Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge

What's Happening

ATTENTION REGISTERED TEAMS-
Please complete our 'Intent to Participate' Form to confirm that you are competing in this year's competition. This form has been sent via email. If you have any issues, contact our team at seaperch@coe.drexel.edu.

The deadline for notebook submission has been extended to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday April 9th. No exceptions will be given. Notebooks arriving after the deadline will not be reviewed.Please review the following guidelines:

The engineering notebook size limit has been set at 5 MB. Notebook submissions that exceed the file size threshold will not be reviewed
The preferred file format is the Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf). Notebooks delivered in MS Word 2003 or later (.doc/docx) will be accepted.

The 2013 SeaPerch High School Team and Middle School Registration is now officially closed. If you are interested and would like to be added to our waiting list, please contact the SeaPerch Team at seaperch@coe.drexel.edu or fill out our contact form.

Missed the 2013 SeaPerch Kick-Off Event? Need some information? Then visit our Kick-Off page to learn what you missed.

To get in touch with our SeaPerch team, please email us at seaperch@coe.drexel.edu or fill out our contact us form.

Looking for a testing pool or more help with your SeaPerch?

Then look no further! The Independence Seaport Museum (ISM) is offering pool time, mentoring, and museum tours to all SeaPerch teams. The museum will have the pool and seaperch set-up and available for use in early January 2013.

If you would like to visit the Independence Seaport Museum, you must schedule your team visit in advance by contacting:

Olivia Thomas
Education Coordinator
215 413-8630
groupsales@phillyseaport.org

To learn more about the museum visit: http://www.phillyseaport.org/SeaPerch

Drexel Freshman Engineering
Designs Blog

Check out Drexel University's engineering students blog on how they modify the SeaPerch for their freshman design project here!

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2013 SeaPerch Photos

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2013 SeaPerch Winners and Results

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Middle School Results

High school results

Captain Desroches was the previous Commanding Officer at the Naval Sea Warfare Center in Philadelphia, PA. He served from 2008 to 2011 and was a big supporter to SeaPerch. Thank you!

Our Sponsors

To learn more about our sponsors, please visit here.

Opportunities for
Teachers and Students

The 2013 DuPont Challenge is now opened to 7th - 12th grade students! Prizes total $100,000 including U.S. Savings Bonds for all our winners and a special awards trip to Orlando, Florida, for the top two students in each division, to be joined by a parent and sponsoring teacher. To learn more about these opportunities, please visit our Student Employment & Competition Opportunities page under Resources.

Toshiba America Foundation offers grants to teacher designed science and math projects for K-12 students. For more information, please visit our Grant Opportunities page under Resources.