How Big is a Billion Contest with @HRBlock! #HowBigIsABillion #sponsored

My preschooler is learning to count to higher numbers and trying to grasp the concept of hundreds, thousands, millions, and billions. She tells me there are a billion students in her school. While it may seem like she does have a lot of classmates, we all know there aren’t a billion. She asks me what a billion looks like and it’s hard for me to make her understand at such a young age. “Are there a billion m&ms in the bag, mommy?”

H&R Block is currently running their  “?” contest where they asks teachers to make a math assignment out of teaching students the concept of a billion. The student’s will get a chance to grasp what a billion really is, and there’s something in it for the teacher’s too- they get a chance to win a $3,000 grant!

Teachers, get creative on this one! A great example of teaching your students how much a billion dollars is: “$1 billion is enough to fill 2,983 bathtubs or $300 of classroom supplies for every public school teacher in the U.S.” You have until March 14, 2014 to submit a brief explanation and image of the concept by filling out the application on the H&R Block Dollars & Sense Facebook page. Make sure your images are cropped to square dimensions and are AT LEAST 650×650 pixels. Explain how you used math and research to create the example of $1 billion.

There are 3 prize categories: Elementary, Middle, and High School, and each level will be awarded a Grand Prize ($3,000 grant), 2^nd place ($2,000 grant) and 3^rd place ($1,000 grant). The first 50 entering educators will receive a $50 Gift Card! The submissions will be received and reviewed by H&R Bloc and WeAreTeachers to select the finalists and the grand prize winners will be chosen by H&R Block.

Wait.. There’s MORE! On Tuesday, March 11, at 12p ET there will be a Twitter party, hashtag #HowBigIsABillion http://twtvite.com/howbigisabillion, where you can learn more about the contest and even win prizes! Prizes include (5) $200 gift cards (No purchase necessary. Entrants must be legal residents of the United States, 18 years of age or older.)

Check out the following video to see where this all started!