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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Jan 272016The Fairchild Challenge at Phipps: Challenge #4
Challenge #4: Green Up Your School! Do you feel a sense of calm in nature? Do you find that the sight of a green landscape can make you focus on a task? Does the sound of running water relax you? Do singing birds make you...
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Jan 132016Fairchild Challenge: Challenge Three Winners Announced!
Challenge #3 had two options, which to our delight resulted in a variety of entries to admire. Thank you to everyone that participated in Challenge 3A: Environmental Change and Challenge 3B: Spring Blooms of Western Pennsylvania!...
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Dec 142015The Fairchild Challenge at Phipps: Challenge #3
This wouldn’t be the Fairchild Challenge at Phipps if we didn’t involve plants! We are prepared to be impressed by Challenge #3. This challenge is for both the artist and the scientist, so feel free to partner up for a...
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Dec 082015Fairchild Challenge: Challenge Two Winners Announced!
Thank you to everyone that participated in Challenge #2, “Be the Change.” The judges were very impressed with the thorough research, excellent writing skills and thoughtful actions. During the months of October and...
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Nov 112015The Fairchild Challenge at Phipps: Challenge #2
Challenge #2: Be the Change! When you spill a glass of water, what is the first thing you grab? After grocery shopping, what do you use to carry home your food? Many of you probably answered these questions with paper towel and...
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Nov 062015Fairchild Challenge: Challenge One Winners Announced!
The Fairchild Challenge is now in full swing! Thank you to the many schools that submitted an entry for Challenge #1. We hope you had as much fun reflecting and writing as we did reading your work. All of the judges agreed that...
