Rapid Innovation Design Challenge

The Naval Postgraduate School is excited to announce the Rapid Innovation Design Challenge as an experiential learning component of this year’s Discovery Day. Schools and students are invited to envision, develop, and design innovative solutions for ongoing naval challenges. Through engagement with one of the four unique design challenges presented with scaffolded lessons designed to support student learning and engagement, students will be asked to consider how science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) can be used to impact meaningful change for the naval forces.

The Discovery Day Design Challenge is open to students in grades 6-12. Pick one of the four challenges, designed to take 2-4 days, but can be accomplished in a timeline that fits you and your students' needs. If time permits, select as many challenges as you and your students desire. The challenge will have faculty and student teams in the local Monterey area competing against each other for a chance to win prizes up to $7,000 sponsored by the NPS Foundation.

If you have any questions, please contact the design team at designchallenge@nps.edu.

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