HOW TO ENTER
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Finalists must create one short video (three minutes maximum) per entry that demonstrates how the solution was developed, highlight the materials used, and show the success and effectiveness of the solution. Finalists will receive a stipend of $500 to purchase items to build the device and may not exceed this amount. Deadline for finalist videos is April 15, 2013.
PRIZING
The Grand Prize Winner will receive a $10,000 scholarship and a trip to meet a member of the cast or crew of Burn Notice. The winner will also be featured on-air and on usanetwork.com. The mentor/advisor for the Grand Prize Winner will win $1,000 for professional development and will join the winner on the trip to meet the cast or crew! The trip includes roundtrip airfare and hotel accommodations. There will also be prizes for our 2nd - 5th place winners! Students will receive: 2nd Place: $5,000; 3rd Place: $3,000; 4th Place: $2,000 and 5th Place: $1,000. Mentor/advisors to 2nd - 5th winners will each receive $500. Prize will be split evenly among members of winning team, if more than one individual enters. Remaining student and mentor/advisor finalists will receive a USA/Burn Notice prize package.
SCIENCE EDUCATION ADVISORS
The award-winning science educators who worked with USA Network and the producers of Burn Notice to develop the competition include: Jim Brown, Forest Park Elementary, Albany, NY; Janice Crowley, Wichita Collegiate School and Wichita State University, Wichita, KS; Bebi Davis, W.R. Farrington High School and Honolulu Community College, Honolulu, HI; Jan Elmore, Rains ISD, Emory, TX; and Michael Lampert, West Salem High School, Salem, OR; and Ben Wentworth III, Retired, Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, Colorado Springs, CO.