Edison Challenge

The Edison Challenge brings together teams of teachers and students in grades 6-12 to create environmental science projects and to compete for prizes that include trips to Catalina Island and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

The Edison Challenge is a joint project of the USC Wrigley Institute and Edison International, the electric utility that serves much of southern California through its subsidiary, Southern California Edison (SCE). The Edison Challenge was created to give middle and high school students in the SCE service territory a chance to improve K-12 science education through "hands on" projects.

The Edison Challenge has two levels of competition: one for middle school (grades 6-8) and one for high school (grades 9-12). The teams need to have one teacher and six students from the same school. Teachers who participate can sign up for professional-development science workshops. Students and teachers who participate must either live in or attend school in Southern California Edison's service territory. (Note: Teachers within the SCE service territory may attend the professional development workshops even if they do not have a student team in the competition.)

For more information, please visit the Edison Challenge website.