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.

 Part of National Engineers Week in Washington, DC  Open to ALL students in the 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th grades  20 years of national competitions  40 regions  Approved by the National Association of Secondary School Principals  National Competition

 Celebrating 15 years of competition  2012 competition – January 28, 2012  158 teams from 88 schools in  All volunteer Executive committee Mentors Judges Event volunteers  28 technical and engineering societies participate  Arizona Region Competition

 Virtual City (SimCity 4) benchmark and modelNov. 16  1000 word essay, “Fuel Your Future”Dec. 9  A narrative of the future cityDec. 9  Scale model of future cityJan. 21  Team presentationJan. 28  Photo Essay Jan. 21  Project Management TBD Deliverables

 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)  21st Century Learners  Creative writing  Public speaking  Research skills  Artistic design and model building Classroom Application

 Creativity  Teamwork  Project planning and scheduling Organization Task assignment Time management Classroom Augmentation

 A class project  A club  An extra credit assignment  A gifted program  A curriculum component  Team teaching

 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

 Drinkable water  Global warming  Economic dysfunction  Declining health among a large segment of population

 Intellectual agility and curiosity  Quick learning cycle (lifelong learning imperative)  Fast application of new learning  Rapid adaptability  Heightened self-discipline

 You are sales and marketing for science and technology  Students are consumers  Tests are consumer surveys  DOK useful for evaluating stages of consumer behavior  Successful product experience encourages consumption  Sales tools abound  Continuous product improvement can be achieved

 Build a value story  Recruit parents as sales support staff  Use 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

 Keep it real (how does it apply to them?)  Rediscover discovery- it may be your 1,000th time, but it’s their first  Promote creativity (what if?)  Encourage exploration (what’s new?)  Emphasize the scientific method