Public can help choose winners in Science City’s Battle of the Brains
Space exploration, natural disasters and urban agriculture are among the topics on area students’ minds in the third Battle of the Brains competition.
The Burns & McDonnell Foundation has announced 10 elementary and 10 secondary school finalists in the competition to design a new outdoor exhibit for Science City at Union Station. The public may vote online through Saturday to help determine the winning team, which will be announced at 10 a.m. Nov. 18 at Union Station.
The winning team in each grade category will receive $50,000 to be used toward science and engineering education. Other finalists will receive lesser amounts for a total $155,000 in grants.
A record 5,300 students representing 520 school teams participated in this round of Battle of the Brains. Finalists represent schools from 12 area districts.
Go to battleofthebrainskc.com to learn more about the finalist projects and to vote. Each email address may submit one vote per day. The public vote will count for 30 percent of a deliberations by a panel of judges.
The winning team will work with Burns & McDonnell professionals to turn its concept into a working exhibit for the planned expansion into the courtyard outside Science City.
Matt Campbell: 816-234-4902, @MattCampbellKC
This story was originally published November 9, 2015 at 11:36 AM with the headline "Public can help choose winners in Science City’s Battle of the Brains."