Reader's Digest and NASA will also provide links to vocabulary quizzes on their respective Web sites that will highlight space exploration and the history of aeronautics.The largest circulating magazine in the world, Reader’s Digest packs a lot into its compact pages. 'Our partnership with NASA, a national leader in scientific innovation, extends the Word Power Challenge across the curriculum.'Ī television special based on the National Word Power Challenge will be broadcast on NBC stations this summer, hosted by Al Roker of NBC's 'Today' show. 'In today's highly competitive world, students need to be able to communicate effectively across a wide variety of subjects,' said Kathleen Bordelon, executive director of the Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge. Those skills will enhance students' career opportunities as well as their ability to develop and understand public policy. Increased technical vocabulary will help students develop stronger language skills useful for decoding instructions, comprehending word problems, performing research and describing their work. + The Reader's Digest Word Power Challenge 'Partnering with Reader's Digest is ideal because programs like the Word Power Challenge present science and math concepts in a friendly, accessible format for students.' 'NASA continues to look for new initiatives to cultivate future explorers and innovators,' said Assistant Administrator for Education Joyce Winterton. The partnership also supports NASA's goal of attracting and retaining students in STEM disciplines.

The partnership between the Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge and NASA benefited students by exposing them to exciting mathematical concepts and scientific terminology. Only students in the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grades advance to the state-level contest, and the first-place winner from each state advances to the national competition. Students compete at the classroom, school, state and national level. The Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge is a vocabulary contest and an educational outreach program of Reader's Digest magazine. More than 2 million students participated in this year's Word Power Challenge, which awarded $50,000 in college scholarships. The integration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics terminology into the country's leading literacy competition enlivened the program with fresh new topics and introduced those subject areas to an even greater number of young learners. Image to right: The Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge is a vocabulary contest and an educational outreach program of Reader's Digest magazine. The nation's premier vocabulary competition got a little more scientific this year with help from NASA.Įditors for the Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge collaborated with NASA to develop science-themed questions, such as 'What is the derivation of the word 'astronaut?'' The 2007 competition took place May 13-15, in Orlando, Fla.

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