Science Opportunities for 6th to 12th Grade
*Awards
- Spirit of Innovation Awards (secondary ages 13 - 18 & post-secondary military ages 19 - 25)
- Young Botanist Awards (graduating college seniors)
- Young Naturalist Awards (grades 7 -12)
- Most Promising Young Scientist
*Careers
*College Visits
- Science Departments at UNI (Look for open houses in the left column of webpage)
- Explore Engineering@Iowa
- BioScience Scholars' Weekends at Shattuck-St. Mary's
- Mathematics Day at Simpson College
*Contests and Exams
- SourceAmerica Design Challenge
- America's Home Energy Education Challenge
- BioGENEius Challenge
- Cedar Valley Science Symposium
- Computational Thinking Competition
- Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge
- Drake Physics Test
- DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition
- eCYBERMISSION Competition
- The Engineering Education Service Center's Poster Contest
- Engineers Week Future City Competition
- Envirothon
- ExploraVision
- FLL - First Lego League
- FRC - FIRST Robotics Competition
- The Globe Program Art Competition
- Green Living Student Film Project
- Humans in Space Art Competition
- IJAS Annual Meeting Competition
- Intel Science Talent Search
- International Chemistry Olympiad
- Iowa Energy Poster Contest
- Iowa Science Olympiad
- JETS-TEAMS Competition
- Lexus Eco Challenge
- NASA Space Settlement Design Contest
- NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing
- National STEM Game Design Competitions
- PhysicsQuest
- River of Words - Iowa Competition
- Scientist for a Day Contest - Cassini-Hygens
- Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge
- State of Iowa Physics Event Competition
- Team America Rocketry Challenge
- Thacher Environmental Research Contest
- NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
- NASA Drop Tower Competition
- Waste Limitation Management and Recycling Design Challenge
- Zero Robotics HS Tournament
*Financial Aid
- University of Northern Iowa Financial Aid
- University of Iowa Financial Aid
- Iowa State University Financial Aid
*Research Experience, Grants, and Publication Opportunities
- Citizen Science Opportunities
- International Summer Science Institute
- IJAS Starr Student Research Grants
- Journal of Emerging Investigators
- National Youth Science Camp
- Secondary Student Training Program
- SSEP - Student Spaceflight Experiments
- University Hygienic Laboratory Student Research Grants
*Science Fairs
The Iowa Academy of Science promotes science research, science education, the public understanding of science and recognizes excellence in these endeavors.