*COVID-19 UPDATE: As the COVID-19 public health crisis unfolds, the U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) and our partners continue to make difficult decisions. The health and safety of each individual involved in our programs is our top priority, which is why we have made the choice to hold eCYBERMISSION’s National Judging & Educational Event (NJ&EE) exclusively online in June.

eCYBERMISSION, AEOP’s web-based science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) competition for students in grades six through nine encourages students to explore how STEM works in their world, while working as a team to solve problems in their community. Though teams traditionally compete virtually in state and regional competitions and in-person at NJ&EE, to help work toward solving a problem in our global community this culminating event is being shifted online, in adherence to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Though we continue to refine details for moving to a fully virtual program, we are confident that NJ&EE will remain a valuable experience. We look forward to this event and are eager to learn how our student participants recognize and solve real-life problems through science and engineering.

Though this ongoing crisis changes our day-to-day lives, with preparation, preventative measures and adherence to national and state public health authority recommendations and protocols, we can work together to keep our community safe. For any questions regarding this guidance, please contact Alphonsus Baggett at abaggett@nsta.org. 

Visit eCYBERMISSION.comeCYBERMISSION is a free, web-based STEM competition for students in grades six through nine that promotes self-discovery and enables all students to recognize the real-life applications of STEM. Teams of three or four students are instructed to ask questions (for science) or define problems (for engineering), and then construct explanations (for science) or design solutions (for engineering) based on identified problems in their community. Students compete for State, Regional and National Awards.