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Future City Competition is an educational program for middle school students to explore their creative and innovative imaginations to design a city of the future. Students will learn how to apply math, science, engineering and technology to develop a realistic future community and compete for regional prizes, including a trip to Washington, DC to compete in the National Competition.
Consists of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students who are interested in math, science and engineering. There is no limit on how many students may work on the project. Team size varies from 3 students to an entire classroom. However, at the regional competition in January, only three students will represent their team and present their city for judging. Up to 3 teams many enter the regional competition from a school. Each team of students will work with their teacher and engineer mentor to complete all phases of the program while engineering their version of a "future city".
Students will:
• Use SimCity™ 4 Deluxe software to design a virtual model of their futuristic city.
• Build a physical 3-D model of their city using creative materials such as recycled goods.
• Demonstrate their writing skills through:
- writing an essay answering the assigned engineering design problem.
- writing a city narrative describing major features and highlights found in the team's future city.
• Enhance communication skills though a team presentation.
An energetic coach to oversee activities. The teacher will participate as a facilitator and advisor to the team members.
The mentor serves as an advisor to the students. The mentor's advice can be in the form of technical help as to how science and engineering can be applied to the city, how to build cities, and how to make technical presentations. The mentor will also be able to teach the students about what different types of engineers do and how the profession impacts society. The mentor does not need to be an engineer but someone who who works in the technical field and is willing to show students how to connect Science, Technology, Engineering and Math concepts to reality and futuristic designs.
Register your team through the National Future City Website today.
Registration for the 2012 competition is open until October 31, 2011.
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