Congressional App Challenge
Register for the 2024 Congressional App Challenge!
The Congressional App Challenge is a competition for middle and high school students to engage their creativity and participate in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) education fields. This competition is a nationwide event that allows students from across the country to engage in the fields of coding and computer science by creating and exhibiting their software application, or "app," for mobile, tablet, or computer devices on a platform of their choice. The Congressional App Challenge is open to all middle and high school students who live or attend school in Oregon's First Congressional District. Students entering the competition must submit their app online during the Competition Submission Period from May 1st 2024 – October 24th 2024, as well as provide a YouTube or VIMEO video demo explaining their app and what they learned through this competition process.
Can I Participate?
Any student who lives in or attends middle or high school in the First Congressional District can compete in the challenge through Congresswoman Bonamici's Office. Students may compete as individuals or in teams of up to four. If competing as a team: at least 50 percent of the teammates must be eligible to compete in the district in which they are submitting their app.
Find out of your residential or school address is in Congressional District 1 here.
To Register
To enter, the student must create an account on CongressionalAppChallenge.us and then register for the Congressional App Challenge under Congresswoman Bonamici's profile during the Competition Submission Period. All entries must be an original in concept, design, and execution.
View last year's winning apps here.
Learn more about Congresswoman Bonamici's work on education issues in Congress here.
Resources for Students and Teachers
- Code.org
- 36 Resources To Help You Teach Kids Programming
- CodeAcademy.COM self-taught courses in HTML/CSS, Python, Ruby, and PHP
- Scratch a simple visual programming language
- Alice is used to create 3D animations
- Development Kits: