One of our favorite activities during the year is judging the "Best Engineered City" Category for the ESD Future City Competition. Future City is a cross-curricular educational program where students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades imagine, design, and build cities of the future. Over four months, students work as a team with an educator and volunteer mentor to design a virtual city using SimCity software; research and write an essay addressing this year’s theme; build a model of their city using recycled materials; complete a project plan, and present their city before a panel of judges at a the Regional Competition in January.
There were a lot of impressive projects and the NTH judges had our work cut out for us, but we finally selected STEM Middle School of Dearborn, Team 2 as the "Best Engineered Project." Their team consisted of three impressive students in 7th and 8th grades who were able to answer all of our questions and had a great layout and design for their future city. In speaking with the team, we found out that all of the teams at the school all work together to plan cities and work through ideas, then near the end, they break into groups to finalize their plans and create their cities. This was apparent as the STEM Middle School Team 1 was also a contender for the award!
Other excellent projects from other competitors are also included in the images above.
There were a lot of impressive projects and the NTH judges had our work cut out for us, but we finally selected STEM Middle School of Dearborn, Team 2 as the "Best Engineered Project." Their team consisted of three impressive students in 7th and 8th grades who were able to answer all of our questions and had a great layout and design for their future city. In speaking with the team, we found out that all of the teams at the school all work together to plan cities and work through ideas, then near the end, they break into groups to finalize their plans and create their cities. This was apparent as the STEM Middle School Team 1 was also a contender for the award!
Other excellent projects from other competitors are also included in the images above.
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