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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!

TechnologyCommunication

Curb Your Robot

Effort: 10 minutesHundreds of knee-high robots are now rolling down sidewalks in Los Angeles County, carrying burritos and groceries to people's doors. They wait at crosswalks, cross when the light changes, drive slower than you walk, and the company gives each one its own name. If your city has them, one has probably already rolled past you on your way to school, and if it does not have them yet, it is likely next in line. City leaders in Glendale are taking a closer look at them, and twenty-four states have already written laws about what these robots are allowed to do. The argument is not really about whether they work, because they mostly do. It is about sharing space. Sidewalks in big cities are already crowded, and critics point out that a robot parked in the wrong spot can block a curb ramp, which is the only way someone using a wheelchair can get up onto the sidewalk. Other people barely notice them and like getting their food without paying a delivery driver. A robot cannot read a situation the way you can. It does not know that you are in a hurry, that you are carrying something heavy, or that it just cut in front of a stroller. Companies are already trying to make people like these robots, which is why they gave them names in the first place. Your Task: Imagine you work for the company that runs these robots, and one of them is yours to design. 1. The Name Give your robot a name, then explain what that name tells people about how it behaves and why you picked it over something cuter or tougher. (A name, plus 2 sentences.) 2. The Signal Your robot needs to let a person know what it is about to do, like crossing, stopping, or waiting for them to pass. Invent one way it could say that without using words. It could be a sound, a light, a movement, a face, or something nobody has built yet. Describe it in words, then explain how a person who has never seen your robot would understand it on the first try. (3 to 4 sentences.) 3. The Rule Cities are writing robot laws right now, and your company gets to propose one. Write one rule that every sidewalk robot should have to follow, say who it protects, and admit what it costs your company. (3 to 4 sentences.) Ready to try to win the big bucks? Try our newest KnoPro Challenge: Aerospace Engineering: Next-Gen Flight. 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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Jessica X. & Jennifer X.

Real Estate, Real Impact: Build a REIT that Builds the Future

Real estate isn’t just about buying property; it’s about building the future. From affordabl...Learn more

4 weeks ChallengeEarns: +400pts

Problem SolvingCommunicationSocial Awareness

Awarded:
$5000

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