Classes compete
to find energy waste

Teachers and students interested in a hands-on science project are invited to take part in the HOBO Energy Challenge, a new contest designed to promote energy awareness in schools.

The contest, sponsored by iScienceProject, is open to students in grades kindergarten through 12, and its mission is simple: Find examples of energy waste at school, and have fun while learning science.

Participating classrooms will receive a free HOBO Loaner Package, which includes everything needed to start investigating energy usage: a HOBO (R) data logger, software and energy-saving contest activities.

The data logger is a portable electronic recording device that monitors light usage, room temperature and relative humidity. Software turns that data into colorful, time-stamped graphs.

Classrooms that investigate and document at least one example of energy waste will win a complete HOBO data logger system ($200 value). A classroom set of HOBO data loggers ($1,000 value) will be awarded to elementary, middle and high school classrooms that make the greatest effort to investigate energy waste.

For more information or to sign up, visit www.iscienceproject.com/energy_challenge/energy_challenge.html. The deadline for contest entries is April 30.