About us
Why choose ND Slingshot Challenge?
We will connect teachers and students with environmental and media production professionals to assist student with preparing the best videos possible. Our program is open to all teacher and students in North Dakota.
November 2025
Teacher and Project Team Coordinator recruitment. Interested in becoming a Project Team Coordinator or leading a team fill out this form.
December 2025
Team-teacher/Project Team Coordinator virtual workshops. Workshop will include project brainstorming, problems and solutions videographer coaching and video planning board time.
Early January 2026
Team-teacher in-person meeting (several locations around the state). Workshop will include video design and production
Late January 2026
ND Slingshot reviews and provides feedback on videos.
February 2026
Videos due February 6, 2026
We are a collaborator with the SLingshot challenge, a national geographic program
Quick start guide for
teachers
Our program is a mix of in-person and virtual workshops for teachers and students in North Dakota.
01.
Project Team Coordinator
Project Team Coordinators (PTC) facilitate the submission of 1-minute team videos to the National Geographic Slingshot for Change Challenge. PTC’s will receive $500 for each team they facilitate, up to $1500 (for three teams). PTC’s must meet with students outside normal classroom instruction time, attend a virtual coordinator check-in meeting in December and January, and ensure their students submit their videos by February 6, 2025. $500-$1500 will be awarded upon video submission, depending on how many teams submit videos.
02.
Substitute Teacher Stipend
We know your time is valuable and school budgets are tight. We will pay for your substitute teacher, mileage to and from the workshops, and workshop meals.
03.
National Geographic Slingshot Challenge
Sign up for the Slingshot Challenge to receive updates and a toolkit of helpful information to plan videos.
04.
2025 Video Winners
We encourage students and teachers to check out the top ten videos from the 2025 challenge.
05.
Climate Resilience in your Community
Check out this website for possible solutions to local problems.
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imagine
The National Geographic Society uses the power of science, exploration, education, and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world. Now, it is your turn.
choose an issue
What matters to you?
Your video must address one of these 5 areas. Teams could be inspired by personal experiences, other people’s stories, or something impacting your community specifically or the planet as a whole.
Clean Air
Reducing the pollution we put into the air and finding ways to remove it
Reducing Waste
Innovating ways to reduce and reuse waste
Restore the Ocean
Curbing pollution and promoting sustainable use of our ocean
Addressing Climate Change
Limiting our carbon footprint to prevent climate change
Protect Nature
Preserving and improving habitats for wildlife
all over the world
ILLUMINATE AND PROTECT THE WONDER OF OUR WORLD 