Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom Pizza Challenge

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Description

2027 AITC Pizza Challenge

Pizza is a favorite food of so many Oklahomans because it is so versatile and everyone finds the pizza perfect for them. Pizza for breakfast, lunch, or dinner—it’s always a hit. Pizza also highlights many of Oklahoma’s agricultural products. Whether your favorite pizza is cheese, pepperoni, hamburger, or all veggie, those ingredients are grown or raised right here in Oklahoma, starting with the wheat used to make the crust.

The Pizza Challenge invites students to develop their own pizza recipe, identify a target audience, create marketing materials, and explore Oklahoma’s agricultural industry. This cross-curricular experience reinforces concepts in math, science, and ELA while introducing students to careers in the food system.

Rules

Eligibility

  • Pre-K through 12th grade students in Oklahoma.
  • Students may work in groups or as a classroom
  • Multiple groups or classrooms from the same school may participate.
  • Registration is required in the respective grade divisions.
  • Homeschool groups and private schools are also eligible to participate.

Challenge Submission Requirements

Students or classrooms must create a pizza recipe.

Submissions must include:

  1. RECIPE: The pizza recipe with a photo of the final product.
  2. Recipes should include a title, ingredient list with measurements, step-by-step procedures for making the recipe.
  3. See this classic pizza recipe as an example of layout inspiration, and for a base recipe.

MARKETING OR ADVERTISING: One effective marketing or advertising element.

  • The marketing element can be any form of media and/or art medium; physical and computer-generated art, skits, jingles, songs, etc.
  • If non digital art is created, submissions should include a picture of the finished work. Please do not submit hard copies of student work.
  • If student work is a longer digital media format such as song or skit, please upload the video to a media site such as YouTube or Vimeo and share the link in a Microsoft word document in the submission form.

PHOTOS: Encouraged, but not required, are photos of your students actively participating in the Pizza  Challenge.

  • Submitted photos should only include students whose images are allowed to be shared or used in promotional materials.

Pizza Challenge submissions should be uploaded no later than 11:59 PM on Thursday, December 31, 2026.

Evaluation Criteria

Judging will be based on:

  • The use of Oklahoma agricultural products
  • Inventiveness, authenticity, and accuracy of student recipes
  • Creativity and effectiveness of the marketing materials
  • Spelling, grammar, and completeness will also be factored into the review of both the recipe and marketing material
  • Encouraged, but not required, is the submission of photos of your students actively participating in the contest.

Divisions - Submissions will be judged against others in your selected division.

  • Primary (Pre-K-2)
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle School (6-8)
  • High School (9-12)

Awards

1st place $300

2nd place $150

3rd place $75

Contest Timeline

Classrooms or group contest submissions are due December 31, 2026

Winners will be announced by January 31, 2027