Competitions · Curriculum
Real engineering challenges, ready for your classroom.
Download the material and use it any time you like — it's yours to run on your own schedule. Or enter a seasonal Campaign and give your students a path all the way to the national championships.
Classroom · on your schedule
Live · in-person, fixed dates
Both are Stellr Competitions. Campaigns bring the same challenges into your classroom.
“Design Competitions are a textbook example of Project Based Learning (PBL). We provide an open-ended challenge for students to creatively problem solve. They pursue deeper understanding to overcome challenges. Students learn communication, collaboration, and resilience as they struggle as part of a larger team to design and present their space infrastructure.”
How it works
Use the material your way.
Take the material into your classroom whenever it suits you — and enter a Campaign only if you want the competition edge.
Always available
Use the material any time
- Run it on your own schedule, at your own pace
- Free Core Material — no account required to preview
- See how it fits your classroom before you upgrade
Twice a year · Fall & Spring
Enter a Campaign
- Two windows a year — Fall and Spring
- A path to national championship activities
- Register in minutes — not required to use the material
See Exactly What Students Work On
Download one of our older Request For Proposals (RFP’s) — the same industry-simulation design brief we issue participating students. We’ll email you a copy to keep.
A real student RFP, sent straight to your inbox.
Competitions
Competition Themes
Both build from first principles — no prior experience needed. Download and teach either one today, and you can enter your students into either Campaign if you want to give them that extra edge.
Space Design Challenge
Engineering inspired by space exploration — students tackle the systems that keep a mission alive and on course.
Access
Free account, then upgrade for the full material
Environmental Design Challenge
Real-world environmental problems solved through systems thinking, sustainable design and honest engineering trade-offs.
Access
Free account, then upgrade for the full material
Previous student work
See what students create
A rotating look at real deliverables from past competitions — the proposals, presentations and designs your students could be building.
Campaigns · optional
Two Campaigns a year. A path to the national championships.
Classes, clubs, and student groups can choose to take the Competition material and participate in a Campaign — competing with others nationally. Submitting student work opens the door to award winners receiving industry-leading mentoring and coaching, and the possibility of invites to National Championships!
Fall 2027
Fall Campaign
Kick off in the autumn term and submit before the winter break.
Register your classSpring 2027
Spring Campaign
Run it in the new year — perfect for a spring-semester project.
Register interestRun the challenge
In your classroom
Participate in a Campaign
Fall or Spring window
National championships
Top participants progress
Getting started
Simple to run in any classroom.
Create your free account
Always free. Access the Competition material and see how you could use it in your classroom.
Unlock the full material
Teachers can choose to upgrade their membership to access lesson plans, support material, and CTE credits. See membership for details.
Teach it on your schedule
Run the challenge whenever suits your class. No deadlines unless you choose to enter a Campaign.
Optionally, enter a Campaign
Want it to count? Submit in the Fall or Spring window for a shot at the national championships.
Material levels
Start free. Unlock more as you go.
Create a free account to access the Competition material. Upgrade your teacher membership for the full teaching material — see the membership page for tiers and pricing.
Always free · create an account
Competition material
- Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Mission Handbook
- See how to use the material in your classroom
Upgrade your membership
Full teaching material
- Lesson plans & support material
- CTE credits
- Worksheets, assessment guides & marking rubric
- Student certificates & awards
- Mentoring & coaching for award winners
- A path to the National Championships
Ready to start?
Bring a real engineering challenge to your class.
Download the material for free and teach it on your schedule — then enter a Campaign whenever you’re ready.
See it for yourself
From brief to design
What it looks like when students run the material.