The Bright Ideas Challenge
What will cities look like in 2050? How will they be powered to be vibrant, healthy and clean places to live? The Bright Ideas Challenge, Shell’s cross-curricular schools’ competition, invites young people aged 11-14 to use their creativity, problem solving, teamwork and STEM skills to devise innovative solutions that could power cities of the future. With fantastic STEM prizes up for grabs, there’s every reason to think big!
The Bright Ideas Challenge 2019-20 is now closed!
At this challenging time for schools, it has been great to still see so many fantastic entries to the competition. If you didn’t manage to enter this time around, not to worry – we will be re-opening the competition in the new academic year.
Stay tuned for more updates about our winners, which will be announced at the start of July.
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The competition at a glance
The Bright Ideas Challenge is designed to spark young people’s curiosity in science and engineering and to help you deliver the curriculum in a fun and engaging way. We’ve also aligned the resources to careers strategies across England, Scotland and Wales, making it even easier for you to provide quality STEM careers inspiration in the classroom.
Looking for summer STEM inspiration?
Why not try one of our ice-breaker activities – fun, hands-on and curriculum-linked!
Any questions?
Take a look at our FAQs for the most frequently asked questions about taking part in the competition. For all other enquiries, email shellschoolsteam@hopscotchconsulting.co.uk. You can also read the full Terms and Conditions.
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