Answer: My favorite school subject would probably have to be math or science. Why? Because I love solving problems and doing experiments and lab work. All my teachers that I have had so far have taught me these subjects in a FUN way.

Answer: I am in involved in everything from music to sports to art and to academics. Dance is one that I just LOVE to do. It lets me have fun and express myself. Tennis is another one. I get exercise by playing tennis while having fun! I also enjoy doing scrapbooking. It lets me be creative and make stuff pretty! I also took math classes for the past four years.

Answer: I would like to be a pediatrician when I grow up. This field goes well with what the two subjects that I really enjoy, Math and Science. I also LOVE working with kids and know that I would make a GREAT pediatrician!

Answer: The topic I chose was about germs. I have always been interested in learning about germs so it excited me when I found out that it was one of the topics for this year!

Answer: I like that we can explore so many different topics about science. I enjoy doing all the experiments and then finding what the results are so I can explain to people what is happening.

Answer: I REALLY ENJOYED DOING THIS PROJECT AND LEARNED A LOT!

Answer: Math

Answer: Sports, because I like to compete, and they are fun. Math Olympiads, because I like to try to do challenging math, and I like that the problems are not typical math class problems.

Answer: I am not sure yet, but I like science and math, and these may help me choose later on. I also like to debate, so a lawyer might be a possibility.

Answer: My teacher recommended it, and it sounded fun and challenging.

Answer: I like that you can figure things out on your own through experiments.

Answer: I play lacrosse, soccer and basketball on travel teams. I also enjoy golf. I really like sports. I also enjoy reading, and spending time with family.

Answer: science

Answer: computer The internet connects people all over the world.

Answer: Psychologist - I have the desire to explore the human minds of normal and mentally ill people. Or a critic - it's a job that you won't get criticized for criticizing.

Answer: It started as a school final project. Then I grew confidence in my video and wanted to be judged critically.

Answer: I like the fact that science has a reason to every theory.

Answer: The class of wealth sometimes cannot be switched by amount of education that a child receives.

Answer: My favorite subject in school is social studies. I like social studies because it’s a challenge to learn about the world and other cultures. Social studies connects me to others around the world, and helps me understand human nature.

Answer: I enjoy tennis and fencing, and I love to make movies. Tennis is very fun for me because I get to have a great time with my friends in a challenging and competitive environment. I enjoy fencing because it is very fast-paced, which heightens my senses. Filmmaking is a great way for me to express my creativity and my views about the world.

Answer: When I grow up I would like to be a documentary filmmaker like Michael Moore or Ken Burns. I love informing people about issues from a kid's perspective. Filmmaking lets me show the world my ideas. I can also inspire others to act, so that changes can be made. The world is full of problems that I would like to understand better and help to solve. As a filmmaker, I can help others see these issues, appreciate their significance and get involved. Global warming, wars, homelessness, starvation, discrimination and disease – there is no shortage of issues for a documentary filmmaker.

Answer: What prompted me to enter the contest was my interest in the topic of sunlight and its effects. Sunlight is especially relevant to me because I live in Hawaii. Sunlight is all around us, so I wanted to inform people about it and how it affects us. More importantly, my mom tells me every day to put on sunscreen, and I wanted to understand why.

Answer: Science is the basis for understanding the world around me. I enjoy learning about how things work, and I enjoy building things. It's fun to use my movie talents to help explain complicated things and to help others understand them as well. Making movies is really a process of building too, except that I use pieces of digital data instead of the Legos I played with as a kid. Science and math are an integral part of moviemaking, too. My editing programs use algorithms to handle the digital data captured by my camera. Figuring out the best way to make a movie and display it involves understanding the codecs and formats so I can pick the best options. Editing and mixing the audio involves understanding the waveforms that sound creates. The visual part of the movie often uses filters or other behaviors that adjust the images, all created with the math that's embedded in the software. The better I understand science and math, the better filmmaker I will be.

Answer: Ever since fourth grade when my teacher Mr. Schwengel taught me about iMovie, I have been making documentaries. I have made a number of movies that I am proud of. The summer after fifth grade, I made a movie about access to justice that won first prize for the Hawaii State Bar Association. In sixth grade, I helped produce a commercial for the Red Cross that was shown on television. Last year, I made another TV commercial for a local event called Band-Aid, which promoted a concert to raise money for different charities. This year, I won the middle school first prize in the statewide Olelo Youth Exchange contest for a public service announcement about why you should drink water instead of soda. Also this year, I won the C-Span StudentCam contest for middle school students with a documentary about childhood obesity. This video was incorporated into a program about childhood obesity at the White House, where I got to meet Michele Obama.

Answer: My favorite subject in school is math.

Answer: I like running hurdles for track, and I also like to ride my bike.

Answer: When I grow up, I want to be a research scientist.

Answer: I watched some of last years videos, and they got me interested in the challenge.

Answer: I like the logical thinking that is involved in science and math. I am impressed by all the inventions and discoveries that scientists have made.

Answer: I am passionate about the environment and have been a leader in making my middle school a green school two years in a row.

Answer: Science

Answer: Music (choir, band) and drama, church activities, doing science experiments

Answer: A rocket scientist or engineer with NASA

Answer: I like to help other people understand science and I like doing the challenges.

Answer: I most enjoy finding out how things work or why things happen.

Answer: I think it's a great idea to mix science knowledge with communication for this challenge, because you can only share scientific ideas with people if you can clearly explain them!

Answer: My favorite school subjects are math and science.

Answer: I enjoy reading because it feeds my imagination and I can learn new things. Also I enjoy being a part of math competitions because they challenge me to do my best and inspire me to learn more and to try harder. In my spare time I like to test ideas or experiment with things I have heard about to see how they work and how things work. When I do watch television I enjoy watching educational things like Animal Planet or Science Channel so that I can learn new things and see what things are being developed today.

Answer: I have always wanted to be a chemist and an inventor. I want to help the world with ideas that I think of. Also I want to understand how the world works and to create better ways to do things and to experiment with what we have available in our world to make our society more sustainable.

Answer: My grandma sent me the link and I thought that this would be a good way for me to learn more and the oppurtunity of the grand prize would help me pay for going to college because I want to be able to get a PhD in chemistry. This seemed like a fun way to get more involved in science.

Answer: Science has no limit. There are always new things to learn and you really never know all the answers. Science explains how thing works and I always want to know how the world runs. I want to be able to help discover more of those ideas.

Answer: I have two sisters and have lived in the Netherlands for a couple of years.

Answer: I enjoy science and geography. I find both subjects a really interesting way to study the environment and the world we live in.

Answer: There are almost too many to count. I love Scottish Country Dancing, because it’s really social and it’s a challenge to try and remember all of the dances and moves. I play electric bass and sing in a rock band (music is a HUGE part of my life). I'm a member of our homeschool science club where we all study for Science Bowl and Science Olympiad, I act in a play every semester, I perform in a children's improv group, and of course, I've loved doing Young Scientist Challenge!

Answer: I’m not really sure right now because there are so many wonderful things I could do with my life, but I’m leaning toward environmental sciences and film-making. Both would be really fun and exciting because I would be able to travel all around the world. I think doing both would be a really cool way to make science interesting for the next generation, and I could meet lots of new people and work on exciting new ideas and projects.

Answer: I've always loved science, and ever since I saw the finalists of YSC on the TV show MythBusters, I've wanted to enter Young Scientist Challenge. Then my mom offered a homeschool class on Young Scientist Challenge, so I grabbed the opportunity to make my video.

Answer: Science is a subject that covers almost every topic you could possibly imagine. It’s what makes our world the beautiful place it is. Science can be explosive, delicate, or awe-inspiring! I’m currently extremely interested in earth science and environmental science, but you could do practically anything with science. If knowledge was solid, all the knowledge in the universe would probably make the universe explode.

Answer: I strongly believe that science is very important in our lives and that it will be the next generation of children that make the next big discovery. It's important to learn science now and start making changes to save our planet and make it a better place.

Answer: Science

Answer: I love to ride roller coasters because I love rides that are very extreme. I've been playing baseball since I was 5 years old. I like to collect and build airplane models.

Answer: I want to become an aeronautical engineer because I love working with airplanes and flight science.

Answer: My teacher told my class about this challenge and I said sure I'll give it a shot--and I'm glad I did.

Answer: I like how in science that there is always something new to discover and that those discoveries can be pretty interesting.

Answer: My favorite television show is MythBusters.

Answer: Wow, this is a hard one to answer! I must say, though, I do love math and science. Yes, I know this is a HIGHLY unlikely answer from a student who would enter a national science competition! However, I truly enjoy learning in general and appreciate the merits of all my subjects.

Answer: I am the kind of person who likes to do everything! I play golf and tennis avidly, competing often in the summer. I also play much music on violin, guitar, and piano (and I'm trying to start drums). Furthermore, I write songs and compose classical works through the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra. I won the John Downey Creation Project and composed my first symphony this year that was performed by the orchestra this spring. I greatly enjoy cooking, inventing, building, and just having a fun time!

Answer: Though I honestly have no true idea what my career will be, being a NASA scientist intrigues me greatly. I find the universe to be endlessly fascinating and would surely love to learn as much as I can about it. Stephen Hawking's work on his Theory of Everything is absolutely amazing! As to what kind of scientist I would be, I'm not totally sure. However, I would love to help figure out how to send human beings on missions to the moon and other planets.

Answer: I love to compete and sometimes I get an irresistible urge to do so. One day, I got the bug. I began to look around locally and online for science competitions and eventually I landed on this website. Instantly, I was hooked. I began to formulate grandiose plans about my science video and loved every moment of it. Wow, what fun it has been!

Answer: I find science fascinating as it is constantly morphing and growing based on increasing knowledge and understanding. The inherent human desire to learn keeps it alive and helps it to expand. I find learning about how things work to be incredibly interesting and fun. I personally get such joy from learning WHY things happen.

Answer: I once ate a 14 ounce cheeseburger...with fries!