The STEAM Tank Challenge, created by the New Jersey School Boards Association, promotes education in STEAM – science, technology, engineering, arts, and math – for New Jersey’s public-school students.

STEAM Tank encourages students to work collaboratively to identify and develop innovative solutions to pressing, real-world issues such as climate change and the environment, societal problems, and situations that need resolution within our schools, communities, state and globally. Students are asked to solve a problem, invent something new, or modify an existing product.

There is great potential for student-created solutions in STEAM Tank to make a real-world impact by entering the marketplace while encouraging students to think creatively and consider the practical implementation and commercialization of their ideas.

The program is designed to inspire, engage and motivate students to help build problem solving skills, collaborate with their peers, connect with expert mentors and promote student achievement. These points allow learning to extend beyond the four walls of the classroom.

The STEAM Tank Challenge is a free program for your district and includes:

  • Access to a comprehensive STEAM Tank Guidebook, a “how-to” guide for STEAM Tank participation.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with other teams, educators and subject matter experts in the STEAM Tank Community.
  • Mentoring sessions with subject matter experts.
  • Opportunity to present in the STEAM Tank Regionals and Finals, and if chosen, receive prize money for your school or district.
  • Earn a STEAM Tank digital badge for your school.

The submission deadline is Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Do not miss this opportunity!

Want to Learn More About STEAM Tank?

Join our weekly virtual information sessions, held every Wednesday from 12-3 p.m., now through Nov. 13. Sessions will last approximately 30 minutes and will cover the benefits of participating, important timelines, and how mentoring and judges play a key role in extending student learning beyond the boundaries of the classroom. Register for a virtual info session here.

To learn more, please contact Jennifer Siehl, senior manager, STEAM Tank, via email.

Do not miss this opportunity. Apply today!