Congressional App Challenge

"An educational foundation in the STEM fields - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - will give our students the knowledge and skills to be successful in a competitive global marketplace that is becoming more scientifically and technologically advanced. I hope students will participate in the Congressional App Challenge so they can further develop that knowledge and gain those skills. I look forward to working with our students throughout the challenge and seeing the great app designs they come up with." - Congressman Joe Heck

 

WHAT IS THE CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE?

The Congressional App Challenge is the first House academic competition to promote innovation in the fields of science, technology engineering and math (STEM). The competition is for high school students in the Third Congressional District. Participating high school students in the district will develop or design an App on a platform of their choice. Submitted Apps will be judged by a panel of experts and winners will be selected in December of 2016.

 

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

1) Members of Congress must have opted-in to participate for their student constituents to be eligible participate in this competition. If a Member does not opt-in, constituents in that district cannot participate.

2) The Competition is open only to students in high school or below.

3) The Competition is open only to students who reside in a participating district or who are attending high school in a participating district.

4) Student Participants may compete individually or in teams of up to 4 students.

5) If competing as a team, at least two members of the team must be eligible to participate in that district.

6) Any given student may only submit one app in one district.

 

WHAT ARE THE CONTEST RULES?

The official contest rules can be found by clicking here.

 

WHEN DOES THE CONTEST START? WHEN DOES IT END?

The contest begins on July 18, 2016.

Submissions will be accepted until November 2, 2016.

Winners will be announced in early December.

 

HOW DO YOU ENTER THE CONTEST?

During the Competition Submission Period, create an account on www.challenge.gov and register for the Congressional App Challenge. Upload the entry form on the site so your Member of Congress can communicate with you during the Submission Period.

 

I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Contact the office of Congressman Joe Heck by calling 702-387-4941 and ask to speak to someone about the House Student App Contest.

 

RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

    * Code.org
    * 36 Resources To Help You Teach Kids Programming
    * CodeAcademy.COM self-taught courses in HTML/CSS, Python, Ruby, and PHP
    * MIT App Inventor tutorial to develop mobile apps on Android phones.
    * Scratch a simple visual programming language
   *  Alice is used to create 3D animations