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Looking for real-world experiences to make your college application and resume stand out? Challenges are competitions you can do on a team or solo—in school or out!—where big money's on the line just by helping solve a pressing industry or community problem with your real-life knohow.

Second Life, Smarter Tech

Look around you. Your phone, laptop, earbuds, and game console all took materi... More

Earns

+400 Points

Winner

$10000

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10 minutes a Day. Earn Points & Skills.

Level-up your skills and career knowledge by creating TikTok videos, persuasive emails and more!

FinanceProblem Solving

Trick or Teal

Effort: 10 minutesAbout 8 percent of kids in the United States have a food allergy, and there is no cure. On Halloween, that means a bag full of candy can be a bag full of things they cannot eat, and one wrong peanut can mean a trip to the hospital instead of a sugar rush. To help make Halloween more fun for everyone, more and more houses are putting a teal pumpkin on the porch. It tells every kid walking by that this house has something besides candy, like glow sticks, stickers, or small toys. Candy is not cheap anymore either. Americans are expected to spend a record $13.5 billion on Halloween in 2026, and a box of 48 full-size chocolate bars that cost about $40 two years ago now costs about $50. A bowl without any food in it can cost less than a bowl of chocolate, if somebody plans it well. Your Task: Imagine you are in charge of your house's Halloween this year, and you just put a teal pumpkin on the porch. 1. Not Candy Think of something you got as a kid that was not candy and was actually exciting, from Halloween, a party bag, or a prize box. If nothing comes to mind, name the thing you wish someone had handed you. Say what made it worth more than a fun-size bar. (2 to 3 sentences.) 2. The $40 Bowl You have $40 and about 60 trick-or-treaters, and nothing in the bowl can be food. Say what goes in, roughly what each kid gets and what it costs per kid, and why a kid who can eat all the candy they want would still be glad they stopped. (4 to 5 sentences, with your math.) 3. Not the Lame House Kids talk on the walk between houses. Describe the one thing your house does so the bowl with no candy becomes the stop everyone tells their friends about. (2 to 3 sentences.) More

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10 pointsAwarded:
(1) $100 e-gift card

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Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology

“I was really impressed with the creativity... they made me feel good as a teacher. Experiences like these are what make teaching so rewarding.”

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Monarch High School

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Healthcare

Ilyas G. & Kartheek K.

Healthcare is Hiring

You're in charge. How would you fix the healthcare worker shortage? Healthcare is running ou...Learn more

5 weeks ChallengeEarns: +400pts

Problem SolvingCommunicationSocial Awareness

Awarded:
$5000

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