2011 Arizona Science Teachers Association Convention

1. Future City Competition 2011 Arizona Science Teachers AssociationConvention Into the Future

2. Future City Competition Introduction 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.

3. Future City Competition Introduction National Competition • 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

4. Future City Competition Introduction Arizona Region Competition • 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

5. Future City Competition The Competition Deliverables • 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

6. Future City Competition The Experience Classroom Application • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) • 21st Century Learners • Creative writing • Public speaking • Research skills • Artistic design and model building

7. Future City Competition The Experience Classroom Augmentation • Creativity • Teamwork • Project planning and scheduling • Organization • Task assignment • Time management

8. Future City Competition The Experience • A class project • A club • An extra credit assignment • A gifted program • A curriculum component • Team teaching

9. Future City Competition The 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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11. Future City Competition The 21st Century Challenges • Drinkable water • Global warming • Economic dysfunction • Declining health among a large segment of population

12. Future City Competition The 21st Century Skills for Success • Intellectual agility and curiosity • Quick learning cycle (lifelong learning imperative) • Fast application of new learning • Rapid adaptability • Heightened self-discipline

13. Future City Competition The 21st Century Selling Science • 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

14. Future City Competition The 21st Century Selling Science • 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

15. Future City Competition The 21st Century More Tips • 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

16. Future City Competition Help your students build a future! Become a sponsor! www.futurecityarizona.org

17. Future City Competition It’s not an event It’s an experience