Code for Nature Challenge 2025

Students can use any platforms or tools to build stories, games, or apps with a general nature theme. Some examples might include: - A Scratch game that teaches people how to conserve energy when driving or using air conditioning. - A Minecraft mod that creates a nature-friendly city with plenty of plants, trees, flowers, and habitats for wildlife. - A mobile app that calculates how much CO2 people are generating from activities like driving, fast fashion, and food waste. - An AI system that recognizes if plants are under heat stress. - A Canva poster highlighting the biggest contributors to environment change. And so much more… In particular, we encourage students to uncover and address what has affected their own communities the most. Winners will be selected through a combination of community voting and evaluation by our teacher experts. Ten winners will each receive a $15 Amazon gift card (see FAQ for details). Students in grades 2–12 are welcome to join. Submit your project by **August 23rd**, and we will announce the winners by September 10th.

**Infosys Foundation USA**’s mission is to expand access to computer science and maker education for K–12 students and educators across the USA, while working to digitally upskill all learners for 21st-century technology-enabled opportunities. We invite you to explore the free resource and course offerings on Infosys Springboard USA: [bit.ly/InfySpringboard](https://www.infosys.org/infosys-foundation-usa/initiatives/springboard-usa.html). Infosys' special prize will be awarded to the project with the most innovative idea for using AI or other technologies. *You don't have to fully implement the AI—presenting the most compelling idea will get you a chance.* **Texas Instruments (TI)** is one of the top 10 semiconductor companies worldwide. The TI-Nspire™ CX II and TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculators come with Python preloaded and ready to code with built-in menus and smart features that help beginners get started. [www.education.ti.com/cs](https://education.ti.com/en/resources/computer-science) TI’s special prize—a brand-new TI-Nspire CX II calculator—will be awarded to the project with the best innovative idea for using hardware or data in grades 6-12 . **Elenco** is known for producing educational STEM products, particularly the popular Snap Circuit sets. We host a very popular [monthly event on Snap Circuit](https://www.create-learn.us/kidsevents#event-snapdec4). Elenco is sponsoring a Snap Circuit as a special prize and it will be given to a project by grades 2-5 students with the most creative idea on renewables. These special awards will be selected from among the top 10 projects, all of which will receive a $15 Amazon gift card (see FAQ for details). Don't miss our last free Code for Nature Workshop for help and inspiration in creating an awesome project!

You may submit projects on your own or with up to two other friends. In other words, the maximum group size is 3. Each student can submit up to 2 projects. Students are not required to have taken any classes with us to submit projects. **Please follow these steps to submit projects:** 1. Login to [https://www.create-learn.us/account](https://www.create-learn.us/account). You will need to create an account if you are new to Create & Learn. 2. Press **Add a Student** button on the bottom left if you don’t have a child added already. 3. Click on **Portfolio** under your child’s name. 4. Click on the **Add Project** button on the next page, then follow the instructions. You can access all projects submitted on this portfolio page as well.