Fairchild Challenge Blog
The Fairchild Challenge is a free, multidisciplinary, standards-based environmental education outreach program designed to give high school and middle school students an opportunity to creatively shine. By appealing to their innate sense of curiosity about the world around them, the Challenge invites students to investigate the thorniest environmental issues, devise imaginative and effective responses to these issues, and take action to address them. Get the latest program updates here on our blog!
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Mar 032022Fairchild Challenge at Phipps: Challenge #3 Winners Announced!
Thank you to the many schools that submitted entries for Challenge #3! These challenges were titled “Enviro-Engineers” for middle school and “Sustainably Savvy” for high school students. Entries for...
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Jan 202022Green Careers Panels Recap
Last week, middle and high school students had the opportunity to meet local professionals who work in conservation and climate change fields when Phipps hosted two virtual Green Careers Panels. These panels explored careers in...
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Jan 062022Fairchild Challenge at Phipps: Challenge #2 Winners Announced!
Thank you to the many schools that submitted entries for Challenge #2! This challenge was titled “Plant Love Stories.” It was designed in partnership with the Plant Love Stories blog by the Smith Conservation...
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Nov 302021Fairchild Challenge at Phipps: Challenge #1 Winners Announced!
Thank you to the many schools that submitted entries for Challenge #1! This first challenge of the 2021-2022 school year was titled “Nature’s Sparkle and Shine.” Middle school and high school...
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Jun 282021Congratulations 2020-2021 Fairchild Challenge Participants!
Congratulations to all of our 2020 - 2021 Fairchild Challenge participants!
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Jun 072021Fairchild Challenge at Phipps: Celebrating Unsung Plant Scientists
Thank you all for your submissions to our last challenge of the year, Challenge 6: Celebrating Unsung Plant Scientists! This is the Fairchild Global Challenge for the 2020-2021 challenge year, and was completed by elementary,...
