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KnoPro is 100% free and gives high school students meaningful work-based learning experiences they can highlight on resumes and college applications. Sponsored by top companies, each challenge helps students build in-demand skills, confidence, and opportunities to win large cash prizes.

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Real-World ProjectsDo short, fun projects from top companies in fields like AI, Business, and Healthcare.

Cash PrizesWinners earn cash, and everyone earns points for major prizes and raffles.

Build Your ResumeShowcase your work to potential employers, colleges, and scholarship committees.

MentorshipWork solo or in teams, and get feedback and support from industry professionals.

More than $300,000 awarded to students and schools

KnoPro celebrates student creativity and problem-solving by awarding cash prizes to students and schools for outstanding industry project submissions. These rewards recognize hard work, innovation, and skill development—helping students gain confidence and real-world experience for resumes and college applications.

New Challenge Alert!

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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Daily Skillbuilders

10 minutes a Day. Earn Points & Skills.

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

TechnologyProblem Solving

Old Phone, New Tricks

Effort: 10 minutesAlmost every home has one, a junk drawer full of tangled cables and old devices. Most people figure those old phones and tablets are worth nothing. Tech reporter Jamey Tucker says they still have value if you think differently. An old smartphone that still turns on, even one that is seven or eight years old, can get a whole new job. Loaded with music, it becomes a gym music player with no calls or notifications to interrupt you. On Wi-Fi, it can be an alarm clock for your nightstand or a backup TV remote that never gets lost in the couch. Even a phone with no cell plan can still call 911, so it can be a simple safety device for a young kid at home. Tucker's own cracked, bent tablet, which a repair shop said could not be fixed, now sits on his desk as a small TV. "These old devices may not be worth anything," he says, "but they're not worthless." Your Task: Imagine you are a designer whose job is giving old devices new jobs, so the devices people use every day are free for everything else. 1. Too Many Jobs Think of a moment in your day when one device has to do too much, or when you keep switching between devices. Maybe your phone is your alarm, your TV remote, and your music, or you watch a show on your phone while working on a laptop. Describe that moment for you or someone in your family, and what makes it a hassle. (2 sentences.) 2. Hand It Off Pick one of those jobs and give it to an old backup device for good. Describe where it lives and how it is set up so anyone can grab it and use it in seconds. Then say how you would decorate or label it so everyone knows its one job. Finish by explaining why this works better than the old way. (5 sentences.) 3. What Could Go Wrong Name one thing that could make your idea fail, like a dead battery or a little sibling taking it, and how you would fix it. (1 to 2 sentences.) Want to win up to $5,000? Check out the current KnoPro Challenge: Second Life, Smarter Tech. It runs from Nov. 2nd through Nov. 6th. More

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

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Testimonials

"KnoPro provides students with fun and exciting opportunities to creatively tap into their thoughts and get rewarded for their ideas. It is an engaging site that keeps students coming back for more!"

Maira Jamil

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.”

Mark Godinez

South Dade Senior High

“The KnoPro project was relevant to them because it made them think about how they could apply technology in their future careers."

Guilia Matarasso

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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