About ExploraVision
Designed for K–12 students of all interest, skill and ability levels, ExploraVision encourages kids to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result from creative thinking and problem solving.
Since 1992, more than 270,000 students from across the United States and Canada have competed in ExploraVision. But this is much more than a contest. ExploraVision can be the beginning of a lifelong adventure in science, as students develop higher-order thinking skills and learn to think about their roles in the future.
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Why should students participate?
- First of all, ExploraVision is fun!
- ExploraVision can help all students — even those who haven't been high achievers — become interested in science and technology as they apply to everyday life (many inventors were average students or had difficulties in school)
- It's an excellent way to learn how to collaborate in groups on an interdisciplinary project
- Students get the chance to be a science star
Why Should Teachers Participate?
- ExploraVision is a great way to incorporate the National Science Education Standards into your class and is administered by the National Science Teachers Association
- The competition will motivate students and help them learn to convey their knowledge more effectively
- Students gain advanced communication skills that will prepare them well for the 21st-century workplace
"The Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards program is a hands-on/minds-on project. It is what science is all about. It permits students to think of themselves as investigators. They learn new ways to approach problems. They learn how to make connections to their existing knowledge base. They learn to visualize and invent in reference to what is known. And most important, they learn how to think and work as a team."
— Diana Celle, Holmes Elementary School, San Diego, California