Thank you for this post, Lauren. The STEM Academy @ Bartlett is doing some exciting things! There are several other schools around the country that are also using the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering (http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/challenges.aspx) in innovative ways as you can see below. It would be wonderful if these schools could find opportunities to share best practices among each other and with other K-12 school systems. These programs are engaging and inspiring all students, whether they want to ultimately pursue engineering or not, but they also prepare those interested in entering one of the growing number of NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Programs (GCSPs) at colleges/universities across the country. We should find ways of better linking GCSP schools with K-12 schools too. Now more on those other uses of the NAE Grand Challenges in K-12... Wake STEM Early College High School (https://www.wcpss.net/Page/11035), on the grounds of NC State, frames its entire curriculum -- from science to art to math to social studies -- on the NAE Grand Challenges. More: https://bit.ly/2sRB5Ui Tesla STEM HS in Redmond, WA and Edison High School in Fairfax County Virginia are also using the NAE Grand Challenges in unique ways. Here's a short video about them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzQ2s-LANWU More about the Global STEM Challenges Program at Edison HS can be found in this op ed that appeared in The Washington Post when the program launched: http://wapo.st/2dBZoR8 More about Tesla HS here: https://bit.ly/2RVjOIA And other schools across the country are using the NAE GCs on smaller scales, from single courses to after school activities. I am eager to help further ignite this movement to excite students' desire to learn through real "change the world" challenges and hope you'll join me! Randy Atkins National Academy of Engineering 202-334-1508 atkins@nae.edu