August 16, 2012
Dear North Carolina Middle School Teacher:
We would like to invite you and your school to participate in the Eleventh Annual North Carolina Regional Future City Competition. Our regional competition event day will be January 26, 2013 on the campus of N.C. State University at the McKimmon Center.
Future City is an engineering competition that challenges middle school students to consider how to create ideal cities of the future. This event is part of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition™, held in 38 regions across the country with over 30,000 students and 1,100 schools participating. National Finals will be February 15 – 20, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
For over 21 years, the Future City Competition has promoted an interest in technology and engineering in middle school students. This program fosters an interest in math, science, and engineering through hands-on, real world applications. The competition is open to sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students in public, private, and parochial schools within the North Carolina region.
The Tenth Annual North Carolina Regional Future City Competition had 20 teams participating from across North Carolina. Over $5,000.00 in cash prizes were awarded to the winning students and teachers. J. M. Alexander Middle School of Huntersville represented our region at the national finals in Washington, DC.
We hope to significantly increase the number of participating schools in the upcoming 2012-2013 FC Regional Competition. To encourage your participation, please select the “Bill Me” option when you register online. We will then waive the $25 registration. In addition, we will be issuing a $100 teacher stipend to teams who participate in the event day of the competition, thus making it past the first two stages of the competition (computer model and research essay), to help defray the cost of building the model and other competition expenses.
How It Works
Middle School students work in teams with a teacher and volunteer engineer mentor to concept and develop a “city of the future”. The teams complete four tasks over the span of several months as part of the competition:
Why Your School Should Participate
The Future City Competition provides students with a dynamic, hand-on learning experience while developing their planning, writing and speaking skills
Students gain a better understanding of the practical applications of math, science, social studies and computers
They learn from a role model while working with an engineer mentor
Students enjoy learning while working with SimCity 4 Deluxe software (provided free to registered schools)
Students learn about teamwork, roles and responsibility
As you can see, the benefit you and your team will receive from participating far outweighs the minimal cost.
Click HERE to find the step-by-step instructions on how to get started with Future City Competition!
How To Register
You may register online via the National Future City website, www.futurecity.org.
With your registration you will receive:
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact David Simpson, North Carolina Future City Regional Co-Coordinator, at (919) 852-0468/ [email protected] or Chris Kreider, North Carolina Future City Regional Co-Coordinator, at (919) 604-1469/ [email protected].
Sincerely,
The North Carolina Regional Future City Steering Committee
Dear North Carolina Middle School Teacher:
We would like to invite you and your school to participate in the Eleventh Annual North Carolina Regional Future City Competition. Our regional competition event day will be January 26, 2013 on the campus of N.C. State University at the McKimmon Center.
Future City is an engineering competition that challenges middle school students to consider how to create ideal cities of the future. This event is part of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition™, held in 38 regions across the country with over 30,000 students and 1,100 schools participating. National Finals will be February 15 – 20, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
For over 21 years, the Future City Competition has promoted an interest in technology and engineering in middle school students. This program fosters an interest in math, science, and engineering through hands-on, real world applications. The competition is open to sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students in public, private, and parochial schools within the North Carolina region.
The Tenth Annual North Carolina Regional Future City Competition had 20 teams participating from across North Carolina. Over $5,000.00 in cash prizes were awarded to the winning students and teachers. J. M. Alexander Middle School of Huntersville represented our region at the national finals in Washington, DC.
We hope to significantly increase the number of participating schools in the upcoming 2012-2013 FC Regional Competition. To encourage your participation, please select the “Bill Me” option when you register online. We will then waive the $25 registration. In addition, we will be issuing a $100 teacher stipend to teams who participate in the event day of the competition, thus making it past the first two stages of the competition (computer model and research essay), to help defray the cost of building the model and other competition expenses.
How It Works
Middle School students work in teams with a teacher and volunteer engineer mentor to concept and develop a “city of the future”. The teams complete four tasks over the span of several months as part of the competition:
- Computer design and management of a city using SimCity 4 Deluxe software (provided free with registration);
- Development of an research essay and narrative;
- The building of an ideal city model using recycled materials; and finally,
- Performance of an oral presentation at the Regional Finals
Why Your School Should Participate
The Future City Competition provides students with a dynamic, hand-on learning experience while developing their planning, writing and speaking skills
Students gain a better understanding of the practical applications of math, science, social studies and computers
They learn from a role model while working with an engineer mentor
Students enjoy learning while working with SimCity 4 Deluxe software (provided free to registered schools)
Students learn about teamwork, roles and responsibility
As you can see, the benefit you and your team will receive from participating far outweighs the minimal cost.
Click HERE to find the step-by-step instructions on how to get started with Future City Competition!
How To Register
You may register online via the National Future City website, www.futurecity.org.
With your registration you will receive:
- A code to download the a copy of SimCity 4 Deluxe software
- Teacher/ Volunteer Handbook
- An engineer mentor assigned to your team (if you do not have one)
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact David Simpson, North Carolina Future City Regional Co-Coordinator, at (919) 852-0468/ [email protected] or Chris Kreider, North Carolina Future City Regional Co-Coordinator, at (919) 604-1469/ [email protected].
Sincerely,
The North Carolina Regional Future City Steering Committee