How can students/teachers participate?

If you know of a bright student ready to change the world, please encourage them to participate: To participate, students write an essay in which they have researched a key global issue concerning food security. At the event, each student will give a short (3-5 min) presentation to Purdue experts and the other participating students. The picture below is a picture of the Roundtable discussion.

Instructions & Resources

• Research Paper Instructions (Instructions no longer change year to year.)
• Roundtable Instructions 
• Sample questions for discussion
• Sample Paper 1  | Sample Paper 2
• Teacher Resource
  

Rubric

• Essay/Paper Rubric
• Roundtable Rubric 

Event Schedule

Want Purdue to come to your school?

Amy Jones and Kelly Delp are happy to come to your school and give a presentation to your class about the project. Please e-mail Kelly Delp (kdelp@purdue.edu) or Amy Jones (jones176@purdue.edu​) to schedule.

Meet students that have particpated in past institutes!

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