Volusia County Schools has partnered with seven municipalities for the third-annual STEM Solutions by Students contest. This is a Volusia County-wide contest where students submit solutions to municipal challenges, like city flooding and beach erosion, using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The following municipalities submitted one or more questions with a corresponding award of $100 for each winner: DeLand, Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach, Ormond Beach, Ponce Inlet, Port Orange and South Daytona.
The contest deadline is January 18, 2019 at 5 p.m. Students must be enrolled in any Volusia County high school and may enter as an individual or team – there may only be one entry per individual or team. Solutions must relate to an area of STEM, and should be creative, concrete and plausible. Awards will be announced on February 16, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
“This is a great opportunity to involve our local students in helping solve some of the complex problems in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math,” said Port Orange city manager and contest creator Jake Johansson. “Volusia County will benefit from these young minds tackling some of our issues. We could not be happier supporting them and this program.”
Participants can submit their entries via email (ammonaha@volusia.k12.fl.us), mail or in-person to Amy Monahan, STEM Specialist, Volusia County Schools
Amy Monahan |Brewster Center | 200 N. Clara Ave | DeLand, FL 32720
For information about the contest, please visit the Volusia County Schools website here or contact Amy Monahan, STEM specialist, at (386) 734-7190, extension 20314.
