2024 AEH-STEM4E DESIGN CHALLENGE

                                                     The change you would like to see in your schools: A graphic representation of your concept 

STEM4E  

A school is a large community – with its own governance, facilities, members, systems, security, communication, and social amenities, among others. Like every society, schools face different challenges and even opportunities to be exploited.  

This call is for young people in secondary schools and universities to use any combination of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to come up with a design that can solve a challenge or exploit an opportunity that you identify in your school. The design should tell a compelling and creative story.  

What to Include in the Submission 

• 1. A visualization of your design in either 2D or 3D artwork format.  It can be presented in prints, physical design models, media works, paintings, drawings, or computer-generated art or a mix of these forms.   
  
  2. A maximum 250-word description of the challenge/opportunity that the design addresses, and a brief illustration of the design, to accompany with the visualization. 
  
  
• 3. Also include the below table of personal details on the description page. 
  
  

 It must be an original and unique design that showcases your vision of change, and the artwork submission is created by you.

 Who Can Enter?
 There are two streams to this challenge call:

▪ The Secondary School Stream: Grade 8 to Grade 12
▪ The University Steam: Undergraduate Year 1 to Year 4

Any student, girl/ woman or boy/ man at any secondary school or university in Botswana and Zambia can enter.

Individual or Team Entry

 ▪ Student can enter the call as an individual
 ▪ Team entry is acceptable but 1 leading student must represent the team to make the submission. Team arrangements must be agreed among the student members. AEH is not responsible for any team issues arising from this call.
 ▪ Only 1 submission for each student, regardless of whether the student submits the design as an individual or in a team.

HOW and WHEN to Submit

▪ To be sent through your schools/ teachers to: compete@stem4e.org
▪ Submission is opened until 15 May 2024.

The Selection Process

A team of teachers, researchers, and young people will review all submissions. Your design will be assessed in terms of its design look and feel, and the design’s ability to tell a compelling story and of its utility.

The Awards will be announced after 15 May 2024. The winning designs will be posted on the STEM4E.org website.

What is in it for you?

 1. For each stream, the top 2 winners will get 5000 ZMW each, and 4 runners-up of 2500 ZMW each.
 2. The winning designs will be showcased and publicized online.