Resources ~ Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Resources

FIRST: (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 by Dean Kamen (the inventor of the Segway Human Transporter) to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology. For more information about FIRST, please see their website.
National Youth Science Camp
Space Camp Scholarship Competition: Students in the First Congressional District of Oregon are eligible to enter the Oregon Competition and Asian American students nationwide are eligible for the APA Competition. Application materials are available on this website.
Intel Science and Engineering Fair: High School Level Science Fair competition.
The National Science Bowl: A competition for High School students.
Destination Imagination: A multidisciplinary competition for all ages.
West Virginia Governor's School for Mathematics and Science
Youth Science Leadership Institute

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  House Committee on Science and Technology
  Science Commons: Science Commons designs strategies and tools for faster, more efficient web-enabled scientific research. We identify unnecessary barriers to research, craft policy guidelines and legal agreements to lower those barriers, and develop technology to make research data and materials easier to find and use.
  NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory in Cambridge, MA, can provide links and resources for students preparing for their video entries.
For Video Resources

Hall Davidson's blog about using media online
Joe Brennan's Digital Storytelling Blog

Discovery Education School: Free teacher/school resources.
National Science Teacher's Association
National Youth Science Foundation
National Academies of Science
The National Science Resources Center
Science Buddies: A nonprofit organization that provides free online resources for science education.