Challenge of the Monthly – Monthly Subscription

A new STEM-based Challenge is released each month. They will explore either the STEM Training Process, the Engineering Design Process, or the Scientific Method. Some months we may even include Entrepreneurship projects.

Each month you will receive:

• Online Challenge Access – with lessons working students through the Challenge
• Trainee Portfolio – to showcase the student’s work
• Challenge Kit – all the supplies to complete the Challenge experiments and mini Challenges *excluding liquid products
• Trainee Completion Button & Certificate
• Virtual Coaching Sessions
• Virtual Showcase

You will be billed on the 15th of each prior month and receive the Kit by the 1st of the month. (For March Challenge you will be billed on February 15th and receive the Kit by March 1st).

We have done all the work for you. Once your account is created on the 1st of the month you will be given access to the online lesson curriculum for the Challenge. Each Challenge works through a process and is broken down into steps with a lesson to accompany that step.  There are video instructions for struggling readers and visual learners.

In the mail, you will receive the Challenge Kit. Inside the Kit pouch, you will find a Trainee Portfolio. The portfolio is created for all levels and types of learners and a pdf version is available that you can then fill in using an app like GoodNotes for more tech-motivated students. The Portfolio will showcase their work and save you time when annual evaluations approach as it provides samples of their work. Each student can make the Portfolio what they need it to. For younger students or those that learn differently, they can draw their research and ideas. Also, for those students that like writing, they have plenty of space for detailed notes.

We also include the Challenge Kits to complete experiments or activities. We know you are busy and collecting supplies can be laborious so we have taken the hard work out of it for you. With one exception, perishable or liquid products are hard to ship and ensure safe delivery, we will give you advance warning if this happens.

Trainees will also receive a completion button and certificate at the end of each Challenge. They can display their buttons proudly on their STEM Training Labcoat which is included in the annual subscription or can be ordered here.

As a special bonus for monthly and annual subscribers, you will be able to participate in the Virtual Coaching Sessions, which will be there to help students in a group setting if they need inspiration or help with the Challenge.

At the end of each month, students have the option to submit their 3-minute presentation and/or final project for the Showcase.

Please note that the sign-up deadline for the Challenge of the Month is the 20th.