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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Mar 092016The Fairchild Challenge at Phipps: Challenge #5
Challenge #5: “My Climate Future” In this second-to-last challenge of the school year, we want to hear your great ideas for how individuals can make lifestyle changes in response to climate change. Climate...
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Feb 162016Fairchild Challenge: Challenge Four Winners Announced!
We have the blueprints for the schools of the future! Imagine a school where fruits and veggies grow on the walls, where columns are made out of fish tanks, where the clocks are made from flowers and branches. The Fairchild...
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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...
