CONTEST DETAILS Read the Official Rules.
Review the Challenge Planner (PDF) .
Preview the Action Plan (PDF).

ENTRY DETAILS Registration Opens: December 6, 2007
Deadline: January 7, 2008 EXTENDED TO JANUARY 28, 2008
Submission format: online Action Plan
Supporting materials (extra credit): PowerPoint presentation (no more than 10 slides)

HOW TO ENTER
Step 1: Teacher Advisors: Register your team online at www.scholastic.com/lexus. You will receive an administrative User ID and Password to use during the application process. You will also receive a team User ID and Password.

Step 2: Teams: Using the team User ID/Password, which was E-mailed to your teacher advisor, review the online Action Plan to get prepared.

Step 3: Teams: Complete parts one and two of the Action Plan. Start by choosing one of the following topics, and identify an issue within this topic that affects your local community:

• CO₂ emissions from power plants
• CO₂ emissions from automobiles
• CO₂ emissions from daily life
• Greenhouse gases

Step 4: Teams: Work with the teacher advisor to begin the environmental challenge, implement your plan, and complete the Action Plan. This step will require the most amount of time!

Step 5: Teacher Advisors: Using the administrative User ID and Password, review your team's Action Plan. You must approve of the Action Plan before your team can submit their final entry.

Step 6: Teams: Click the "Submit" button to submit your final Action Plan online. (No entries will be accepted in the mail.)

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JUDGING CRITERIA
Entries will be judged on the following criteria:
1. Action Plan (50 points)

• Have all questions been answered? Do the responses clearly and accurately answer the questions?
• Does the Action Plan show the team's full understanding of the environmental issue?
• Does the Action Plan clearly describe the preliminary plan?
• Does the Action Plan clearly show the team's actions in the implementation phase?
• Does the Action Plan clearly describe the results?
• Does the plan help to raise community awareness? Has the team used the provided press release template and/or organized a school event to raise awareness of the issue?

2. Overall Team Effort (30 points)

• Does the Action Plan communicate team effort?
• Does the Action Plan indicate each team member's actions in the project?

3. Quality of Writing (20 points)

• Are the responses well organized? Do they communicate ideas clearly?
• Do the responses communicate a persuasive argument?
• Are the paragraphs well structured with clear transitions?
• Do the responses reflect proper spelling, capitalization, and use of punctuation (e.g., commas, semicolons, colons, quotation marks, dashes)?
• Have students carefully checked their work before submitting it, or are there mistakes?

4. Supporting Materials (EXTRA CREDIT)

• Has the team included supporting materials as part of their entry?
• Do the supporting materials provide evidence of the team in action preparing and/or implementing their plan?

Thanks to all teams who participated in the Climate Challenge! This challenge is now CLOSED. Click here to see previous Challenge winners!

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