Google's Online Science Fair Open For Submissions
By Edward Cardenas
SOUTHFIELD (CBS Detroit) - Teens who think they have the next battery-free flashlight that generates light from the heat of the human hand or helping the hearing impaired experience music can enter the Google Science Fair.
These are some of the previous entries in the worldwide, online science fair open to students between 13-18 years old.
"Science is about observing and experimenting. It's about exploring unanswered questions, solving problems through curiosity, learning as you go and always trying again," wrote Miriam Schneider, Google for Education team , in a release. "That's the spirit behind the fifth annual Google Science Fair."
Students can submit their projects online from a variety of scientific fields from computer science to anthropology as an individual, or as a team.
The project must include a summary, a YouTube video or Google Slides slide show along with details about the proposal, research, testing and results.
Entrants can win a variety of prizes including scholarships; a National Geographic Expedition to the Galapagos; an opportunity to visit LEGO designers at their Denmark headquarters and the chance to tour Virgin Galactic's new spaceship at their Mojave Air and Spaceport.
"We're calling on all young researchers, explorers, builders, technologists and inventors to try something ambitious. Something imaginative, or maybe even unimaginable. Something that might just change the world around us," Schneider wrote.
The deadline to submit an entry is May 18.