C6.2 Competitions

For the most current list of opportunities attached to the virtual portfolio submission please visit the innovation portal. http://www.innovationportal.org Links to an external site.

Introduction
EDD students have successfully entered work in a number of competitions and opportunities for formal review. Students participating in these events routinely include documentation of their involvement in their college admission applications. Some of the design and/or problem solving competitions in which EDD students may wish to participate within the scope of EDD or as extracurricular activities include the following. This list is not exhaustive.

                                      

Intel Science and Engineering Fair
Each year, millions of students worldwide compete in local and school-sponsored science fairs; the winners of these events go on to participate in Intel ISEF-affiliated regional and state fairs from which the best win the opportunity to attend the Intel ISEF. The Intel ISEF unites these top young scientific minds, showcasing their talent on an international stage, enabling them to submit their work to judging by doctoral level scientists—and providing the opportunity to compete for over $4 million in prizes and scholarships.”

 

 

Lemelson MIT Competition   http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/ Links to an external site. 
"The InvenTeam initiative, created by the Lemelson-MIT Program, offers an unparalleled opportunity for high school students to cultivate their creativity and experience invention. InvenTeams are teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors that receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. Each InvenTeam chooses its own problem to solve . . . Students learn to work in teams while collaborating with intended users of their inventions. They partner with professionals in their communities to enrich their experiences. Most of all, students learn to move forward through challenges and celebrate ‘Eureka!’ moments.”

               

Skills USA Engineering Technology Skills Competition 
Engineering Technology (Skills USA Contest Category Description) http://www.skillsusa.org/compete/contests.shtml Links to an external site.
"A team of three students demonstrates their ability to design an innovative engineering project and present those ideas along with a display and live model. During the presentation, students are judged on their performance as a professional team, presentation of their project to a panel of judges from the engineering field, their storyboard presentation model, and the overall effect of the presentation.”

 

 

Technology Student Association (TSA) – Engineering Design Links to an external site.
Engineering Design   Technology Student Association - Participants (one team of three to five members per chapter, one entry per team) work as part of a team to solve a design problem. Through use of a model/prototype, display, and design notebook, the team explains in detail how it has solved the problem and the solution’s impact on society and the environment. Semifinalists demonstrate the problem and solution in a timed presentation.
 http://www.tsaweb.org/High-School-Competitions Links to an external site.        

 

       

Siemens – We Can Change The World Challenge Links to an external site.
The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge for high school encourages student teams to identify an energy-related issue that has local, national, and global implications and provides a viable solution. Open to all high school students in grades 9-12. Teams will consist of two to four students (with one designated student team leader) under the guidance of a teacher/mentor. http://www.wecanchange.com/ Links to an external site.

 

                                             

The Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) Program
The Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) Program promotes original research and experimentation in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics at the high school level and publicly recognizes students for outstanding achievement. By connecting talented students, their teachers, and research professionals at affiliated symposia and by rewarding research excellence, JSHS aims to widen the pool of trained talent prepared to conduct research and development vital to our nation.

 

Junior Engineering Technical Society/Ability – One National Engineering Design Challenge   http://www.jets.org/programs/nedc/index.cfm Links to an external site.
"The NEDC is an annual design competition in which students in grades 9-12 put their creativity and problem-solving skills to use and create a workplace assistive technology device for a person with a disability. In this cross-curricular competition, students discover engineering through real-world applications that impact people in their community and change lives.”

                                        

Toshiba Exploravision Competition - http://www.exploravision.org/ Links to an external site.
ExploraVision encourages K-12 students to research and create a vision of the design of a future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result from creative thinking and problem solving.

 

[Note to Teachers: If you have had students who have participated in any of these competitions or others, please tell us about your success. We would like to include examples and documentation from PLTW schools that have competed in these competitions.]