2025 ARTS & LEISURE DIVISION:

First Place Winner Arts & Leisure (awarded $150):

Cienna Kamanda - Grade 8 - Lancaster, PA - The Last Escape

Runner-Up Arts & Leisure (awarded $100):

Cooper Smith - Grade 8 - Lancaster, PA - The Re-centering Controller

Remaining Finalists Arts & Leisure (each awarded $50):

Brooklyn Jones - Grade 8 - Marshfield, MO - A Rainy Change

ColinLee - Grade 6 - Los Angeles, CA - Hercules Beetle Model, A Real Life Depiction

Violet Lockwood - Grade 5 - Cincinnati, OH - Rubber Band Basketball

Angus Meriste - Grade 6 - Calabasas, CA - Stop Pollution!

2025 SCIENCE & ENGINEERING DIVISION:

First Place Winner Science & Engineering (awarded $150):

Daniel Vaughn - Grade 8 - Lititz, PA - Fishing Friend

Runner-Up Science & Engineering (awarded $100):

Cade Bittecuffer - Grade 6 - Ravenna, OH - The Freezer Safe Label

Remaining Finalists Science & Engineering (each awarded $50):

Oliver Gill - Grade 8 - Port Washington, NY - Resonant Percussion Pipes

Preston Glenny - Grade 6 - Atwater, OH - Trump Tracker

Ezra Juceam - Grade 8 - Port Washington, NY - The RocketBand

Jackson Moss - Grade 6 - Rootstown, OH - The Flinger

2025 Top 10 Schools with the Most Entries

Each school receives a $50 award for their achievement.

• Manheim Township Middle School - Pennsylvania
• Rootstown Middle School - Ohio
• Indian Hill Elementary School - Ohio
• C.P. Weber Middle School - New York
• Bridgeport Middle School - Texas
• Marshfield Junior High School - Missouri
• Holy Family Regional School - Michigan
• Ephrata Intermediate School - Pennsylvania
• National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM Middle School - Ohio
• A.E. Wright Middle School - California

CONGRATULATIONS to this year's winners, runners-up, finalists, and top schools!

CONGRATULATIONS to each student that entered this year's contest. Thank you for your hard work and for sharing your creativity with us.

Thank you to all of the teachers, parents, and mentors who helped our students along the way. And thank you to our judges for their time.

Special thank you to our Gold sponsor:

Stay tuned to our website and be sure to sign up for our mailing list to find out about next year's 18th annual Rubber Band Contest!

ABOUT THE CONTEST

Join the fun and get ready to learn about the rubber band - one of the many amazing inventions created from a unique class of materials known as polymers! This educational contest was designed to give students a new opportunity to have fun learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. Each year students from across the nation come up with new ways of using rubber band(s) to create amazing inventions, games, artworks, and more!

THE CHALLENGE:

• To design and create a working invention/artwork that incorporates at least one (1) rubber band.

TWO SEPARATE DIVISIONS:

   

AROUND $2,000 IN PRIZES:

• The first place winner in each division will receive $150.
• The runner-up in each division will receive $100.
• The four remaining finalists in each division (who are not a first place winner or runner-up) will receive $50.
• Schools can earn cash prizes too! The top ten schools with the most student entries will each receive an equal cash prize shared from a prize pool of $500*. (*The prize pool will be divided equally by the total number of schools in the top ten including any schools that are tied for spots in the top ten. In-eligible entries do not count towards school awards.)

OUR CONTEST LESSON PLAN MAKES IT EASIER: standard aligned and easy to integrate with your curriculum

• Alignment with multiple standards:
  • Next Generation Science Standards
  • Common Core Standards
  • National Standards (Grades 5-8)
  • Ohio Academic Content Standards for Science
  • Ohio Revised Science Education Standards and Model Curriculum

• Learn more about the Rubber Band Contest Lesson Plan