St. Jude EPIC Challenge

Get your students engaged with project-based learning, all while helping them give back to St. Jude kids. 

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What is EPIC?

 
 
 

Experimenting, Prototyping, Inventing and Creating

Project-based learning, real-world relevance
Participating kids research, create and present an invention or idea that would improve life for kids like those at St. Jude.

Meets modern standards 
Designed by educators, St. Jude EPIC Challenge meets Next Generation Science Standards. 

Flexible and adaptable
St. Jude EPIC Challenge follows a flexible five-lesson format that can be implemented in the classroom or from home.

Take a look at example prompts and inventions.

 
 
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How EPIC Challenge works:

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1) Join the challenge
Teachers and parents can register their schools or organizations to take the challenge, or have their students participate on their own.

 

 
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2) Encourage your students to be creative
After you register, we'll send you a toolkit with everything you need to guide kids through the research and design process as they bring their inventions to life.

 
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3) Help your students give back
Students can share their inventions with family and friends and seek "funding" for their idea by asking for donations to support the kids of St. Jude.

 
 
 
 
 

Join the challenge in the

classroom or at home

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Teachers

Register to receive our free lesson plan and student resources, perfect for in-classroom activation and distance learners. 

Create your class project >

 
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Parents and students

Empower little learners to make a difference for kids just like them. Register your family and unleash creativity to fight cancer.

Start a project at home >

 
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Support a student fundraiser

Support St. Jude EPIC inventions and ideas by helping a student reach their fundraising goal.

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Kid tested, teacher approved

St. Jude EPIC is designed to meet Next Generation Science Standards for engineering design and in collaboration with our ambassador network.

 
 
 
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St. Jude patient Riku
 

Thank you for helping St. Jude kids

With your support, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food.

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