Biomimicry Youth Design Challenge (YDC)

Teach STEM concepts while connecting your students to nature through the Biomimicry Youth Design Challenge.

The Youth Design Challenge (YDC) is a free, hands-on, project-based learning experience that provides classroom and informal educators with a new framework to introduce biomimicry and an interdisciplinary approach to science and environmental literacy. Working in teams with an adult coach, students explore the wonders of the natural world and apply what they learn to create innovations that support a healthier planet.

The Youth Design Challenge is a team competition for students in middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) in the US. A team consists of between 2-8 students and 1 or 2 adult coaches affiliated with a school, educational organization, or homeschool. Please refer to the Official Rules for complete eligibility details.

• Registration Opens: November 1, 2019
• Submissions Open: December 2019

Learn more about the YDC and how to participate here.