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The Fairchild Challenge. 272 participating schools and counting! The Fairchild Challenge is our award-winning, interdisciplinary, environmental science competition designed to engage students of diverse interests, abilities, talents and backgrounds to explore the natural world.
The Fairchild Challenge encourages school participation with incentives such as grants for school gardens, transportation subsidies, seeds or plants, specialized workshops, professional development, and additional resources.
Schools that accrue the minimum number of designated points will earn The Fairchild Challenge Award. The top scoring schools are awarded up to $1,500 to support continuation of their environmental programs. Schools earning the Fairchild Challenge Award for five (5) or ten (10) years become a Fairchild Challenge “School of Excellence”.
This is 5-minute overview of The Fairchild Challenge interdisciplinary environmental education program at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
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Frequently Asked Questions What is the Fairchild Challenge?The Fairchild Challenge is our award winning, interdisciplinary, environmental science competition designed to engage students of diverse interests, abilities, talents and backgrounds to explore the natural world. The program has been recognized as a benchmark for exceptional STEM education and for empowering PreK–12th grade students ...
The Fairchild Challenge promotes environmental awareness, scholarship and stewardship in students in grades pre-K through 12, and by extension in their families, schools and communities, through a combination of hands-on research, creativity and a variety of competitive projects.
The Fairchild Challenge is a free, multidisciplinary, standards-based environmental education outreach program designed to give high school, middle school and elementary school students an opportunity to creatively shine.