Future City - Judges

Page title: Future City Competition

Graphic: Future City Logo

You are invited to help judge Future City Competition (FCC) entries by teams of 6th, 7th or 8th grade students. Engineers (of all fields), city planners, and architects are needed and qualified to judge.

Judging commitments are approximately 2-5 hours in length, and you can sign up for more than one judging event. We provide score sheets that identify criteria, and same-day training as needed. We need judges for the following phases of FCC:

Computer-modeled cities
Engineering essays and city narratives
Team oral presentations and scale models

Judging Overview

Volunteers from the following businesses, cities, and organizations served as judges during the 2010 Minnesota Future City Competition:

3M
American Engineering Testing, Inc.
AEC Engineering
AECOM Midwest
BKBM Engineers, Inc.
Bolton & Menk, Inc.
Boston Scientific
Central Corridor Project Office
City of Columbia Heights
City of Eagan
City of Minneapolis
City of Monticello
City of Prior Lake
City of Wayzata
Delta/Northwest Airlines
Environmental Process, Inc.
The Energy Conservatory
ERM
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
HDR, Inc.
Hennepin County Transportation Dept.
HGA Architects & Engineers
HNTB Corporation
Holcim
Howard R. Green Co.
Institute for Environmental Assessment
Kimley-Horn & Assoc.
Larson Engineering, Inc.

McGhie & Betts Transportation Services
Medtronic
Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers
MSA Professional Services
Olsson Associates
Opus A&E
Otto Associates
Progressive Consulting Engineering
Raytheon
Reliable Resources, Inc.
REZ Consulting
RLK, Inc.
Rosemount Engineering
Short Elliot Hendrickson
Sebesta Blomberg
SRF Consulting Group, Inc.
Stanley Consultants, Inc.
SurModics, Inc.
TARGET
TKDA
Toro
UHeig Engineers
University of Minnesota
WSB
Xcel Energy

Computer-Modeled Cities Judging

Judge computer modeled cities made by students with SimCity4 Deluxe software.
No previous computer or SimCity experience required. Training and written tutorials are available.
Judges may work in teams.

Date/Time

December 2010 (dates TBD)

Location

FAIR School, Crystal. Click here for directions.

Contact

Email Colleen at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org or phone: 612/638-1511.
Include in your email the specific date you can judge and your contact info (name, company, address, phone, fax, email).

Resources

Click here for Computer City Design score sheet and rubric.
Click here for SimCity4 Deluxe screenshots.
Click here for SimCity4 Deluxe judging tutorial.

Engineering Essay and City Narrative Judging

Judge 1,000 word essays on an assigned engineering-related topic plus 500 word city narratives. Student essays will be posted to website by 12/18/2010. Judges will download assigned essays and score sheets. Send scores no later than 1/5/2010 to Colleen Feller at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org.

Date/Time

Essays will be posted to website on 12/18/2010. Judges send scores no later than 1/5/2011.

Location

Any place with Internet access.

Contact

Email Colleen at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org or phone: 612/638-1511.

Include in your email your judging choice and contact info (name, company, address, phone, email).

Resources

Click here for a description of the essay topic and the city narrative.
Click here for the Essay score sheet and rubric.
Click here for the City Narrative score sheet and rubric.

Team Presentation and City Model Judging

Judge team oral presentations and scale models.

Date/Time

January 15, 2011 (Saturday) -- 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for judging.
Judges are welcome to stay for lunch, finalist presentations, and awards ceremony (completed about 4:00pm).

Location

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus, Keller Hall. Click here for directions.

Contact

Email Colleen at colleen.feller@metroecsu.org or phone: 612/638-1511.

Include in your email your contact information (name, company, address, phone, email).

Resources

Click here for the Team Presentation score sheet and rubric.
Click here for the City Model score sheet and rubric.
Click here for sample questions to ask the teams.

Karla Peterson, MNDOH, 651/201-4679 or karla.peterson@state.mn.us
Colleen Feller, Success Beyond the Classroom, 612/638-1511 or colleen.feller@metroecsu.org

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