2. ORGANIZED OFFERINGS

Every year, more and more organized opportunities become available to students. They include the following:

A. Academic Competitions
Are you a science nut, budding engineer, computer buff, artist, writer, history fan, or language person? Whatever your intellectual bent, there is probably a local, state or national competition that you can enter. Here are a few:

• Young ARTS, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

• F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Championships

• Canon Envirothon

• International Brain Bee

• Intel Science Talent Search

• National Ocean Sciences Bowl

• National Science Bowl, U.S. Department of Energy

• International Student Technical Communication Competition

• National language tests (French, Spanish, etc.)

• USA Biology Olympiad

• Young Naturalist Awards, American Museum of Natural History

• Young Playwrights National Playwriting Competition

• What History Means to Me Essay Contest

For information about academic competitions, the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) offers a comprehensive list on their website: http://cty.jhu.edu/imagine/linkb.htm