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KnoPro is 100% free and gives high school students meaningful work-based learning experiences they can highlight on resumes and college applications. Sponsored by top companies, each challenge helps students build in-demand skills, confidence, and opportunities to win large cash prizes.

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KnoPro celebrates student creativity and problem-solving by awarding cash prizes to students and schools for outstanding industry project submissions. These rewards recognize hard work, innovation, and skill development—helping students gain confidence and real-world experience for resumes and college applications.

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Looking for real-world experiences to make your college application and resume stand out? Challenges are competitions you can do on a team or solo—in school or out!—where big money's on the line just by helping solve a pressing industry or community problem with your real-life knohow.

Aerospace Engineering: Next-Gen Flight

How will we fly in 2050? Get ready for take-off into the exciting world of fu... More

Earns

+400 Points

Winner

$10000

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Daily Skillbuilders

10 minutes a Day. Earn Points & Skills.

Level-up your skills and career knowledge by creating TikTok videos, persuasive emails and more!

HealthcareCommunication

Needle Little Help

Effort: 10 minutesAt Children's Hospital Los Angeles, there is a job that looks like playing with kids all day. Hallie is a child life specialist in the Heart Institute, and before a child has a procedure, she walks them through every step of what is about to happen, in words a kid can follow. When the procedure starts, she is still there, keeping them busy and calm while the doctors work. Her job is to make sure a kid in a hospital still gets to be a kid. Almost every hospital that treats children has someone like her, and almost nobody outside a hospital has heard of the job. The kids who need it most have no idea what a needle, a cast, or a giant humming machine is going to feel like. For most of them, the only thing worse than the procedure is not knowing what comes next. Your Task: Imagine you are the child life specialist, and a scared six-year-old is next on the schedule. 1. The Procedure Pick something that happened to you at a doctor, a dentist, or a hospital. It could be stitches, a cast, or a shot. Say what it was and what scared you about it at the time, honestly. (2 to 3 sentences.) 2. The Walkthrough A six-year-old is about to have the same thing done. Explain what will happen, step by step, using one thing from their world so it makes sense to them, like a car wash, a spaceship, or a level in a video game. Give your comparison a name. (4 sentences.) 3. The Distraction You are in the room for the exact moment it hurts or gets loud. Invent one game or trick for that moment, for a kid who has already heard "count to ten" and is not falling for it again. (2 to 3 sentences.) Ready to try to win the big bucks? Try the KnoPro Challenge: Healthcare is Hiring. More

Earns:
10 pointsAwarded:
(1) $100 e-gift card

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"KnoPro provides students with fun and exciting opportunities to creatively tap into their thoughts and get rewarded for their ideas. It is an engaging site that keeps students coming back for more!"

Maira Jamil

Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology

“I was really impressed with the creativity... they made me feel good as a teacher. Experiences like these are what make teaching so rewarding.”

Mark Godinez

South Dade Senior High

“The KnoPro project was relevant to them because it made them think about how they could apply technology in their future careers."

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Monarch High School

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Choose Any Challenge Summer Edition: 2026

It's your chance to win $$$ in our Choose Any Challenge! Take your pick from previous Challe...Learn more

10 weeks ChallengeEarns: +400pts

Problem SolvingCommunicationSocial Awareness

Awarded:
$5000

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