Overview
Future City Competition serves students in 7th
and 8th grade. Sponsored by National Engineers Week, this national program
introduces students to engineering with the popular SimCity 4 Deluxe™
software. Students design future cities with simulation software, build scale
models, write essays and give oral reports on their city's design.
North
Carolina Regional Information
The North
Carolina Regional Competition process has begun and we are looking for
volunteers to help mentor, judge and sponsor the event. The competition is
occurring in thirty-seven cities across the nation and provides the students
with an exciting hands-on way to learn engineering, math and science with a
personal, real world connection.
The North Carolina
Regional Future City Competition was held on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at
North Carolina State University College of Engineering in Raleigh. This year’s event had ten
teams participating from across North
Carolina. The winning schools were as follows:
1st Place- Davidson IB Middle School
(Davidson)
Teacher: Jay Hager
Student Presenters: Catherine Bizub, Jerry
Cui,
Grayson
Godwin
Mentor: Dana Horna, P.E. – S&ME
Future City
Name: “Exhibeo”
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here for Pics of their trip to Washington, DC!!
2nd Place- West
Pine Middle
School (West End)
Teacher: Jan Benton
Student Presenters: Jennie Cunningham, Zach
Herbst,
Jentry
Womack
Mentor: Andy Potter-
US Army
Future City
Name: "Azulugar"
3rd Place- Lumberton
Junior High (Lumberton)
Teacher: Phyllis King
Student Presenters: Terron McMillan, Lisa
Washington,
Kashif
Stone
Mentor: Joe Bailey, P.E.- NCDOT
Future City
Name: "Salus"
4th Place- West
Cary Middle
School (Cary)
Teacher: Brenda Druck
Student Presenters: Freddie Ferrari, Eric
Westerhold,
Richard
Yim
Mentor: Matt Payne, P.E.- Moffatt & Nichol
Future City
Name: "New
Colbert"
In Addition to overall
awards, there were several winners in specific categories:
Best Use of Energy
– Northridge
Middle School
Best
Transportation System – Calvary
Christian School
Best
Environmentally Sustainable Design – A.L. Stanback
Middle School
Best
Physical Model – West
Cary Middle
School
Best Computer
City Design – West Cary
Middle School
Best
Essay/Abstract – Davidson IB Middle School
Best
Oral Presentation – West
Pine Middle
School
Best
Use of Building Materials – Quail
Hollow Middle
School
Cash
prizes were awarded amounting to over $5,000.
The first place school, Davidson IB Middle School, won $1,000, will
attend a week-long NC State Engineering summer camp and represent the NC
region at the Future City National Finals in Washington, D.C.,
February 18-20, 2008 during the 16th Annual National Engineers Week Future
City Competitiontm. Future
City is an engineering competition
that challenges over 30,000 students from more than 1,100 schools in 37
regions nationwide to consider how to revitalize America's cities.
Testimonials:
"There's science,
math, public speaking, civics and history, working as a team and building
consensus. And, for most of these students, it's their very first brush with
a profession of which they have very little knowledge. Add to that the
opportunity to advance real world solutions to real world problems and these
young minds soar."
Carol Rieg,Future City National Director
“For many students, the Future City Competition was the first time
they worked together to tackle a challenging project as a team. The dynamic
nature of this competition helps the students develop and implement their
mathematical, technical, writing, and verbal presentation skills. We
encourage even more regional middle schools to compete in the competition
next year.”
David Simpson, North Carolina
Regional Coordinator
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