Dear Students and Parents,

Welcome to the Marketplace for Kids Bright Ideas Showcase and Contest website. On this website you'll find:

• Bright Ideas Showcase and Contest Categories, Rules, and Judging Criteria
• How to Prepare and Show Your Project/Build a Display Board
• Registration Form. Upon receipt of your registration, a confirmation and more information will be sent to you via email/mail.

More information on inventing and business ideas can be found in the Marketplace for Kids Learning Guide. Visit the following Learning Guide sections for more information:

• Section 2: Entrepreneurship (PDF)
• Section 3: Inventions, Innovations & Crazy Contraptions - Yes, You Can Invent! (PDF)
• Section 16: How to Prepare and Show Your Project / Build a Display Board (PDF)

We invite you to participate in this program to recognize the outstanding creativity of our youth. Inventing and developing business ideas allow you to truly share your creativity.

• The design technology, prototyping and testing elements meet science standards.
• Journaling links to language arts.
• Math and humanities standards are addressed by technical drawing and model building.

We look forward to seeing your bright ideas that encourage higher order thinking, ingenuity and imagination.

Sincerely,

Marilyn K. Kipp
Executive Director
Marketplace for Kids