New Jersey KidWind Challenge

EXACT DATE IN MARCH AND DETAILS COMING SOON!

The New Jersey KidWind Challenge is a hands-on renewable energy competition that engages students from across New Jersey in STEM. Student teams bring small-scale wind turbines or solar devices that they’ve designed to the Challenge where they will be tested for power output. Teams also meet with a panel of expert judges to present their design process and demonstrate their contextual knowledge, and tackle instant challenge activities.

What happens at the New Jersey KidWind Challenge?

At the Challenge, student teams will:

• Test their turbine’s energy output
• Present in front of a panel of expert judges
• Complete instant challenges that test teamwork and hands-on thinking

Friends, family, and spectators are welcome and encouraged to come support competing teams.

Who can participate in the Challenge?

Any group of students in grades 4 to 12 is eligible to enter as a team. This includes students from public and private schools, home schoolers, after school clubs, Scout troops, etc. As long as you have a coach and a team, you can attend! Teams of 2-6 students seem to work best.

Each team must have a coach. The coach will be responsible for registering the team for the competition and managing the team’s progress.

The Challenge is free to compete in and attend.

Top performers will be invited to the 2025 World KidWind Challenge.

For detailed information on preparing for the Challenge, all teams should read the 2024-25 Wind Challenge Guidebook.