come from a diverse range of places, backgrounds and fields of study.
Scientists look like you and me.
Scientists are people who are curious about the world around them and how it works.
Learn more about a scientist’s journey to become a scientist.
Assign one or more of the November Challenge prompts (in whichever format you prefer) to your students
(slides, google docs, printed sheets, notebooks).
You can use the tools below that contain the suggested prompts for this challenge
Submit 3-5 Representative Samples
(your slide deck, google docs, or photos of student work) from your class to the November Challenge Form
All submissions due by February 14, 2025
We May Publicly Share Images of Student Work, so please only share photos or student work that CRS may share out.
Sample Prompts:
Grades TK-2
- I met scientists. I learned about ______________.
- I want to learn more about ______________.
- Something I have in common with the scientists is ______________.
- This is what I look like when I am doing science (Draw or describe with words)
Grades 3-5
- I met scientists who study ______________.
- We learned about ______________ now I want to learn more about ______________.
- Something I have in common with scientists is ______________.
- I can imagine becoming a scientist who studies ______________ because ______________.
- This is what I look like when I am doing science (draw or describe)
Ready made tools with the prompts to share with your students.
Click on buttons below to create a copy of a google slide deck or printable document.
Optional Resources
- CRS Scientists Observe and We Can Too Examples - Slides with examples of some of our scientists notebooks
- I am a Scientist
- Skype a Scientist
- Find a Field Trip or an in-class program
Examples of the "Meet a Scientist" Challenge
Click on an image above to view a larger version of an example Challenge submission.