Winner will appear in Reader's Digest, tour The Planetary Society with Bill Nye, and win $20,000!

Tyler heckman

He has a heart of gold, loves to learn anything and everything there is about science. Truly the sweetest kid around

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Why They Love Being a Student

He just loves to learn things that interests him. Tyler is a very respectful kid. Getting him up and going in the morning is such an easy task for me, he truly does enjoy learning everyday and seeing what his teachers have to teach him that day!

Favorite Subject & Why

Science. He loves everything that goes into it, from experiments, to having to use math in order to figure out the answers for certain things. He just has a light that glows everytime he talks to me about what he did in science class that day!

How $20,000 Would Support Their Goals

It would set him up for a great start to a great education in whatever he decides he wants to do when he grows up.

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