Future City Competition

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Future City Competition is an international competition (formerly a national competition) in the United States that focuses on improving students' math, engineering, and science skills. The program is open to students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades who attend a public, private or home school.

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The Future City Competition is an example of problem-based learning with computer simulation, in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. The program asks 6th, 7th and 8th grade students from around the nation to team with engineer-volunteer mentors to create – first on computer and then in three-dimensional models – their visions of the city of tomorrow. A program of the DiscoverE organization, it has been operating since 1992 and currently serves over 40,000 students. [1]

Aims

The aim of the Future City Competition is to provide an exciting educational engineering program for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students that combines a stimulating engineering challenge with an inquiry-based application to present their vision of a city of the future.

Benefits

The Future City Competition provides a platform for students to increase their:

National Academic Content Standards

The Future City Competition components are strongly aligned with many national educational standards relating to STEM fields.

State Academic Content Standards

State Academic Standards are based on the National Academic Standards.

Team members represent their ideas and proposals in several ways:

Awards and prizes

Teams that win their Regional Competitions advance to the International Finals. Teams competing at the International Finals have the opportunity to win the following prizes:

2006–2007 National Competition

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Theme: Fuel Cells

2007–2008 National Competition

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Theme: Urban Disasters

2008–2009 National Competition

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Theme: Water

2009–2010 National Competition

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2013–2014 National Competition

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Theme: Tomorrow's Transit

2014–2015 National Competition

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Theme: Feeding Future Cities

2015–2016 National Competition

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Theme: Waste Not, Want Not

2016-2017 National Competition

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This year was the 25th anniversary of the Future City competition with the year's theme being "The Power of Public Space"

2017-2018 National Competition

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Theme: Age Friendly Cities

2018-2019

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Theme: Powering our Future

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References

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  2. "2016-2017 Program Handbook | Future City Competition". futurecity.org. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25.
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  4. "West Ridge Middle School from Austin, Texas Wins Grand Prize At 25th Annual Future City® Competition". Future City Competition. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. "Edlin School from Mid-Atlantic Region Wins Grand Prize At 26th Annual Future City® Competition Winning School Hails From Reston, VA". Future City Competition. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. "2017-2018 Competition | Future City Competition". futurecity.org. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  7. "Warwick Middle School from Central Pennsylvania Region Wins Grand Prize At 27th Annual Future City® Competition Winning School Hails From Lititz, PA". Future City Competition. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.