National Geographic Blog :

Learn How 16 GeoChallenge Teams Tackled Plastic Pollution—and How Your Students Can Too!

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This past May, 16 teams traveled to Washington, D.C., to compete in the final round of the National Geographic GeoChallenge

The Navigators, fifth graders from New York won the GeoChallenge competition with their model of a device that would clean the Hudson River with filters to collect plastic debris. As the winners of the GeoChallenge, the team won a prize of $25,000 to implement their product. Get to know the Navigators!

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