Future City Competition
2011 Arizona Science Teachers Association
Convention
Into the Future
Future City CompetitionIntroduction
The mission of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition is to provide a fun and exciting educational engineering program for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students that combines a stimulating engineering challenge with a "hands-on" application to present their vision of a city of the future.
Future City CompetitionIntroduction
Part of National Engineers Week in Washington, DC Open to ALL students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades 20 years of national competitions 40 regions Approved by the National Association of Secondary
School Principals www.futurecity.org
National Competition
Future City CompetitionIntroduction
Celebrating 15 years of competition 2012 competition – January 28, 2012 158 teams from 88 schools in 2010-11 All volunteer
• Executive committee• Mentors• Judges• Event volunteers
28 technical and engineering societies participate www.futurecityarizona.org
Arizona Region Competition
Future City CompetitionThe Competition
Virtual City (SimCity 4) benchmark and model Nov. 16
1000 word essay, “Fuel Your Future” Dec. 9 A narrative of the future city Dec. 9 Scale model of future city Jan.
21 Team presentation Jan. 28 Photo Essay Jan.
21 Project Management
TBD
Deliverables
Future City CompetitionThe Experience
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
21st Century Learners Creative writing Public speaking Research skills Artistic design and model building
Classroom Application
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Creativity Teamwork Project planning and scheduling• Organization• Task assignment• Time management
Classroom Augmentation
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A class project A club An extra credit assignment A gifted program A curriculum component Team teaching
Future City CompetitionThe Experience
Your students are remarkably creative Your students respond to challenges Your students enjoy applying what they learn After competing, your students “get” the value of
learning
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Imperative
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ChallengesDrinkable waterGlobal warmingEconomic dysfunctionDeclining health among a large segment of population
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Skills for Success
Intellectual agility and curiosityQuick learning cycle (lifelong learning imperative)Fast application of new learningRapid adaptabilityHeightened self-discipline
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Selling ScienceYou are sales and marketing for science and technologyStudents are consumersTests are consumer surveysDOK useful for evaluating stages of consumer behaviorSuccessful product experience encourages consumptionSales tools aboundContinuous product improvement can be achieved
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Selling ScienceBuild a value storyRecruit parents as sales support staffUse the Internet as a sales tool
create your own website include useful links use YouTube for excerpts from old documentaries
Use TV as a sales tool Science , Discovery, National Geographic, and PBS Channels Consult TV Guide every week for material to support lesson plan Let students critique the programs
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More Tips
Keep it real (how does it apply to them?)Rediscover discovery- it may be your 1,000th time, but it’s their firstPromote creativity (what if?)Encourage exploration (what’s new?)Emphasize the scientific method
Future City Competition
Help your students build a future!
Become a sponsor!www.futurecityarizona.org
Future City Competition
It’s not an event
It’s an experience