Brought to you by Van Andel Institute for Education
Making project-based learning (PBL) a reality takes time—a teacher’s most precious commodity. That’s where Blue Apple comes in. We do the heavy lifting in the planning, so you can do what you do best … teach!
Blue Apple projects are designed to save teachers time and engage students in memorable, meaningful experiences where they apply critical and creative thinking to real-world problems—while learning the content teachers actually have to teach! They are easily adaptable for grades 3-8, meet cross-curricular standards, and come with everything you need. Intrigued? Enter this giveaway and you could be one of 40 teachers to win a PBL project of your choice.
What are my options?
Choose from 10 hands-on and engaging projects like:
- Food for Thought: Create, test, and revise healthy recipes in a Top Chef–style competition.
- High Energy: Design, test, and refine solutions to reduce energy consumption.
- What’s in Your Water?: Collect, test, and analyze local water samples and determine ways to improve water quality.
- And more options!
With each Blue Apple project, you’ll get:
- Videos and contact information for a variety of industry experts.
- Real-world connections aligned to cross-curricular content standards.
- Opportunities to connect with other classrooms doing the same project (how cool!).
- Practical instructional strategies for you to use beyond the project.
- Access to a project coach … a real person!
- Instant lifetime access to hundreds of online resources and a snail-mail box of supplies shipped to your door.
- Prize Package(s)
- Rules
Forty (40) winners will each receive a prize package ($125 value) that includes:
- Engaging lessons designed to make learning memorable, meaningful, and fun.
- PBL supports such as: real-world connections, collaboration options, cross-curricular content, and just-in-time professional development.
- Time-saving links to dozens of curated online resources.
- Kit of supplies that bring your project to life.
- Access to a Project Coach to ask questions and share ideas. You're never alone!
FINAL RULES FOR Van Andel Institute for Teacher Appreciation GIVEAWAY
No purchase necessary. Making a purchase will not increase your chances of winning. The promotion is open only to legal residents of the United States who at the time of entry are a) eighteen (18) years of age or older and b) currently employed full- or part-time as an educator by an accredited public or private K-12 school in the United States. WeAreTeachers is the official administrator of this program and Van Andel Institute for Education is the Sponsor. Employees of WeAreTeachers or the Sponsor and their affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, sales representatives, agents, advertising and promotional agencies, and the immediate families and household members (parent, spouse, child or sibling) of each are not eligible to participate. The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
Entry Rules and Agreements
- All entries must be submitted using the online form by 11:59 p.m. Central time on May 31, 2023.
- Entrants must follow the entry instructions. Entries generated by script, macro, robotic, programming, or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified.
- All entrants must be legal residents of the United States of America with a current U.S. address for prize fulfillment. Prizes that require shipment will not be shipped internationally.
- Each entrant may only submit one completed form.
- Winners will be selected by random drawing and announced on the WeAreTeachers website by June 6, 2023.
- All published prizes from the Sponsor are fulfilled by the Sponsor and are the sole responsibility of the Sponsor. The Sponsor is responsible for contacting winners and fulfilling all other related prizes directly to the winners.
- WeAreTeachers and its Sponsors make every attempt to fulfill prizes. Prizes unclaimed after 60 days are not awarded.
- Any depiction of prizes is for illustrative purposes only. All prizes are awarded as-is and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied. Winners are responsible for all taxes on prizes received.
- Prizing: Forty (40) winners will each receive a prize package ($125 value) that includes:
- Engaging lessons designed to make learning memorable, meaningful, and fun.
- PBL Supports such as: real-world connections, collaboration options, cross-curricular content, and just-in-time professional development.
- Time-saving links to dozens of curated online resources.
- Kit of supplies that bring your project to life.
- Access to a Project Coach to ask questions and share ideas. You're never alone!
- Product prizes are not redeemable for cash or transferable. No substitution allowed except, at Sponsor's sole discretion, a prize of equal or greater value may be substituted.
- Only the number of prizes stated in the Rules is available to be won. All prizes will be awarded provided a sufficient number of eligible Entries is received.
- WeAreTeachers and the program Sponsor reserve the right to extend the submission deadline and/or winner announcement.
- WeAreTeachers and the program Sponsor reserve the right to modify, cancel, or suspend the Promotion or any part of it.
- Information provided by you under this program is subject to WeAreTeachers’ privacy policy located at weareteachers.com/privacy-policy.
- WeAreTeachers and the program Sponsor are not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet users or by the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of the entries. Sponsor is not responsible for computer system, phone line, hardware, software, or Promotion malfunctions or other errors, failures, or delays in computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature.
- WeAreTeachers and the Sponsor retain the discretion to make all decisions regarding the interpretation and application of these rules. All decisions are final and discretionary. The laws of the State of Connecticut shall govern this Promotion. The courts of Connecticut shall be the exclusive forum for any dispute relating to these Rules and/or this Promotion. All participants and winners agree, by their participation in the Promotion, to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of Connecticut. Prizes may be considered income, and any and all taxes associated with prizes are the responsibility of the winners.